Two days Blüesli workshop in Zürich on 13 and 14th of December with live music on Saturday night!
We are super excited to have Catherine Palmier (France/USA) back in Zürich! Don’t miss the chance to learn with her!
The workshop
Join internationally acclaimed dancer and educator Catherine Palmier for an immersive solo dance workshop that explores the soulful power of Solo Blues and the deep, grounded rhythms of African dance. This workshop is an invitation to connect with your body, your roots, and the music—through movement that is expressive, ancestral, and unapologetically personal.
Whether you’re new to these styles or looking to deepen your connection and creativity, Catherine will guide you through the fundamentals and beyond. Expect a rich blend of technique, musicality, improvisation, and cultural context, all delivered in Catherine’s signature style—grounded, generous, and empowering.
About Catherine
Catherine Palmier assists individuals to unleash one’s own authentic movement offering guided explorations to refine one’s dance using grounded organic movement, effortless power and fluid grace.
With over 10 years of professional dance experience, academic dance training in Paris, and knowledge of multiple styles of dance, Catherine skillfully and with a keen movement sensibility helps dancers discover the origin and understanding of their own personal movement. She draws from performance concepts, emotions, visualizations, memories, body mechanics, sensations and alignment to support a constantly flourishing understanding of dance for her students.
Catherine hopes her students receive insight, playfulness and enthusiasm from her work enabling them to develop their own signature style within their dance.
Because of Catherine’s ability to interpret various dance styles coupled with her proficiency in revealing the unlimited nature of African dance an body mechanics, this makes her appealing to dancers of any genre or experience level.
Party with Stompin’ Blues Buddy
Stompin’ Blues Buddy, the “one man blues band,” skillfully blends vocals, guitars, harp, and a foot drum for an authentic, largely unplugged experience. Performing blues standards, covers, and original compositions, he embraces the simplicity of acoustic instruments, including the resonator guitar (Dobro), voice, blues harp, and a foot-powered farmer’s drum. André “Buddy” Bernath, self-taught since the late 1960s, incorporates decades of experience in rock and blues formations. His recent addition of the Farmer Footdrum completes his transformation into a captivating “One Man Blues band.”
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Price
Full Blüesli: 220 CHF regular / 180 reduced (Saturday & Sunday classes, all parties incl.)
Only one day Blüesli: 130 CHF regular / 110 CHF reduced (Saturday OR Sunday classes, all parties incl.)
NOTE: if you register for only one day, you’ll be put on a waiting list until 10 days before the event and only get the ticket if there are spots left.
Party: 15.- (no registration necessary)
Workshop schedule (draft)
Saturday
10:45: Check-in
11:00 – 12:00: Classes
12:00 – 13:15: Lunch break
13:15 – 16:45: Classes (incl. breaks)
20:30 – 01:00 Saturday night party with live music
Sunday
14:00: Check-in
14:15 – 17:45: Classes (incl. breaks)
Venue (NEW LOCATION!)
United Dance, Studio 3, Hohlstrasse 560, Zürich.
Right next to Bahnhof Altstetten, Busstation in front of the building (entrance next to Coop Pronto, 3rd Floor)
Not enough blues?
Join our regular weekly classes!
You just want to party? All Swiss blues events can be found in the shared google Calendar or on LindyHop.ch (use filter Zürich & Blues)