Lea Korner

Lea Korner was born in Switzerland, where she trained in ballet, jazz and contemporary dance. During a six-month dance training programme in New York, she developed her skills in classical and contemporary dance as well as various street styles. In 2023, she completed her Bachelor’s degree in ‘Contemporary Stage Dance & Street Styles’ at Tanzwerk101 in Zurich. Even whilst still in training, she worked with choreographers such as Muhammed Kaltuk, Luca Signoretti, Toschkin Schalnich, Lucas del Rio, Philipp Egli, Jochen Heckmann, Cédric Gagneur, Sabri Colin and Anna Chiedza Spörri.

Lea Korner took part in Tanzfaktor’s national tour in 2022, as well as in the national and international tours of the MEK Company with “Father Politics” and “Same Love”. She also danced as a guest in productions by Ballett Basel and TanzLuzern. In autumn 2025, she returned to the Luzerner Theater as rehearsal director for “Hemmige”. Directed by Linus von Stumberg and choreographed by Sarafina Beck, she took on the lead role in the dance thriller “SYNCOPE”. Since 2024, she has also been developing her own productions as part of cie nuime. The short piece “étincelles sous la brume” has been performed at venues including the Existe Festival in Monthey, the Tanzhaus Zürich, the Dampfzentrale Bern, as part of InciDanse in Fribourg, and at the Mò.DANCEFEST in Sicily.

From the 26/27 season onwards, Lea Korner will be a member of TanzGelsenkirchen at the MiR.