tightwire

Individual tightwire walking lessons for professionals in small groups.

Course content

• Learning a good and solid basic technique
• Different running techniques
• Different dance steps, turns, movement sequences
• Jumping techniques
• Implement what they have learned (dance steps, movement sequences) musically
• The elements/the lesson content is adapted to the respective level of the individual students.

Condition: Professional participants:in can walk the rope without help

Clothing: own rope dance shoes with leather soles. In the winter months we recommend long training clothes for before and after the course.

Ulla Tikka

After graduating from high school in Finland, Ulla Tikka trained as a tightrope walker in Paris and Berlin (graduating in 2000). She has performed worldwide with various contemporary circus companies (including Cirkus Cirkör and Les Colporteurs) and then increasingly satisfied her artistic urge with her own productions (including “PuuPääT”, “Installation”, “ohne Louis”, “Humala”). Parallel to her stage work, she works as a lecturer for acrobatics and tightrope walking. In recent years, she has also repeatedly taken on challenges as a choreographer and director (e.g. Circus Chnopf, Circus Monti, Fahraway). Ulla Tikka is also co-founder of the contemporary circus festival Gadjo in Winterthur.

General information

• Course information: The course takes place once a week (except during school vacations and public holidays) and lasts 90 minutes.
• Start of the course: October 22, 2024
• Course duration: 15 lessons until February 11 (until the start of the 2025 sports vacations)
• Course-free dates Tuesday: 24.12. & 31.12. (Christmas vacations)
• Entry: It is always possible to join the course during the current session if there is free space. Just book online.
• New bookers: The first lesson from the date of booking is always a trial lesson and costs CHF 20, after which a final decision can be made on the booking. Registration or de-registration for the whole session must be confirmed by email within three days of the trial lesson. (kontakt@zirkusquartier.ch) The course is then considered booked.
• Trial lesson: See the point on new visitors.
• Individual lessons cannot be booked, only the whole session from the start date. The invoice will be adjusted accordingly.
• Discounts: LEGI & KULTURLEGI. For children’s courses, we also accept LEGI and KULTURLEGI from parents. We give a 5 franc discount per lesson on the second course booked.
• Course confirmations will be sent on request.