About

Laetitia Kohler is a Swiss contemporary dancer, performer and choreographer based in Basel, originally from the Canton of Jura.

She completed her professional dance training at the Basel Dance Academy and obtained a Bachelor's degree in Contemporary Dance from the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in 2017. She was twice awarded the Migros Kulturprozent scholarship for her studies.

Since 2016, she has worked as a freelance dancer and guest performer with independent companies and state theaters, while also choreographing for ensembles and developing her own projects.

As a performer, she has worked with the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg with Anna Vita, T42 dance projects, Javier Rodriguez, Alba Castillo & Bryan Arias – Snorkel Rabbit Company, BewegGrund, V-Create Sophie Vergères Marioenrico D'Angelo & Max Levy, Oliver Daehler, Rebekka Gather Vertical dance hub, and Johanna Heusser, among others.

Parallel to her performance work, she assisted choreographer Tabea Martin on FOREVER (2019), co-directed Symphonies lunaires for Cirque Starlight in 2020 (tour cancelled), and collaborated with Pendula Ensemble and Zweigulden, amongst other.

In 2019, she co-founded the company KoHalition dance with Sarah Hammond, a platform for collaborative and interdisciplinary choreographic works. She co-created Now What?, Face it. , com on, once upon a common ground.

She is currently deepening her interest in dramaturgy and performance through the CAS in Dramaturgy and Text Performance at La Manufacture – Haute école des arts de la scène in Lausanne (2025–2026), while continuing to develop her practice in the field of performance art as dancer and choreographer.

education

2024/25 CAS Dramaturgie et Performance du texte, EPFL & Manufacture CH

2017 BA in Contemporary Dance, Zürich University of Arts CH

2014 Basel Dance Academy, Galina Gladkova-Hoffmann CH

awards & scholarships

2019 Förderpreis Tanzinolten with Before You Land by Alba Castillo
2015 & 16 Migros Culture Percentage study award scholarship CH

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