Bona Dance Zürich
Where the joy of dancing is for everyone
Our mission is simple – to make contemporary dance accessible to all adults, regardless of age or background.
Our approach is a framework of regular groups that go through a learning and training process over time which allows for in-depth, intimate group and personal work.
Bona is more than just a dance school; It is a community that celebrates the inclusivity and passion for dance.
We are expanding throughout Europe with highly professional teachers, we offer a unique combination of courses in contemporary and modern dance, improvisation, contact improvisation, alongside movement and somatic work.
Bona Weekend Winter Edition
Join us for an intensive weekend of contemporary dance! This two-day course is open to all levels and offers a dynamic introduction to the vibrant dance community
Weekend No.1
🌀 Dates: Saturday 8.02.25, 14:00 – 17:00 & Sunday 9.02.25, 10:00 – 13:00
🌀 Location: Backstage Studio, Hardstrasse 81, 8004 Zürich
🌀 Course costs: 150 CHF
Weekend No.2
🌀 Dates: Saturday 22.02.25, 14:00 – 17:00 & Sunday 23.02.25, 10:00 – 13:00
🌀 Location: Backstage Studio, Hardstrasse 81, 8004 Zürich
🌀 Course costs: 150 CHF
Package price: Weekend No.1 and 2: 280 CHF
Bona Intensive Training
Immerse yourself in contemporary dance with two distinct classes in one evening. Ideal for all levels, this intensive training offers a deep dive into movement and connection within a vibrant dance community. Each 3-hour session includes two lessons, each taught by a different instructor.
🌀 Dates: Mondays 3.03. – 7.07.2025, excluding 21.4. (Easter Monday) and 9.6. (Whit Monday) (17 lessons)
🌀 Time: 18:30 – 21:30
🌀 Location: Kulturpark, Pfingstweidstrasse 16, 8005 Zürich
🌀 Course costs: 1480 CHF
Bona Basic Practice
Experience a powerful and joyful contemporary dance session that strengthens your foundational movement skills, making it the perfect way to end your day. The Bona Basic Practice offers a 2-hour training session led by one instructor.
Dates: Tuesdays 4.3. – 8.7.2025 (19 lessons)
Time: 19:15 – 21:15 pm
Location: Kulturpark, Pfingstweidstrasse 16, 8005 Zürich
Course costs: 1140 CHF
Bona Lunchbreak
Contemporary dance class for beginners and people with little dance experience who want to burn off energy at lunchtime. Bona Lunchbreak is an energising alternative to traditional lunchtime workouts.
Dates: Friday 7.03. – 11.7.2025, without 21.4. (Good Friday) (18 Lessons)
Time: 12:15 – 13:30
Location: Backstage Studio, Hardstrasse 81, 8004 Zurich
Course costs: 720 CHF
Bona Lab
Starting in March, we present Bona Lab: Labs in which we take an in-depth look at a dance philosophy. With plenty of time for exploring movement practices, discussion and reflection. Bona Lab is suitable for all levels.
Lab 1: Improvisation and Instant Movement Generation
This lab explores the art of spontaneous movement, guiding participants to create and perform in the moment without pre-planned choreography. Emphasis will be placed on responding to internal impulses, external stimuli, and fostering creativity in real-time movement.
🌀 Dates: Wednesdays 5.3. -21.05.2025 (12 lessons)
🌀 Time: 18:30 – 21:00
🌀 Location: Fit4Motion, Vulkanstrasse 120, 1. Stock, 8048 Zürich
🌀 Couse Costs: 850 CHF
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About Our Contemporary Dance Courses
If dancing has always been an unrealized dream for you, if you wanted to but didn’t dare, thinking it was too late – this will prove it’s possible!
Contemporary dance courses for beginners, teaching dance from the basics in a supportive and non-judgmental environment. This is a place where you can make mistakes, experiment, and leave each class feeling accomplished.
The courses progressively introduce the basics of understanding your body, the space, group work, modern dance elements, proper posture, and musicality, and evolve into more complex contemporary dance techniques, including floor work and dynamics of softness and strength.
Our Team
Course management
Reut Nahum and Lara Anderegg
Bona Dance Zurich is run by dancer Reut Nahum and production manager Lara Anderegg. While Reut is responsible for selecting and training teachers and teaching courses, Lara takes care of the administration and organisation of the courses.
Teachers
Reut Nahum
Reut Nahum is a dancer and choreographer, born in Israel. She lives in Zurich since 2013 and brings with her a rich background from the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance. In addition to her work as a dancer, Reut Nahum is a dedicated teacher who is particularly enthusiastic about working with children. In her choreographies, she focuses on creating non-judgemental, authentic movements and encouraging creativity in the dance space.
Kilian Haselbeck
His love for the stage began as a Michael Jackson impersonator at the age of 8. This was followed by intensive ballet training until he graduated in contemporary dance at the Codarts University for the Arts in Rotterdam. As a versatile performer and choreographer, he is co-founder of the zeitSprung company (Swiss Dance Award 2015). Kilian's global dance experiences, which were honoured with the Dance Recognition Award of the City of Zurich in 2014, reflect his commitment to a diverse dance/performance career.
Carla Doorn
Born in Argentina, Carla Doorn began her professional career at the age of 19 and trained as a dancer and actress in Latin America and Europe. She currently works as a freelance dancer and teacher, choreographer and director for theatre and dance, is a certified Feldenkrais therapist and gives courses and workshops in several countries in Latin America, Europe and Asia. She is also the director of the Martial arts school Sipalki Mu Bi Kwan.
Eleni Mylona
Eleni Mylona grew up in Athens and has lived in Zurich for 14 years. She studied dance at the school of Leonidas de Pian and at the State School of Dance in Greece (K.S.O.T.). She teaches contemporary dance and improvisation for professionals as well as for amateurs and children. She is also the choreographer and facilitator of the community dance group KANTINES Zurich, a group of Greek-speaking women with a feminist background.
Emeric Rabot
Emeric Rabot is a French performer and teacher with a diverse background in dance, from hip-hop and ballroom to freestyle and tap. After refining his skills at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, he has led dynamic dance exchanges across Switzerland, Cuba, and Mozambique. His sessions focus on expressivity, power, and improvisation, inspiring a full artistic engagement. Currently, Emeric leads Dance for Health sessions for older adults in Bern and at the Federal Asylum Centre in Zurich, seeking to make dance accessible to all.
Administration
Lara Anderegg
Lara Anderegg works as a freelance production manager of different artists and groups in the fields of dance and theatre, accompanies tour productions as a tour manager and organises various cultural events.