Zoe Gyssler is a Swiss performer and choreographer, based in Berlin, Mallorca and Basel.

 

Her work focuses on feminist and transcultural approaches, exploring the role of women in society and creating work that sheds light on their experiences, taking into account specific aspects of socialization and cultural practices. While today's world becomes increasingly complex and multilayered, answers and positions seem to take the opposite direction, creating dichotomous narratives and dividing issues into simple “yes or no/ right or wrong” realities. By using movement and visual storytelling, her work searches for ways to re-create a sense of community, to enable dialogues under the premise that different perspectives can co-exist and be equally right at the same time.

 

Zoe Gyssler studied contemporary dance at the Music and Dance Academy in Jerusalem and at Varium School of Contemporary Dance in Barcelona and completed a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and Sports Science at University of Basel.

As a performer, she collaborated with artists such as Johannes Wieland, Wim Vandekeybus, Maxine Doyle (Punchdrunk) and Tom Weinberger, among others.

Since 2016, she started to develop dance theater pieces that have been presented in Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. A major project that began in 2018, called „The Acting Body Dances“, has been central to her work, exploring aspects of character and identity. Since 2021, she has been working as a choreographer for different theater productions in Münster, Ingolstadt, and Mainz. Since 2023, she has been an active member of the women's collective “Catzoval” in Mallorca and the multidisciplinary collective “Oscillations” in Berlin.