LEA MORO

Lea Moro, born in Switzerland, works as a choreographer, curator, dramaturg, and cultural manager.

She studied at the Accademia Teatro Dimitri (CH, BA in Theatre), the LABAN Centre in London (Diploma in Dance Studies), and the Inter-University Center for Dance Berlin (BA in Dance, Context, Choreography). In 2019/20, she participated in the one-year university program Curating in the Performing Arts at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg and LMU Munich (DE). In 2018/19, she completed a training in Systemic Organizational Consulting at artop — Institute at Humboldt University of Berlin, followed by Strategic Sustainability Management at the Institute for Future Culture (DE) in 2023, and Transformation Management in Culture at the Aktionsnetzwerk (DE) in 2024. In 2024, she also completed her Master’s in Development and Cooperation/International Relations at the NADEL Institute at ETH Zurich (CH).

Since 2013, Lea Moro has created twelve choreographic works and founded the platform Work it Out (since 2021). Her artistic projects are aimed at and involve young audiences, amateurs, and older people. These projects and performances take place on traditional theater stages as well as in site-specific spaces and interdisciplinary contexts. Lea Moro’s artistic works tour internationally and have been presented at renowned venues and festivals such as HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Sophiensaele Berlin, Tanz im August Berlin, Moving in November Festival Helsinki, and the Colombo Dance Platform Sri Lanka. Her works have been featured at the German Dance Platform and Swiss Dance Days.

In the 2015/16 season, Lea Moro was a resident choreographer at K3 — Center for Choreography | Tanzplan Hamburg. In 2017/18, she was selected as a Young Associated Artist at Tanzhaus Zurich in cooperation with Pro Helvetia and was highlighted as a promising talent in the 2015 yearbook of the magazine «tanz». Between 2015 and 2023, she received numerous scholarships and awards, including the Elsa-Neumann Scholarship from the State of Berlin, the DanceWEB Scholarship at ImPulsTanz Vienna, a Dance Practice Scholarship from Berlin’s Senate Department, and a work grant from Zurich’s Cultural Department. Additionally, she was honored with the Förderpreis of the Canton of Zurich, a work grant from the Canton of St. Gallen, and a Freiraumbeitrag grant from the Canton of Zurich.

Lea Moro has taught in BA and MA programs in dance and choreography at the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki (FI), Stockholm University of the Arts (SE), the Inter-University Center for Dance Berlin (DE), and the Manufacture Lausanne (CH).

She has served on numerous juries and committees, including as a member of the Academic and Extended Academic Senate of UdK Berlin (2012–14), the jury of the residency program Schloss Bröllin (DE, 2014–18), Zürcher Theater Spektakel (CHF, 2019), Atelier Mondial Basel – International Residencies for Dance (CH, 2019–23), and the Deutsche Studienstiftung (DE, 2023).

Additionally, Lea Moro is a co-founder of the Acker’Festival at Acker Stadt Palast Berlin (2013 and 2014 editions). From 2019 to 2021, she co-led an artist and production manager networking round-table in cooperation with Tanzbüro Berlin and was a mentor in the PAP Mentoring Program (Performing Arts Program Berlin). She served as deputy chair of WAM – Women in Arts and Media e.V. (DE, 2023–25) and has been a member of the Board of Trustees for the Cultural Foundation of the Canton of Thurgau (CH) since 2023. In 2024, she co-founded EWA_Empowering Women in the Arts (CH).

Since 2019, she has worked as a dramaturg in the dramaturgy pool at Tanzhaus Zurich (CH). In 2022–23, she was program dramaturg at Kaserne Basel (CH) and was involved with the organization reflector in 2023, supporting cultural institutions in transitioning toward environmentally sustainable practices. In collaboration with Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil-Jona (CH), she founded and curated the dance festival Date to Dance (editions 2022 and 2024).