LAETITIA KOHLER
LAETITIA KOHLER

Upcoming
2023/2024
DECEMBER
10th PERFORMANCE
#KNOCHEN Bollwerk
Museum der Anthropologie, Zürich (CH)
NOVEMBER
4th PERFORMANCE
Phaneros Pendula Ensemble
Progr, Bern
OCTOBER
5th TEACHING ballet
7th TEACHING ballet
11th PERFORMANCE
ThREE Cie Glitch
Théâtre du Jura
14th PERFORMANCE
ThREE Cie Glitch
Lokremise, St-Gallen
18th PERFORMANCE
ThREE Cie Glitch
Immersive Art Space, Zürich
22nd TEACHING ballet
27th & 28th PERFORMANCE
Phaneros Pendula Ensemble
Ackermannshof, Basel
SEPTEMBER
21th & 22th PERFORMANCE
ThREE Cie Glitch
Nebia, Biel/Bienne
Regular classes
Tuesday 19-20:15
Contemporary Beginners / Intermediate
Basel Dance Academy, Basel (CH)
Thursday 19:00-20:15
Contemporary
Friday 17:30-18:15
Contemporary Advanced level
Basel Dance Academy, Basel (CH)
Sunday 19-20:15
Contemporary Beginners / Intermediate
Basel Dance Academy, Basel (CH)
I am a dancer, performer, and choreographer.
I was born in 1995 and grew up in Canton Jura, Switzerland.
At first, I wanted to become an astronaut; then a baker because of the smell. I also started to dance because I liked it, and circus training because I like the magic and the idea of living in a caravan. Later on, I wished to become a librarian because I liked books. Also, I chose to focus on dance over circus by going to encouragement classes for young dancers in Bern at the age of 12. I went then to high school at Lycée cantonal de Porrentruy and expanded my dance training at the Basel Dance Academy with Galina Gladkova-Hoffmann.The Plan B was to study communication and/or psychology at university, as I wished to become a dancer. The Plan A worked: I went to study contemporary dance at the Zurich University of Arts. And I won twice the Migros cultural percentage study award scholarship. Since 2016, I have been working as a dancer, performer, choreographer, and dance teacher.
Pursuing my dreams, I went to Amsterdam, Netherlands, to dance for Isabelle Beernaert and Sagi Gross; to Würzburg, Germany, to work for Anna Vita at the Mainfranken Theater. In Switzerland, I worked for Theater Basel in Andersen Erzählungen, Snorkel Rabbit Company and other freelance projects. I founded KoHalition dance with Sarah Hammond in 2019. I went back to circus working for Cirque Starlight as a co-author, director, and choreographer in 2020. In the end, I didn't become an astronaut. I did work in a bakery for a time, and I still love dancing. I did live in a caravan when I worked for Cirque Starlight. I still find most of my inspiration in books. And working as a freelance artist teaches me communication, psychology and management among others.
And now, I still dream of dance because I want to share stories, make people dream, question, interact, and live using the language of dance. The more I learn, the less I feel like I know, and the more curious I become.