Lorena Galeano Dance educator · Performer · Researcher Bern & Zürich

My body is at once an archive, a tool, and a language.

I have been dancing, teaching and researching for over 25 years — rooted in classical oriental dance, ballet, and dance studies at the University of Bern. My work moves between two poles: the scholarly curiosity about ritual, embodied knowledge, and cultural context — and the musical intuition that in oriental dance is not accompaniment, but origin.

As a performer, I work through improvisation — in dialogue with the music, whether I’ve mapped a structure in advance or let the score decide in real time. As a teacher, I guide each dancer toward their own form of expression. As a certified PBT instructor, I bring conditioning and body awareness into the studio — across styles, across bodies.

I teach regularly in Bern and Zürich — group classes, private sessions and workshops — through KörperTanz: body conditioning, technique and expression as a single practice.

REFERENCES

  • “Lorena’s skills and knowledge are incomparable and she shares both of it without restrictions. In times when I was at a loss with my dancing career, she gave me a new goal. Thanks to her coaching, I dance more focused and better than ever.”

    Schirin – Performer based in Zurich, Switzerland

  • “I really enjoy attending Lorena’s classes. I really like her exact technique and her creativity. I also appreciate that she integrates elements of classical ballet, as I also have danced ballet for a long time. For me, Lorena is a combination of technique, elegance, precision, creativity, professionalism and temperament. I can always improve myself and I can only recommend her classes to others.”

    Soraya Martin – Fitness Instructor and Performer based in Zurich, Switzerland

  • “I’ve been taking classes with Lorena for many years and I feel that I’m very lucky to learn from her. She is a warm teacher with a great technique and incredibly knowledgeable . Her patience and precise drills make you feel your improvement almost weekly. She helped me to find myself in dance and to enjoy what I’m doing during the classes and on stage. I really recommend her as teacher and coach.”

    Inessa – Teacher and Performer based in Bern, Switzerland