Hélène Simoneau presents On Site/In Site Performance
Presented by Hélène Simoneau Danse, On Site/In Site will include movement classes at PAZ Studios on Trade Street, pop-up performances, and site-specific performances at such places as Airtype Studio on Brookstown Avenue and on the roof at Krankies (Wherehouse) on Third Street.
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
Presented by Hélène Simoneau Danse, On Site/In Site will include movement classes at PAZ Studios on Trade Street, pop-up performances, and site-specific performances at such places as Airtype Studio on Brookstown Avenue and on the roof at Krankies (Wherehouse) on Third Street.
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
Hélène Simoneau is recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship
Dance alumna Hélène Simoneau, founder and artistic director of Helen Simoneau Danse, has been awarded $15,000 Arts Projects Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Named by Dance Magazine as a “choreographer on the rise,” Simoneau received her B.F.A. in 2002 and her high school diploma in 1998. She frequently serves as guest artist in the School of Dance, and is a member of the UNCSA Board of Visitors.
Source: UNCSA
Dance alumna Hélène Simoneau, founder and artistic director of Hélène Simoneau Danse, has been awarded $15,000 Arts Projects Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Named by Dance Magazine as a “choreographer on the rise,” Simoneau received her B.F.A. in 2002 and her high school diploma in 1998. She frequently serves as guest artist in the School of Dance, and is a member of the UNCSA Board of Visitors.
Source: UNCSA
Hélène Simoneau named Guggenheim Fellow 2021
Tommie-Waheed Evans, Maureen Fleming, Christopher L. Huggins, José Ome Navarrete Mazatl, Hélène Simoneau and Christopher Williams have been named 2021 Guggenheim Fellows in the field of choreography.
Source: Dance Magazine
Tommie-Waheed Evans, Maureen Fleming, Christopher L. Huggins, José Ome Navarrete Mazatl, Hélène Simoneau and Christopher Williams have been named 2021 Guggenheim Fellows in the field of choreography.
Source: Dance Magazine
Hélène Simoneau Receives 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship
The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship to choreographer Hélène Simoneau, who serves as artistic director of Hélène Simoneau Dance. Chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from almost 3,000 applicants, Simoneau is part of a diverse group of 184 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists in this year's fellowship class.
Source: Broadway World
The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship to choreographer Hélène Simoneau, who serves as artistic director of Hélène Simoneau Dance. Chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from almost 3,000 applicants, Simoneau is part of a diverse group of 184 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists in this year's fellowship class.
Source: Broadway World
HSD Selected for a National Dance Project grant from The New England Foundation for the Arts
In addition to Techmoja, Hélène Simoneau Danse, of Winston-Salem, was awarded a grant for the creation of "Delicate Power."
Source: StarNews Online
In addition to Techmoja, Hélène Simoneau Danse, of Winston-Salem, was awarded a grant for the creation of "Delicate Power."
Source: StarNews Online
In Charlotte debut, Hélène Simoneau Danse will explore issues of identity
She founded her Hélène Simoneau Danse company five years ago in Winston-Salem. It makes its Charlotte debut March 10.
Source: The Charlotte Observer
She loved North Carolina enough to plant roots here after graduation. She founded her Hélène Simoneau Dansecompany five years ago in Winston-Salem. It makes its Charlotte debut March 10.
Source: The Charlotte Observer
Lean on me: Costumes, bodies explore power differentials in Simoneau's 10th season
“DARLING,” a new full-length dance piece by Hélène Simoneau, artistic director of Hélène Simoneau Danse, will have its world premiere on March 5 and 6 in the Hanesbrands Theatre in Winston-Salem.
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
“DARLING,” a new full-length dance piece by Hélène Simoneau, artistic director of Hélène Simoneau Danse, will have its world premiere on March 5 and 6 in the Hanesbrands Theatre in Winston-Salem.
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
American Dance Festival reaches from Winston-Salem to China for artists, audience
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
Oregon Ballet Theatre: Come Closer
“Hélène Simoneau’s Departures, which makes its welcome return here as the program opener. Seeing this deftly constructed work up close—a mosaic of inventive partnering—is a pleasure, revealing moments that I missed at last year’s debut in Washington Park.”
Source: Oregon ArtsWatch
“Hélène Simoneau’s Departures, which makes its welcome return here as the program opener. Seeing this deftly constructed work up close—a mosaic of inventive partnering—is a pleasure, revealing moments that I missed at last year’s debut in Washington Park.”
Source: Oregon ArtsWatch
DanceWatch Weekly: Hélène Simoneau and “Closer”
Simoneau is an independent choreographer, dancer, and teacher, who, at the time of our interview, lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and directed her own 12-member dance company. Hélène Simoneau Danse had a yearly season in North Carolina and seasons every other year in New York.
Source: Oregon Arts Watch
Simoneau is an independent choreographer, dancer, and teacher, who, at the time of our interview, lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and directed her own 12-member dance company. Hélène Simoneau Danse had a yearly season in North Carolina and seasons every other year in New York.
Source: Oregon Arts Watch
Hélène Simoneau Dance: Landbridge
On Saturday the North Carolina-based contemporary dance company of Hélène Simoneau offered a pre-conference concert for one night only. Simoneau’s first evening length work is aptly titled “Land Bridge,” and is based on an investigation of heritage, assimilation, and identity as seen through the lens of a herd of caribou.
Source: RVArt Review
On Saturday the North Carolina-based contemporary dance company of Hélène Simoneau offered a pre-conference concert for one night only. Simoneau’s first evening length work is aptly titled “Land Bridge,” and is based on an investigation of heritage, assimilation, and identity as seen through the lens of a herd of caribou.
Source: RVArt Review
Fellow Feature: Helen Simoneau
Helen Simoneau (CBA ’17), a native of Rimouski, Québec, has been commissioned by The Juilliard School, Oregon Ballet Theatre, the American Dance Festival, UNC School of the Arts, The Yard, Springboard Danse Montréal, and the Swiss International Coaching Project (SiWiC) in Zurich. She was a resident artist at Baryshnikov Arts Center, Bates Dance Festival and has received fellowships from Bogliasco Foundation and twice from the North Carolina Arts Council.
Source: NYU Center of Ballet and the Arts
Helen Simoneau (CBA ’17), a native of Rimouski, Québec, has been commissioned by The Juilliard School, Oregon Ballet Theatre, the American Dance Festival, UNC School of the Arts, The Yard, Springboard Danse Montréal, and the Swiss International Coaching Project (SiWiC) in Zurich. She was a resident artist at Baryshnikov Arts Center, Bates Dance Festival and has received fellowships from Bogliasco Foundation and twice from the North Carolina Arts Council.
Source: NYU Center of Ballet and the Arts
Helen Simoneau Making Big Work Outside of the Big Apple
Winston-Salem, North Carolina–based Helen Simoneau, who has gained national and international recognition for her choreography, credits much of her success to being based in a smaller city.
Source: Dance Magazine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina–based Helen Simoneau, who has gained national and international recognition for her choreography, credits much of her success to being based in a smaller city.
Source: Dance Magazine
Thrilling New Work for Oregon Ballet Theatre
“The movement was weighty yet light, skimming the ground, apart from sudden breathtaking moments of flight. Bodies stacked to make curves on curves; dancers pulled each other with great daring into sweeping arcs; trios revolved in tight intimacy. Notable in scarlet, Xuan Cheng and Brian Simcoe connected spectacularly and effortlessly, in an almost playful mood..”
Source: BackTrack
“The movement was weighty yet light, skimming the ground, apart from sudden breathtaking moments of flight. Bodies stacked to make curves on curves; dancers pulled each other with great daring into sweeping arcs; trios revolved in tight intimacy. Notable in scarlet, Xuan Cheng and Brian Simcoe connected spectacularly and effortlessly, in an almost playful mood..”
Source: BackTrack
Oregon Ballet Tackles Ballet's Gender Problem
Oregon Ballet Theater set out last year to change this with a new competition called Choreography XX. Of nearly 100 applicants, they chose three women from around the continent — Gioconda Barbuto, Helen Simoneau, and Nicole Haskins — to create new works, set them on the company, and premiere them at free concerts at Washington Park's Rose Garden Amphitheater on June 29 and 30.
Source: OPB
Oregon Ballet Theater set out last year to change this with a new competition called Choreography XX. Of nearly 100 applicants, they chose three women from around the continent — Gioconda Barbuto, Helen Simoneau, and Nicole Haskins — to create new works, set them on the company, and premiere them at free concerts at Washington Park's Rose Garden Amphitheater on June 29 and 30.
Source: OPB
DanceWatch Weekly: Helen Simoneau’s work in progress
I was able to sit down with choreographer Helen Simoneau to learn about her work and her process for her new ballet “Departures.”
Source: Oregon Arts Watch
I was able to sit down with choreographer Helen Simoneau to learn about her work and her process for her new ballet “Departures.”
Source: Oregon Arts Watch
Attack Theatre’s latest pairs the troupe, for the first time, with outside choreographers Helen Simoneau and more
Simoneau, a native of Quebec, is a graduate of the North Carolina School for the Arts and directs her own company, Helen Simoneau Danse, which includes Pittsburgh’s own Jasmine Hearn. Simoneau has created works for the American Dance Festival and Springboard Danse Montréal, and this past November restaged her work “Flight Distance 1” on Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company.
Source: Pittsburgh City Paper
Simoneau, a native of Quebec, is a graduate of the North Carolina School for the Arts and directs her own company, Helen Simoneau Danse, which includes Pittsburgh’s own Jasmine Hearn. Simoneau has created works for the American Dance Festival and Springboard Danse Montréal, and this past November restaged her work “Flight Distance 1” on Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company.
Source: Pittsburgh City Paper
Helen Simoneau Vividly Marries Music and Movement
It’s one of three pieces in Helen Simoneau Danse Company’s “7th Company Season.” Simoneau choreographed this particular piece following a thematic muse that has crept into her work time and time again.
Source: WWFD
It’s one of three pieces in Helen Simoneau Danse Company’s “7th Company Season.” Simoneau choreographed this particular piece following a thematic muse that has crept into her work time and time again.
Source: WWFD
Simoneau's seventh season a joy to behold
From the unadorned simplicity of “Flight Distance I” to the delirium of “Object Loop,” Helen Simoneau Danse’s seventh company season concert, which opened Thursday at the Hanesbrands Theatre, invigorates and inspires.
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
From the unadorned simplicity of “Flight Distance I” to the delirium of “Object Loop,” Helen Simoneau Danse’s seventh company season concert, which opened Thursday at the Hanesbrands Theatre, invigorates and inspires.
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
Face to Face: Helen Simoneau
It’s almost as if Helen Simoneau is living two lives. A French-speaking Québécoise, she arrived at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts at 17 to study dance, and her now-flawless English even has a slight Southern twang. Her six-year-old company splits its time between Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and New York City.
Source: DanceTeacher
It’s almost as if Helen Simoneau is living two lives. A French-speaking Québécoise, she arrived at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts at 17 to study dance, and her now-flawless English even has a slight Southern twang. Her six-year-old company splits its time between Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and New York City.
Source: DanceTeacher
