GUEST CHOREOGRAPHERS
Noelle Kayser
Noelle Kayser is an Atlanta-raised, Chicago-based choreographer, director, and multi-disciplinary performer. Her choreographic commissions include Whim W'Him, Open Space Dance, DanceWorks Chicago, SALT II, Visceral Dance, Lyric Opera (associate choreographer), Dance in the Parks, Hedwig Dances, Ballare Carmel, and Moonwater Dance Project, among many others. Noelle was the founding rehearsal director and administrator for PARA.MAR Dance Theatre (2022 Dance Magazine Top 25 to Watch) and served as the Ballet Mistress for the Lyric Opera’s production of Jenufa. Noelle is the founder and director of the Chicago-based performance project NK // COLLAB. As a dancer, Noelle has performed with PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, LED Boise, Open Space Dance, NW Dance Project, Visceral Dance Chicago, The Cambrians, Fly on a Wall, and Luna Negra Dance Theater, among others. She has taught various classes, workshops, and intensives for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Visceral Dance Chicago, and the Goodman Theatre, among others. Noelle has narrated 16 audiobooks for Listen Up Productions / Audible.com, appeared in industrial advertising for Grey Television, KitchenAid, and Whirlpool, and performed as an actor in theater productions with The Alliance Theatre, The Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 7 Stages, Theater for the Stars, Scrap Theater Group, and the Goodman Theatre.