Helena Jonsdottir – curriculum vitae / résumé
- Awards
- Dance Short Films
- Film Festivals
- Commercials/Music Videos
- Icelandic Television
- Song Contest – Iceland Contribution – RUV
- Dance Theatre – Professional Dance Companies
2005
- 2005 Making of the dance short-film Another in Estonia in collaboration with the Estonian Television ETV, German/French Arte TV and more. Premièred in Estonia November 10th 2005 at Cinema Soprus Tallinn. Screened Oktober 28th 2005 at the Ultima film festival Oslo, Norway.
- Screened at SVT Swedish Televison November 5th 2005 and November 16th at ETV and Broadcasting season 2005 – 2006 in ZDF/ARTE (Germany and France) and at the National broadcasters ETV Estonia, RTV Slovenija, YLE Teema Finland, NRK Norway, SVT Sweden, DR Denmark
- Première: Director and choreographer of concerts for Magga Stína in Reykjavík City Theatre.
- Première of new full length version of Open Source for the Icelandic Dance Company at the City Theatre.
2004
- 2004 World Première of the dance short-film Zimmer November 28th with Sk Stiftung Kultur at Media Center in Köln, Germany. Now showing in festivals around Europe 2005/2006
- World première of dance theatre by HJ Irish version with Irish cast of Open Source in collaboration with Galway Art Festival 2004, shown in Galway, Ireland and Gent, Belgium summer 2004.
- Choreographer at The National Theatre of Iceland award winning best play of the year at the Icelandic theatre award 2004 “Þetta er allt að koma!” by Baltasar Kormakur and Hallgrimur Helgason
- Winner of the Deutsche Videotanzpreis 2003/2004 in one of the most respected dance-short film competition in Europe, Stiftung Kultur, Koln, Germany.
2003
- 2003 Winner of a dance-theatre competition of the Icelandic Dance Company and Reykjavik City Theatre for short version of Open Source
2002
- 2002 Selected/Winner in a group of 10 Nordic choreographers and directors, 10 Moving North.
- 2002 Nominated as best choreographer in a music video world wide at Music Video Producers Association in Los Angeles.
Awards
- Winner of the Deutsche Videotanzpreis 2003/2004 in one of the most respected dance-short film competition in Europe, Stiftung Kultur, Koln, Germany
- Winner of the Icelandic dance-theatre awards 2003 of the Icelandic Dance Company and Reykjavik City Theatre for short version of “Open Source”
- Winner Nordic Dance for Camera – Winner/Selected for the Nordic Dance for Camera, Nordic countries 2002/2003, producter Barok Film – Moving North, Ten Short Dance Films
- Nominated at the Music Video Production Association, Los Angeles – for the best choreography in a music video at the MVPA in Los Angeles 2001. Production – Hammer and Tongs
- Runner up The Reykjavík Short Film Festival – at The Reykjavík Short Film Festival, Iceland 2001
Dance Short Films
- 2005 Another – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, ETV, EEF, ARTE, SVT, ZDF, YLE, RTV, NRK, DR, EBU
- 2003 – 04 Zimmer II – Produced by: SK, Stifung Kultur, Cologne, Germany and MyPocket Productions ehf
- 2002 – 03 While the Cat’s Away – Produced by: Barok Film Denmark and Saga Film Iceland
- 2002 Oli, HJ and Birgir – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland
- 2002 Zimmer – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland
- 2002 Breaking Voices – Produced by: Reykjavík Art Festival, Iceland and Mypocket Productions ehf, Iceland
- 2001 An other – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland
- 2001 Birgir – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland
- 2001 Days – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland
- 2001 Red Buses – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland
- 2001 Orka/Reykjavik, Energy, snapshots from Reykjavík Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland and RÚV
- 2001 Bid (Waiting) – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland
- 2000 6th Floor – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland
- 2000 Opening – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland
- 1999 Schizo Stories – Produced by: MyPocket Productions ehf, Iceland
Film Festivals
- 2006 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival , programme of competition, www.clermont-filmfest.com
- 2006 International Videodance festival, Tel Aviv, Israel www.artervis.org
- 2004 – 05 Kinodance festival, St.Petersburg, Russia www.kinodance.com/russia
- 2004 10 Pohojismaista Tanssin Lyhytel Ckuvaa, Finland
- 2004 22nd International Festival of Films on Art – FIFA – Montreal, www.artfifa.com
- 2004 Dance on camera west, Los Angeles, CA, USA, www.dancecamerawest.org
- 2004 Dance for the Camera, American Dance Festival, NC www.americandancefestival.org
- 2004 Dance /screen San Fransisco, Dance screen USA: www.performances.org
- 2004 Grand prix de video dance , Paris, France, www.cnac-gp.fr
- 2004 Tanz performance Cologne (Germany), www.tanzperformance.net
- 2004 Cinedans Amsterdam, Netherlands/Holland, www.cinedans.nl
- 2004 TTV, Performing arts on screen, Riccione, Italy, www.riccioneteatro.it
- 2004 Dance and media, Tokyo, Japan, www.dance-media.jp
- 2004 Shoot Dance for screen, Stockholm, Sweden, www.modernadansteatern.se
- 2003 – 04 Festival Internacional de video danza, De Buenos Aires Videodanzaba
Buenos Aires, Argentina – Silvina Szperling Director videodanzaba.com.ar/ - 2003 – 04 Moving pictures festval, Toronto, Canada www.movingpicturesfestival.com
- 2003 – 04 Constellation Dance Company, London, England www.constellation-change.co.uk
- 2003 – 04 Chisenhale Dance Space, London, UK , www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk
- 2003 – 04 Dance on camera, New York, USA www.dancefilmsassn.org
- 2003 – 05 Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki, Finland , www.kiasma.fi
- 2002 Backup Film Festival Germany – Lounge Lab, www.backup-festival.com and www.uwee.de/foto/events/backup/
- 2002 Reykjavík Arts Festival, www.listahatid.is
- 2002 Dance Film Festival Kobenhavn, Denmark, www.danskdanseteater.dk
- 2002 Film Festival Vancouver/ USA, www.film.bc.ca/filmfest/
- 2002 – 05 SK Stiftung kultur, videotanz/SK Culture Foundation; Dance and Media Cologne, www.sk-kultur.de
- 2002/05 Monaco Dance Forum www.mddf.com, Dance Screen, IMZ, Vienna, Austria, International Music + Media Centre, www.imz.at
- 2002 – 05 International Thessaloniki Film Festval/ Video Dance,Greece, www.filmfestival.gr
- 2002 – 04 Dance on screen, the place videoworks, London, UK, www.theplace.org.uk
- 2002/’04 Nordisk Panorama, www.nordiskpanorama.org
- 2001 – 05 Dance for Kamera , Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, www.dance.no
Commercials/Music Videos
1990 – 2002 Various work with:
- Pan Arctica Productions, www.panarctica.com
- On Productions, www.on.is
- Pegasus Pictures, www.pegasus.is
- Saga Films, www.sagafilm.is
- Frost Film
- Hugsjon Films
- Umbi Films
- Storm
- and others…
Projects:
- Music video with Bentley Rhythm Ace by Garth Jennings – Hammer and Tongs, UK
Working on commercials like:
- Nissan – Go Film, USA
- New Balance – Headquarters,USA
- Hyunda – HKM USA
- Decathlon – Joe and Bob Productions, France
- Chronopost – Partizan, France
- BVR – Rene Van Den Berg, Holland
- Toyota – Pyramid Film, Japan
- BI-FI – TeleMaz, Germany
- and more…
Icelandic Television
- 2001 20. Min entertainment program, music and interwiew “Reykjavík Energy” for The National Television RUV
- 2001 Director for Music videos for National Television, Pop TV, Channel 2, Channel 1, RUV and more.
- 2001 Shortfilm Festval, Runner up with “ Red Bus” at the Reykjavík Short film Festival
- 2001 “Red Bus” at The National Television RUV
- 1998 Choreographer, assistant director for “Christmas special“ with song and dance for Channel 2/TV, Iceland
- 1993 — 96 Choreographic work for the talk show Hemmi Gunn. The National Television RUV
- 1992 — 94 Choreographer/stylis, in a Song Contest for Channel 2
- 1988 — 90 Staging and Choreography for live entertainment shows for Channel 2 /TV, Iceland
- 1993 — 96 Choreographer/staging and a dancer in the Miss Iceland, later Director and co-producer, collaboration with Channel 2/ TV Iceland
Song Contest – Iceland Contribution – RUV
- 1991.1992,1994 and 1997 Eurovision Song contest, Choreographer, dancer, stylist and performance director domestic and abroad for Iceland contribution/RUV.
Dance Theatre – Professional Dance Companies
- 2005 Open Source with the Icelandic Dance Company at the Reykjavík City Theatre
- 2005 Tour with Open Source with the Icelandic Dance Company at the Dundee Rep Theatre, Scotland
- 2004 Open Source Dance Theatre at the Galway Art Festival, Ireland
- 2002 “Breaking voices” by Helena Jónsdóttir – Art festival of Reykjavík, Iceland 2002
- 2001 “Jazz festival of Reykjavik” – Dance video work, in collaboration with Percussionist Terje Isungset
- 2001 “At the Tjarnar Theatre” – Dance video work, in collaboration with Terje Isungset
- 1999 “Schizo Stories” by Helena Jónsdóttir – Tjarnar Theatre, Reykjavik
- 1997 “Steps” by Olof Ingólfsdottir – Tjarnar Theatre, Reykjavik
- 1999 “Gymnastrada”, Choreographer for the Icelandic contribution for Gymnastrada dance Festival Sverige
- 1998 /2000 Choreographer for the “Junior Company” of The Icelandic Ballet School
- 1995 Dancer in the Art´92 group;“O you two” byHany Hadya and “other”by Lára Stefánsdóttir City Theatre, RVK
- 1991 Dancer in “Midsummer Nights Dream” – Icelandic Dance Company , C ity Theatre, Reykjavik
- 1990 Dancer in “Concerto for 7” – by Terry – The Icelandic Opera
- 1987 Dancer in “20 min. delay” – by Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir, The National Theatre, Iceland
Samples of the dance films are available in the Portfolio