about us

Zuga United Dancers is a collective of dancers and choreographers that has been working together since 1999.

Performances about personal and touching themes for Zuga’s five members: Ajjar, Helen, Kärt, Päär, Tiina
Movement as the language of performances
Collaboration as a way of creating
Creating together with children and young people
Playing - interaction through games
Workshops as creative laboratories
Performances for children, youngsters and adults. Zuga has performed for adults and children in Estonia, Norway, Finland, USA, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Palestine, Sweden, Russia, Romania, Croatia, Poland, UK, China.
Several theatre and dance awards (Estonian Good Theatre Award, Salme Reek Award, The Estonian Theatre Annual awards, Independent Performing Arts Award, etc.)

AWARDS

- Zuga is honoured of being laureat of the Estonian Good Theatre Award / 2021

- nomination of the Estonian Theatre Award of the year 2020 for children theatre - for ZUGA's performance "2 + 2 = 22"

- Estonian Independent Dance Award 2014 for ZUGA's performance "The Passage"

- nomination of the Estonian Theatre Award of the year 2014 for children theatre - for ZUGA's performance "The Passage"

- nomination of the Estonian Theatre Award "best dance performance 2011" - for ZUGA's performance „Old Buddies“

- Estonian Theatre Award of the year 2009 for children theatre - for ZUGA's performance "Zuga zuug zuh-zuh-zuh"

- Estonian Independent Dance Award 2009 for ZUGA's performance "Zuga zuug zuh-zuh-zuh"

- Estonian Theatre Award "best dance performance 2006" - for ZUGA's performance „Wolf and woman“

- Philip Morris Dance Award 2006 "the performance of the year" for ZUGA's performance „Wolf and woman“

- Philip Morris Dance Award 2005 "the performance of the year 2005” for Kaja Kann's solo performance „There are Laika dogs living in Estonia”

- Award of the Estonian children theatre festival "Draamake" - "Touch of the audience" - for ZUGA's performance „ZUGA's children piece“

- Estonian Theatre Award "best dance performance 2004" - for ZUGA's performance “ZUGA teeb suure linna”

- Philip Morris Dance Award 2002 "the performance of the year" for ZUGA's performance “Walking home solo”

contacts

Tiina Mölder molder.tiina@gmail.com, +372 56955195

Ingrid Kääramees ingrid@stl.ee