Printable CV – PDF - Helle Siljeholm & Sara Christophersen

RESIDENCIES, MASTER CLASSES, ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND EXCHANGE
2011 Artist residency/creative workshop series at NCCA, Amman, Jordan
Artist Residency at The National Centre for Culture and Arts, King Hussein Foundation 3-14 Oct
2011. Invited artists in residence at NCCA as part of the co-production for ‘Snik and Snok on
the Moon’. As part of the residency they taught extended master classes for NCCA’s inhouse
theatre company on methods for creating performances with video/projection and
live performance. Supported by NCCA, UD/DTS and The Norwegian Embassy in Amman.
2011 Summer intensive Sareyyet Ramallah Contemporary Dance Company, Ramallah
Siljeholm/Christophersen were invited dance artists to work with the Sareyyet Ramallah’s
Contemporary and Folklore Dance Companies. For one month Siljeholm/Christophersen
conducted extended master classes in contemporary dance, focusing on release
technique, contact improvisation, improvisation techniques and instant composition. The
summer intensive is part of a longterm collaboration and exchange between
Siljeholm/Christophersen and Sareyyet Ramallah. Supported by UD/DTS, The Norwegian
Representative Office to the PA and Sareyyet Ramallah - First Ramallah Group.
2009 Takween, Beirut, Lebanon
Three month pilot project to establish an academy for dance in the Middle East (based in
Beirut) to educate professional contemporary dancers. Initiated by Maqamat Theatre
Dance. Siljeholm/Christophersen were invited to teach release technique and contact
improvisation.
COMMISSIONS
2012/2013 Valley of the Moon (working title)
Commission by the National Centre for Culture and Arts – King Hussein Foundation. To be
premiered February 2013. Supported by the Norwegian Embassy in Amman.
SEMINARS/TEACHING
2012: Proda classes (professional training classes) as part of Kortreist Dansefestival, Norway
2012: Workshop in CI for VIB, Trondheim, Norway
2011: Invited to the seminar ‘Dance and Society’, Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival
2010-2011: Project and performance work at Solbakken Folkehøyskole 2010 to Dec 2011.
2010-2011: Project and performance work at Norsk Skuespiller Institutt 2010-2011
2008-2012: Workshops in contact improvisation; Sareyyet Ramallah, Palestine and Maqamat Dance, Lebanon
2010: Invited participant at Kedja Reykjavik, Nordic-Baltic conference for dance
2010: Invited to conduct workshops in contact improvisation as part of Beirut International Dance Platform and
Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival
2010: Invited to conduct seminar on interdisciplinary collaboration between dance and video for Amman
Contemporary Dance Festival
2009: Invited participant at Kedja Oslo – Dance and New Media, including pre-workshop with Johannes
Birringer
Grants:
2012: Government grant, work grant for younger/newly established artists - 3 years
2010: Government grants for artists, Material/Travel grant
2009: FFUK/Fund for performing artists travel grant
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