Through choreographic design, Hélène Simoneau Danse (HSD) creates space for nuanced, intimate experiences that explore the vast spectrum of human dynamics. Committed to the artistic voice of its founder Hélène Simoneau, the company has performed nationally and internationally including premiering “Delicate Power” at the American Dance Festival. This piece was commissioned by the ADF and created through Simoneau’s Guggenheim Fellowship and as a resident choreographer at New York City Center. Additionally, HSD has been presented at the Festival des Arts de St-Sauveur (QC), Tangente (Montréal), The Aoyama Round Theatre (Tokyo), Guggenheim Museum (NYC), Joyce SoHo (NYC), Bates Dance Festival (ME), Shanghai Dance Festival, Athens International Dance Festival, Danza Urbana (Bologna), VivaDanca Festival Internacional (Sao Paulo), Regensburger Tanzstage Festival, and PACT-Zollverein (Essen), to name a few. The company has enjoyed residencies at Jacob’s Pillow (MA), the Baryshnikov Arts Center (NYC), NCCAkron, NYU/ Tisch, the NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts, The Yard (MA), and at the American Dance Festival. Simoneau has been described as “a Choreographer-on-the-rise” with a style that is both “athletic and smooth” — Dance Magazine. 
 

Hélène Simoneau is a choreographer exploring themes of intimacy, agency, identity, sexuality, and power. In the last few years, she has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Choreography Fellowship at New York City Center, and most recently, she was awarded a Pillow Lab residency at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, MA. She was also a resident artist at Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYU/Tisch, NCCAkron, and a fellow of The NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts, Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab, the Bogliasco Foundation, and the Swiss International Coaching Project for Choreographers (SiWiC) in Zurich. Simoneau was awarded first place for Choreography at the 13th Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival in Stuttgart, Germany, for her solo “the gentleness was in her hands.” Her choreography has been commissioned by Oregon Ballet Theatre, The Juilliard School, Charlotte Ballet, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, Vitacca Ballet, Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, BalletX, the Ailey School, Dimensions Dance Theatre, and the American Dance Festival. Originally from Eastern Québec, Simoneau now divides her time between Montréal and NYC.