Helene Düring Kjær
Dance artist, performer, choreographer, producer, projectleader and fundraiser
Born: 1994, Aarhus, Danmark
Nationality: Danish
Contact: helene_d_kjaer@hotmail.com
Based in Bremen (DE)
Freelancing in Norway, Germany, Denmark
ARTISTIC WORK
2026
How To Arrive After Landing
Mori & the Drifters
Co-creating dancer of 48 h performance installation in Tou Scene’s Ølhallene. Feb 20-22.
Supported by Norwegian Arts Council.
Orange ist nicht Allein
Dancer for choreographers: Neele Buchholz & Tom Bünger. Premieres Jan 30,31, Feb 1 at Schwankhalle Bremen.
2025
Through your Eyes
Dancer/choreographer, duet with Markus Hoft
Schaukasten Tanz - TanzExchange Münster
Oh no! Scarlatti - a beautiful despair
Co-creating dancer with performer Katze Greven & pianist Francesca di Pierro.
Part of Tanzdialoge Bremen#6
Playful Physics
Dancer/choreographer, duet with Markus Hoft
Music by Simon Oelsner.
13. Sep: Dancing in the Streets, Bremen (DE)
4. Oct: Move! Tanzfestival, Greven (DE)
Hungry for Play and Sweat
Dancer/maker with saxophonist and dancer Sarka Benedova. Performed at Øyhopp-festivalen and Haugesund Bypark (NO) august 2025
Supported by Rogaland Fylkeskommune, Haugesund Kommune, KRA, Øyhopp-festivalen.
Take My Yellow, Give Me Your Red
ASAKJÆR
Dancer/installation in performance with cellist Sarvin Asa. Performed 13+14.july 2025 at
Galleri TESE, Aarhus (DK) Supported by Aarhus Kommune.
2026: Koncertkirken Copenhagen 22. March.
A Day in a Sparrow’s Life
Hagit Yakira dance company
As a dancer for choreographer Hagit Yakira,
Stavanger (NO) April. Composition:Marius Neset
Supported by Cityfest Stavanger.
low rumble
Dancer/maker of a solo commissioned by Miniaturen Festival, Bremen (DE) Jan 17-18.
2024
Birds & Smalltalk by Kunstgrillen ensemble
Performances at KRA, Kammermusikkfestivalen Stavanger.
Tour in Haugesund, Bergen and Førde.
ASAKJÆR improvisations
Ongoing interdisciplinary research with cellist Sarvin Asa. Research in Aarhus and Copenhagen.
Manifestation at Musikhuset Aarhus for 'Kvinde liv frihed-event.'
Test Kitchen Wiberg/Kjær
Improvisation research with dancer Nathalie Wiberg and musician Simon Oelsner. REsidency by Tou Scene and support from Trafo
2023
How to Arrive after Landing II
Residency at HAUT (Copenhagen) and work sharings presented
at Teater Zeppelin and Institut for X ( Aarhus).
Psyche (online)
Hagit Yakira Dance, livestream version of research project.
How to Arrive after Landing
performance by Giri/Benedova / Kjær
instant creation commissioned by KunstRomArbeid.
Presented at KRA 3 year anniversary.
2022
The Longest Gap
Durational performance by Mirko Guido,
performed at ARoS Art Museum, Aarhus.
Psyche
Research project by Hagit Yakira Dance, performed at Bjergsted, Stavanger.
Coffee or Die
Dancer and co-creator, collaboration with dancers Jøran Ravndal and Oda Emilie Skogen Ellefsen.
Performed in august at Spor 5 and at Grenland Friteater.
Residencies at Tou Scene and Grenland Friteater. Supported by Fond For Lyd og Bilde, Fond for utøvende kunstnere, Stavanger Kommune, Rogaland Fylkeskommune and Porsgrunn kommune.
Kunstgrillen ensemble
March: Creating and performing for Tou Scene's event Klubb Kiyv.
September: Performing 2 site generic scores + artist talk at Tou.
Kunstigt Træ
Dancer in multidisciplinary performance score by composer Josue Blanco Balaguer. Klubscenen (Aarhus), May.
A-B-C translations
with Nicola Visser and Astrid Elmstrøm + participants
informal performance experiment, Generationernes hus, Aarhus.
(What Lies) Between Two Habitats
Dancer in performance by vocalist and composer Laura Zöschg.
Filmed as videowork in May, performed at Quonga Festival (Aarhus) in November.
2021
Body Memory
Co-creating dancer in choreography by Therese Markhus.
Premiere and performances at Tou Scene, November 2021. Supported by Norsk Kulturråd
Levende Utekunst - Kunstgrillen ensemble
As projectleader and co-creative dancer. Performing in 4 site generic performances:
The Black that is Blue and
Birds & Smalltalk
Moving Still
Common Grounds
performed in Stavanger, Haugesund and Sandnes July-Sep 2021.
Supported by Rogaland Fylkeskommune, FFUK, Stavanger Kommune, Haugesund Kommune, Sandnes kommune
Porcelain Confessions (pre-project)
With artistic collaborators Atul Giri and Sarka Benedova. Residencies at RAS and Tou Scene in Feb + Sep 2021.
Supported by Norwegian Arts Council and Stavanger kommune
Coffee or Die (pre-project)
Dancer and co-creator, collaboration with dancers Jøran Ravndal and Oda Skogen. Preproject supported by Cultiva Ekspress and SKS, residencies at Dansis and SKS LAB.
In Medias Res II
As choreographer, dancer and producer.
Performed at Rimi/Imir Scenekunst december 2020.
Supported by Stavanger Kommune and Rogaland fylkeskommune
2020
Diorama
As a dancer in sitegeneric choreography by
Ingrid Fiksdal, costumes by Fredrik Floen.
Performed in July at Emmausbukten, Stavanger.
Kunstgrillen
as project administrator, initiator and dance
artist. From May to December, the ensemble performed 8 interdisciplinary pieces created for public spaces. Supported by Stavanger Kommune.
Notes for the Uninspired,
or Instant Contemporary Choreography
interactive choreographic installation,
collaboration with dancer Astrid Mæland,
residency and presentation at Kråkeslottet, Stavanger.
Accessible Desires
Situation improvisations in public spaces of
Berlin, research and performance with artist
Adam Hrúby. January 2020.
2019
L Longed for it
As stand in dancer and choreographic assistant. Choreography by Therese Markhus and visual artist Ingrid Toogod. Supported by Norwegian Arts Council, Stavanger Kommune and Rogaland Fylkeskommune.
Mash-up!
as choreographer and dancer, collab with dancers and classical percusissionists.
Performed in August.
Created for and supported by Stavanger Kammermusikk Festival.
In Medias Res
choreographer, producer, dancer.
Performed at Bådteatret Copenhagen, June. Preproject funding from Norwegian Arts Council.
Stavanger, jeg elsker deg
collaboration with dancer Vlad Sinchuk.
Residency at Dansis, Stavanger, March
2018
Care
as dancer and maker. An interactive solo using voicework and audience participation. Presented at BA-ceremony at UiS, Stavanger, May.
Dansende Speil
Sitespecific interactive solo, April, Bjergsted Parken, Stavanger.
BA Final Performance
New choreographies by Hagit Yakira,
Anton Lachky, and Rui Lopes Graca
Performed at Sandnes Kulturhus.
EDUCATION
Sep 2018 – Dec 2018
Roar Berlin
3 months program: radical journeys in body, dance and performance.
Aug 2015 – June 2018
University of Stavanger, Faculty of Performing Arts
Bachelor in Contemporary dance
Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
VSMU Academy of the Arts Bratislava, Slovakia
Erasmus exchange semester, Bachelor in Dance,
Aug 2014 – June 2015
Copenhagen Contemporary Dance School
København, Denmark
1 year pre-education in contemporary dance
Jan 2014 – June 2014
Musik og Teater Højskolen
6 months program, dancetheater and newcircus
2010-2013
Aarhus Katedralskole, gymnasium
Main subjects: Visual arts/Art history, Psychology, Italian
RECEIVED STIPENDS AND FUNDING
Norwegian Arts Council:
Projectfunding for ‘How to Arrive after Landing’ 2025/26
Rogaland Fylkes kommune & Haugesund kommune:
funding for ‘Hungry for Play and Sweat’
Aarhus kommune 2025:
funding for ASAKJÆR.
Gramex:
support for Contakids teacher certification in 2024.
Production funding for 'Coffee or Die' 2022
Fond For Lyd og Bilde, Fond for utøvende kunstnere, Stavanger Kommune, Rogaland Fylkeskommune and Porsgrunn kommune.
Support for Kunstgrillen ‘Levende Utekunst’ 2021
Rogaland Fylkeskommune, Stavanger kommune, Fond For Utøvende Kunstnere, Haugesund Kommune, Sandnes kommune
Preproject funding and residency for Coffee or Die
Cultiva Ekspress, Scenekunst sør LAB 2021
Preprojectsupport for Porcelain Confessions 2021
Norwegian Arts Council, Stavanger Kommune
Projectsupport for Kunstgrillen
Stavanger Kommune, 2020
Projectsupport for In Medias Res
Stavanger Kommune and Rogaland Fylkeskommune, 2020
Stipend for newly educated artists
Norwegian Arts Council, 2019
Preproject funding for In Medias Res
Norwegian Arts Council, 2019
The student honors prize 2018
Faculty of Performing Arts, UiS
Other relevant work
Jan 2019 – Des 2020
Rimi/Imir Scenekunst (RISK)
- Projectmanager program and lobby.
- initiator and organizer of weekly artistic practice sharings and monthly open jams for local artists.
- part of Affiliated Artist Group 2020
- Uloba BPA, Stavanger
Personal assistant for a wheelchair-user
Jan – juni 2019 Sandnes Kommune
Dance teacher, support group for local youth.
Member of DansiS and previous boardmember of Kunstromarbeid (KRA Stavanger)
Member of LAFDK, Dansis, SKS
Boardmember and teacher in Aarhus Contact Improvisation group.
WORKSHOPS
Contakids teacher certification, Algarve, 2024
Producer workshop, Kirre Alvberg, 2021
The world is sound, 2021
Vilnius CI-festival Vilnius, 2019
Silent CI-festival Georgia, 2019
Dancing Date, Tbilisi 2019
Fighting Monkey with Natalia Pieczuro, 2019 + 2023
Kontaktland Ungarn 2018
Budapest International Dance Week 2018
Project X Kasper Ravnhøj, 2017
Metamorphosis CI-festival Sverige, 2017
Lunga Arts festival, Iceland 2016