ABOUT US

TANZSCHULE KÜSNACHT is a dance school, founded over 30 years ago. We instruct children, youth and adults of all levels. Our qualified instructors maintain a high standard at our school. Dance is a product of hard work, but one must never forget that it is also a creative activity that should be fun. Tanzschule Küsnacht combines all of these qualities into one.

We see dance for children as an ideal way for children to grow.  Dance helps promote and improve creativity, concentration, physical and mental awareness, musicality and discipline.

Tanzschule Küsnacht was founded by Sibil Imboden. The school was later under the direction of Ariane Lohner. In 2005 Jennifer Rusterholz-Bell became the school’s director.

OUR TEAM

Jennifer Rusterholz-Bell RAD

Schulleiterin, Ballet, Jazz

Jennifer was born in Toronto, Canada and is a dance teacher, dancer and choreographer. In 1996 she completed her Dance Diploma at Ryerson Polytechnical University in Toronto. There she studied Jazz, Modern, Ballet, Folklore, Dance History, Music and Dance Pedagogy. She has qualifications from the RAD, ISTD, NCCP, and has a Stelio Calagias Jazz Technique Certificate. From 1995-2000 she was a choreographer and dancer with InMotion Dance Company (CA). In 2001 Jennifer began teaching at Tanzschule Küsnacht with great enthusiasm and in 2005 took over the school. Her debut in Switzerland was in October 2001 at the Tanzhaus Wasserwerk. Since then she has worked on many other projects: MOVERS Dance Company (CH), Konstantin Tsakalidis (D), Tanztheater Königsfelden (CH). She is the mother of two children.

Jasmin Cehajic

Streetjazz, Hip Hop

My name is Jasmin and I grew up on Chiemsee in Bavaria. I have been dancing since the age of 3. I was able to learn rhythm, team building and movements. Through numerous appearances of our formation and participation in championships, I was able to gain stage experience and to demonstrate my own skills. In 2017 I became South German Hip Hop Solo Champion in the Profileague. In 2019 I became a South German and German Champion in a duo. In September 2015 I started my training as a state-recognized dance teacher with additional cultural management at the Minkov dance academy in Winnenden near Stuttgart. Since the second year of training, I have been teaching various age groups in hip hop, preparing them for competitions and performances. The groups gain knowledge of Hip Hop Basics and also at the advanced level. My greatest hobby and the passion for dance in everyday professional life was my big dream early on and I fulfill it with my qualification as a dance teacher.

Mirjam Frei

Streetjazz, Hip Hop

Dance has always been a part of her life, even as a child. After years in Ballet, Rock’nRoll and Latin/Standard dancing she changed from partner dancing to group dancing: Hip Hop and Jazz Dance. In 2012 she completed her teaching qualifications for jazz and hip hop from the Funkydance Danceschool. She finds it exciting to work on new choreographies and dances with the students.

Noemi Meinecke

Kreativ Tanz, Ballett

Born in 1977, Noëmi Meinecke studied Contemporary Dance and Choreography at the Zürich Tanz Theater Schule (ZTTS) and at the Dance Academy for Art in Arnhein, Holland, and completed her training with the Choreo Dance Project (CDP) at the ZTTS. She has worked with various choreograhers including Ismael Ivo, Hendrik Kaalund, Frank Rutishauser, Simone Hueber, Kjersti Müller-Sandstö and has created many of her own pieces. In 2011 she completed her Masters in Dance Padagogy at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Noëmi Meinecke is the mother of 3 children.

Christina Maria Meyer

Ballett

Christina Maria Meyer was born in Pratteln Bl, moved to Küsnacht in 1996 and has been working at Tanzschule Küsnacht since 2003. Ballet training from: Stadttheater Basel, Académie de danse classique in Monte-Carlo, in New York, Paris, London, Köln, Zürich. Engagements as ballet dancer and soloist: 3 years at Stadttheater Basel, performances with Monte-Carlo with Nureyev/Fracci, 9 years with the Openhaus Zürich, 2 years in Hamburg, 5 years as 1. Soloist in Freiburg, Breisgau D (Riccardo Duse). She received her teacher’s education at the Académie de danse classique Monte-Carlo and by David Howard in Zürich. She has choreographed many pieces, those including for the Schweizer Kammerballett (Jean Deroc), where she was also a dancer and Soloist and later engaged as Balletmistress for Königsfelder Festspielen. Co-Director for Ballett-Atelier Zürich, Co-Director VIVA-Tanzcompany Winterthur. She holds a diploma in Rückengymnastik, Stretching, Energy Therapy/Massage.

Jula Weiss

Ballett, Streetjazz

Born in Germany Jula Weiss has been taking ballet since 7 years old. Her first ballet classes at the Opernhaus Nürnberg, a few years later she was accepted into the Ballet Förder Zentrum Nürnberg. When she was 16 years old she decided to take a big leap to the German capital and went to the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin where she finished successfully, as staatlich geprüfte ballet dancer. After her engangement at the Deutschen Oper Berlin Jula Weiss Jau moved to Lausanne, Switzerland to work with Maurice Béjart. Afterwards she worked as an independant dancer under “Karls kühne Gassenschau” and other various theatre and television productions. Alongside her dancing career, she discovered her love for teaching and choreography. Jula has been teaching at Tanzschule Küsnacht since 2008 as a ballet and creative dance teacher.

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