Anya Bila
Founder, movement director. Contemporary, floor research, dance film. Ukrainian, in Zürich since 2019.
Dance like nobody's Swiss.
AUCH is German for also. It's also a dance and art studio in Oerlikon, where open level actually means open level.
Embarrassment runs adult bodies more than anyone admits. Class is where you put it down.
AUCH started in a rehearsal room in Oerlikon because Anya kept meeting
people in Zürich who loved dancing and had nowhere unembarrassing to
do it. Two rooms, sprung floor, no mirrors in the small one.
Inclusivity first
Not a slogan on a wall. Four pay-what-you-can places in every class, step-free access from the street, and teachers who say out loud what they are doing instead of assuming you already know.
Open level is real
When a class says open level it is built for a room that holds a first-timer and a professional at the same time. Nobody gets parked at the back to copy the row in front.
Art is work
Teachers are paid a fixed fee per class, not per head. Nobody has to fill a room to make rent, so nobody has to water down what they teach to keep you in it.
Come as you are
No uniform, no shoes for most classes, no mirror-first culture. Wear the thing you can sweat in. Bodies of every size, age and passport are already here.
On this week
A slice of the timetable. The full week, filters and prices live on the classes page.
Thursday, big room. Nobody in the correct outfit.
Sun 13 December 2026
Doors 18:00
Friesstrasse 34
AUCH Battle vol. 3
1 vs 1, all styles, two rooms, one very loud judge. Sixteen slots, open registration, and the crowd decides the last round. Watching is free if you're under 16 or over 66. Everyone else pays what a beer costs.
Register or come watch
Spectators CHF 12
Who's in the room
Six teachers, four languages, one shared rule: name the thing you're asking for.
Nino
Contemporary, flow. Teaches the version of a phrase your body can actually do today.
Lea
Breath dance, hatha yoga, pilates. Runs the quiet half of the timetable.
Kwame
Hip-hop, commercial, choreo. Runs the Thursday cypher and never lets it end on time.
Your first class is free.
Not a trial week, not a sign-up funnel. Pick a class, tell us you're coming, turn up in whatever you own. If you hate it, that's information too.