BIO
Neil Höhener was born in Mexico City and raised in eastern Switzerland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance from the Zurich University of the Arts in 2019. As a dancer, he has worked in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and Italy, collaborating with companies such as Cie Marchepied, Cie La Ronde, and Club Guy and Roni. Currently, he is working with Martin Zimmermann and Tabea Martin.
His own short works, such as the solo "White Room", were showcased in 2019 at the Skopje Dance Fest and for the opening of Tanzhaus Zürich. His solo "take a seat" toured Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Turkey, and Portugal in 2022/23. It was presented at several festivals, including the International Solo Dance Theater Festival in Stuttgart, the DanzaTTack Festival in Tenerife, the Solo Dance Festival in Ankara, and the Quinzena de Dança de Almada, and earned the Newcomer Award at the Oltener Tanztagen in 2024.
His duo "No Controles", created with Moira Lafosse, was performed at Mixed Pickles #12 in Roxy Birsfelden and was also presented at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel, the Tanzfestival Winterthur, Théâtre du Jura, and the Entreloçados Festival in Portugal.
In 2023/24, Neil is an Associated Artist with TanzPlan Ost, where he developed his full-length dance piece, the solo "An Act". The piece premiered at Tanzhaus Zürich and was shown at the Phönix Theater in Steckborn and the Bachturnhalle in Schaffhausen. "An Act" will be performed in 2025 at Theater am Gleis in Winterthur and at the PAULA Festival in St. Gallen.
His works have been shown at
Skopje Dance Fest 2019
Tanzhaus Zürich 2019
Solo Tanz Theater Festival Stuttgart 2022
InciDanse Fribourg 2022
Roxy Birsfelden 2023
Tanzfest Winterthur 2023
DanzaTTack Festival Tenerife 2023
Brücki 235 Festival Zürich 2023
Solo Contemporary Dance Festival Ankara 2023
Zürcher Theater Spektakel 2023
Quinzena de Dança de Almada 2023
Oltener Tanztage 2023
Tanzfestival Winterthur 2023
Festival Entreloçados Portimão 2023
Tanzfest Winterthur 2024
Théâtre du Jura 2024
Tanzhaus Zürich 2024
Phönix Theater, Steckborn 2024
Theater Bachturnhalle Schaffhausen 2024
Theater am Gleis Winterthur 2025
Paula Interfestival 2025
2024
Johanna Heusser "valse, valse, valse"
Tabea Martin "LOVE SCENES"
Martin Zimmermann ”CIAO CIAO”
2023/2024
Associated Artist, Tanz Plan Ost "An Act"
2023
Tanz Plan Ost, Choreo Lab
Marcel Leemann Physical Dance Theater ”CIAO”
MAZE dance company ”PERFECTION DETOX”
Cie Le Lokart ”SACRE”
2022
Egri Bianco Danza ”The Dark Matter” / ”Eartheart”
BRÜCKEREI, Alain Platel ”Rite of Spring”
Yoko Ono “Bag Piece” Kunsthaus Zurich
2022/2021
Cie La Ronde ”8” Steps Dance Festival 2022, Theater Winterthur
2021
DAGADA dance company ”Pussy Lounge”
Cie Marchepied works by Cie Utilitie Publique, Yann Lheureux
2020
Marcel Leemann Physical Dance Theater ”High Risk Body”
Choreographers in Residence works by Winston Arnon, Angela Demattè
2020/2019
Club Guy and Roni, Poetic Disasters Club works by Dunja Jocic, Tatiana Mateeva, Harold Luya, Davy Pieters
2019
Boris Charmatz, Zürcher Theater Spektakel
Dantzaz, Proyecto Larrua ”Artalde”
Nunzio Impellizzeri Dance Company ”Happening”
Skopje Dance Theater works by Risima Risimkin, Adrijana Dancevska, Dejan Bitrovski / Dance Fest Skopje 2019
2018
Gob Squad arts collective ”Pictures for Dorian“
Nunzio Impellizeri Dance Company ”Corpo Barocco”
BA Contemporary Dance, Steps Dance Festival, Dance Fest Skopje, TanzArt ostwest works by Itzik Galili, Barak Marshall, Jasmine Morand, Michael Schumacher