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connective matter works / Antoinette Helbing’s interdisciplinary artistic practice spans choreography, installation, film and site-specific performance. Rooted in somatic methodologies and informed by the Feldenkrais Method, her work explores the relational dynamics between bodies, space and perception. Through dance, voice and embodied participation, she creates performances that invite audiences into shared sensory experiences, where movement becomes a way of exploring emotional states beyond narrative.
She is currently developing a series of six works on laughter and crying (2020–2028), including The Laughing Game, The Laughing Crowd, On/Crying – the Gravity of Tears, The Lamenters, HORIZON and the final solo work Residues Still Moving premiering in 2028. Together, these works investigate kinesthetic empathy, resonance and the transformative potential of shared affective states.
Shaped in part by her upbringing in the former GDR, her artistic practice is driven by an interest in the body’s capacity for expression, connection and quiet resistance. Alongside her own choreographic work, she has collaborated as a performer with artists including Beyond Darkness, Åben Dans, Tina Tarpgaard and Naya Moll, and maintains an extensive teaching practice in dance, choreography and the Feldenkrais Method. She holds a BA in Dance from ArtEZ (NL), completed her Feldenkrais training in Lisbon in 2024, and her work has been supported by the Danish Arts Foundation through operational funding, several working grants and an honorary award.