Circus starter
With Luisa Schmitz & Lara Schawalder
| Location | Training hall |
| Age | 4-6 years |
| Level | All Levels |
| Normal price | 448.00 CHF |
| Legi/Cultural Legi | 320.00 CHF |
- 06.04.2026 (Easter Monday)
- 20.04.2026 (Spring vacation)
- 27.04.2026 (Spring vacation)
- 25.05.2026 (Whit Monday)
For trial lessons, please book online, then a final decision can be made about the booking.
This course is aimed at pre-school children aged 4-6 years and is the follow-up course to the “Zirkuszwergli” course. It is not necessary to attend the preliminary course to participate.
We playfully develop strength, coordination and flexibility and practise the basic acrobatic figures on the floor – rolls, wheels, headstands and handstands. During the course, we get to know the various circus disciplines and try them out together.
The joy of movement and creativity in doing things together are just as important as the precise teaching of the basics. The children refine their self-awareness and strengthen their self-confidence: the best preparation for any further art of movement!
Clothing: Comfortable sportswear. Turntäppeli or barefoot. In the winter months, we recommend long training clothes for before and after the course. Children with long hair should have a hair tie with them.
Luisa Schmitz
Luisa Schmitz wurde 1993 in Zürich (CH) geboren. Sie studierte an der Fontys Hoogeschool voor de Kunsten in Tilburg (NL), wo sie 2016 den Bachelor in Tanz und Choreografie absolvierte.
Seitdem hat sie sich in Akrobatik, Handstand und Clownerie weitergebildet.
Nebst ihrer Arbeit als Choreografin und Performerin, unterrichtet Luisa eine Vielzahl an Kindern und Erwachsenen (Tanz und Akrobatik), unterstützt Kreationen als dramaturgisches Outside Eye und kuratiert das Format Circ-Exchange für das Zirkusquartier Zürich. Sie ist ausserdem Teil der Kompanie Bill and Fred Productions, ein rein weibliches Clown-Akrobatik-Duo mit dem sie durch ganz Europa tourt.
Lara Schawalder
Lara Schawalder
Lara Schawalder ist im Zürcher Oberland aufgewachsen. Mit 20 Jahren ging sie für sieben Jahre nach Paris, besuchte die Musicalschule ECM-ISAS und trainierte in der Zirkusschule Les Noctambules, wo sie sich auf Bodenakrobatik und Vertikaltuch spezialisierte. Seitdem arbeitet sie im In- und Ausland als Artistin und unterrichtet Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene.
| Price | Lesson of 60 minutes | Entire session (16 lessons) |
| Normal price: | 28.00 CHF | 448.00 CHF |
| Legi/cultural legi of the parents: | 20.00 CHF | 320.00 CHF |
Individual lessons cannot be booked. Entry during the current session is possible at any time if capacity is available. The price will be adjusted accordingly.
Course information:
General
- The course takes place once a week (except during school vacations and public holidays)
- Course duration: 60 minutes
- Start: February 23 (from the end of the 2026 school sports vacations)
- End: July 6 (until the start of the 2026 school summer vacation), 16 lessons in total
Trial lessons
- Please book online.
- The first lesson from the date of booking is always a trial lesson and costs CHF 20.
- A final decision on the booking can then be made: The registration or deregistration for the entire course session must reach us by e-mail (kontakt@zirkusquartier.ch) three days after the trial lesson.
- If you book and confirm the appointment, the trial lesson will be charged even if you do not attend.
Discounts
- Legi & Kulturlegi
- For children’s courses we also accept parents’ Legi and Kulturlegi.
- We offer a CHF 5 discount per lesson on the second course booked.
Access
- It is always possible to join the course during the current session if capacity is available.
- Simply book online, the first lesson is a trial lesson.
- You will only be charged from the definitive start date after the trial lesson.
Child protection
- Zirkusquartier is a member of Versa, the association for the prevention of sexual exploitation of children in sport.