Jil Mina Schranz:

"Theatre, and everything that comes with it, is my greatest passion. My heart beats for the stage.
It is my dream to move and inspire the audience through my artistic expression. Since childhood, the theatre has been my second home."

Education and Training

  • 2024-2025 Stage Academy of Switzerland (SAS) — Acting and Singing

    • Acting: Anna Blumer and Anna-Katharina Müller

    • Vocals and Musical: Sandra Suter

    • Breathing and Movement: Simone Blaser and Angelika Ächter

    • Speech and Communication: Grazia Pergoletti

  • 2023-2025 Institut Unterstrass at PHZH — KUST Program

  • 2021-2022 University of Teacher Education Zurich (PHZH)

  • 2018-2021 University of Zurich — Assessments in Psychology

  • 2018 Swiss Federal Matura (Swiss High School Diploma)

Theater / Film

  • May–June 2025 – 10 sessions of camera training with Roman Dudler, acting coach, and Thomas Haldimann, cinematographer

  • 2024–25 – Various video projects with Kevin Cagulada

  • March 25, 2025 – Interview with Stefan Gubser, international film actor and producer

  • September 3, 2024, and March 18, 2025 – Singing workshop on the Lichtenberger Method with Jan Fischer

  • June 1, 2024 – Short film “Chef in der Not” by Jason Blumer and Marcel Gärtner, role: client

  • June 1, 2024 – Acting workshop with Beat Schlatter, actor, screenwriter, comedian, and producer

  • May 28, June 4 and 11, 2024, and May 27, June 3 and 11, 2025 – Singing workshops with Barbara Schneebeli, vocal coach, concert singer, stage musician, and teacher: “Creating songs and music for stage needs” and “Expanding vocal repertoire and stylistic range”

  • March 19, 2024 – Workshop with Peter Pfändler (Swiss comedian) on “Reading Faces”

  • March 9, 16, and 23, 2024 – Workshop with Berlin actor and musician Tim-Owe Georgi on character development using improvisation techniques

  • 2021 – Three months of private theater lessons with Marco Cupullari and Jean-Martin Roy (former director of the Dimitri School in Verscio), Spazio Elle di Locarno

  • 2018 – Teatro del Gatto, Ascona – “Essere o non essere, Antigone” by Sophocles, role of Ismene

  • 2014–15 – Teatro Papio Ascona – Fiordaliso in “Andreuccio da Perugia,” novella by G. Boccaccio

  • July 12–21, 2012 – “Shakespeare in the Park 2012, Romeo + Juliet,” directed by Shuan Loftus, under the patronage of the city of Florence, the American Consulate in Florence, with Principe Corsini and KME-Dynamo CAMP, Palazzo Corsini Garden (Florence)

  • 2008–09 – Teatro Tangram (Florence)

Dance-Theater

  • November 2020 – May 2021 – Three-month project with Silvano Mozzini and Christiane Loch (Zurich)

  • 2015-16 – GenerArTi, Dance and Theater of Generations, Carambole Tanz&Theater and Teatro del Gatto

Dance

  • 2018–25 Modern-Contemporary dance classes with Nathalie Delley (ASVZ)

  • 2018–23 Attended dance classes in Modern, Contemporary, Ballet, Afro dance, and Salsa. Schools: ASVZ, Tanzwerk 101, and Salsa People Altstetten (Zurich)

  • 2015–18 Tiziana Arnaboldi, Teatro San Materno, Ascona

    Dance workshops with:

    • Lucie Lataste, La danza e il linguaggio dei segni, 2016

    • Tiziana Arnaboldi, Gesti di danza quotidiana, 2016

    • Nina Dipla, dancer with Pina Bausch, 2015

  • 2015–18 Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, and Jazz, The Moving Factory, Locarno-Losone (Ticino)

  • 2013–15 Ballet, Modern, and Hip-Hop, Ingrid Konrad, CSM Minusio (Ticino)

  • 2011–13 Ballet and Modern dance, Opusballet (Florence)

  • 2004–07 Ballet and Contemporary dance, Florence Dance Center (Florence)

  • 2004–07 Children’s and youth dance theater, Luzia Burgdorfer (Zurich)

Music

  • 2024-25 Vocal lessons with Sandra Suter (Zurich)

  • 2023-24 Vocal lessons with Nadja Merian (Affoltern am Albis)

  • 2021-24 Guitar lessons with Nicolás Gagliani (Zurich)

  • 2022-24 Viola lessons with Lukas Kmit (Zurich)

  • 2019-23 Violin lessons with Lukas Kmit (Zurich)

  • 2019 Violin lessons with Lorgia Loor, Tony Areal (Zurich)

  • 2013-18 Violin lessons and orchestra, Accademia Vivaldi, Muralto (Ticino)

  • 2008-10 Piano lessons (Florence)

  • 2007-08 Cello lessons (Florence)

  • 2005-07 Violin lessons (Zurich)

Theater and dance are my greatest passion. My heart beats for the stage, where I want to inspire the audience and encourage them to reflect. Theater has been my second home since childhood. Early on, I began with ballet, which laid the foundation for me to further develop in modern and contemporary dance. I have attended dance schools such as Florence Dance Center, Opus Ballet, and Moving Factory, and participated in numerous dance workshops, including those with Tiziana Arnaboldi and Nina Dipla. Currently, I am studying part-time at the Stage Academy of Switzerland to further cultivate my passion.