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Helena Jónsdóttir
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- Dansari
Filmmaker, video artist, choreographer/ Director.
Teacher. Lectures/workshops / physical film and theatre
Helena Jonsdottir studied at the National Theatre Ballet School of Iceland, with additional studies at Alvin Ailey, New York. She has performed in and choreographed countless productions for television, film, music videos and the stages. Helena has also written, choreographed and directed many choreographic films – Physical cinema, including "Breaking voices” for Art Festival in Reykjavik 2002 screened at the Reykjavik Art Museum. One of 10 winners at the Moving North project with the film "While the cats away” in 2003, then "Zimmer" which won first prize at the IV.Videotanzpreis 2003/2004 of SK Stiftung Kultur in Cologne Germany. The award winning short television/ film"Another/ Teine” that won the Grand Prix at the Cinessonne Film Festival in Paris, France in 2006. A collaboration with Estonia Broadcasting service ETV, EBU European Broadcasting Union, Arte Germany, YLE, SVT, DR, SDF, NRK, NPS
Helena is recognized internationally for her work in Scandinavia,/ Europe and USA. For the last years her work in video and film has been screened in various art spaces and festivals, national and international. Nominated in Los Angeles 2001 as the best choreographer at the Music Video Production Association Awards. Helena won the first prize in the Icelandic Dance Theatre Awards in June 2003 with the work "Open Source”. She developed “Open Source” into a full evening production and made an Irish version, which premiered at the Galway Art Festival in Ireland, and a Belgian version, which premiered at Ghent Art Festival in 2004. Lastly that she created an Icelandic version for Iceland Dance Company which premiered at the Reykjavik City Theatre in 2005. In 2007 she recreated a touring version with new cast that opened the Guangdong modern dance festival in China and was running at the Reykjavik City Theatre autumn 2007. “Open source” was chosen by the Belgian press to go to Belgium Brussels performing at the BOZAR in 2008.
As a visual artist Helena created an installation project entitled “Freeze” in 2009 in collaboration with Grandi Studio Iceland, shown in Alaska and organized by the Alaska Design Forum and the International Gallery of Contemporary Art. Other visual art project “Birgir”, an installation, was shown in UK as well as Hinterland on the River Trent in Nottingham. Furthermore, Helena was part of the traveling exhibition "100 artist see god" curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston 2002-2006. And recently her film GONE at the Ming Contemporary Art Museum in Shanghai, China, Her work has been presented in galleries, museum and festivals uptodate.
In addition to her creative projects Helena is an associate professor both at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and at Stockholm Art Academy in Sweden and freelances internationally as a lecturer and workshop leader.
Helena is awarded as the 2017 Dance artist of the year in Iceland.
The Icelandic press and culture
Artistic director +/ founder Physical cinema festival, Reykjavik Iceland
https://www.physicalcinemafest.com/ - physicalcinemafest@gmail.com
Teacher. Lectures/workshops / physical film and theatre
Helena Jonsdottir studied at the National Theatre Ballet School of Iceland, with additional studies at Alvin Ailey, New York. She has performed in and choreographed countless productions for television, film, music videos and the stages. Helena has also written, choreographed and directed many choreographic films – Physical cinema, including "Breaking voices” for Art Festival in Reykjavik 2002 screened at the Reykjavik Art Museum. One of 10 winners at the Moving North project with the film "While the cats away” in 2003, then "Zimmer" which won first prize at the IV.Videotanzpreis 2003/2004 of SK Stiftung Kultur in Cologne Germany. The award winning short television/ film"Another/ Teine” that won the Grand Prix at the Cinessonne Film Festival in Paris, France in 2006. A collaboration with Estonia Broadcasting service ETV, EBU European Broadcasting Union, Arte Germany, YLE, SVT, DR, SDF, NRK, NPS
Helena is recognized internationally for her work in Scandinavia,/ Europe and USA. For the last years her work in video and film has been screened in various art spaces and festivals, national and international. Nominated in Los Angeles 2001 as the best choreographer at the Music Video Production Association Awards. Helena won the first prize in the Icelandic Dance Theatre Awards in June 2003 with the work "Open Source”. She developed “Open Source” into a full evening production and made an Irish version, which premiered at the Galway Art Festival in Ireland, and a Belgian version, which premiered at Ghent Art Festival in 2004. Lastly that she created an Icelandic version for Iceland Dance Company which premiered at the Reykjavik City Theatre in 2005. In 2007 she recreated a touring version with new cast that opened the Guangdong modern dance festival in China and was running at the Reykjavik City Theatre autumn 2007. “Open source” was chosen by the Belgian press to go to Belgium Brussels performing at the BOZAR in 2008.
As a visual artist Helena created an installation project entitled “Freeze” in 2009 in collaboration with Grandi Studio Iceland, shown in Alaska and organized by the Alaska Design Forum and the International Gallery of Contemporary Art. Other visual art project “Birgir”, an installation, was shown in UK as well as Hinterland on the River Trent in Nottingham. Furthermore, Helena was part of the traveling exhibition "100 artist see god" curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston 2002-2006. And recently her film GONE at the Ming Contemporary Art Museum in Shanghai, China, Her work has been presented in galleries, museum and festivals uptodate.
In addition to her creative projects Helena is an associate professor both at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and at Stockholm Art Academy in Sweden and freelances internationally as a lecturer and workshop leader.
Helena is awarded as the 2017 Dance artist of the year in Iceland.
The Icelandic press and culture
Artistic director +/ founder Physical cinema festival, Reykjavik Iceland
https://www.physicalcinemafest.com/ - physicalcinemafest@gmail.com