Nadja Bounenni (she/her)
Dancer, Choreographer, Producer
Contact: +45 50174414
nadja@kommaproductions.dk https://
www.nadjabounenni.com
Nadja Bounenni is a Greek/ Tunisian dancer and choreographer based in Copenhagen. Her movement practice emerges from somatic principles and rituals, derived from her diverse training in contemporary dance, African dance, yoga, martial arts and acrobatics. Her artistic interest lies in political debates of our times and notions of reality and fiction. In her works she invites elements from the past and future, and she encourages the very own individual interpretation of the experience. The performative universes she creates are somewhat wacky, eccentric and quirky, always proposing a relaxed and sensuous audiencing, oftentimes interactive.
Some of her latest works revolve around radical femininity, “empty time” and mental health.
Nadja graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2020. Since, she works internationally as a freelancer and among others with Don Gnu physical theater company, Caroline Blomqvist, Hannah Toticki, Adèle Essle Zeiss and Synergy of Music Theater.
She is one of the co-founders of KOMMA Performance Productions.
MOST RECENT CREATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
2024 Where Even Flowers Can Grow Interdisciplinary Dance Installation at The Nordic House, Faroe Islands and Aveny-T, Copenhagen
2023 ICE AWAY Curatorial event presenting 3 Nordic choreographers to the MPArt Festival, Greece 2021-2022 The Picnic & The Fountains site-specific performance installation with Joana Öhlschläger and Lara Ostan, Copenhagen 2019 Hard White solo dance at DASPA, 2020 Åben Dans, 2021 Bådteatret, Copenhagen
2018 Flesh of memories environmental art installation at Toortuumik art festival,Estonia
2016 Sonder, solo performance with “Off art” Company at Open nights festival, Larissa
2016 The grand opening floor acrobatics and fire juggling with “Tribal Caravan” Circus Collective, Spain
WORK AS A DANCER / PERFORMER (selection)
2025 K.I.S.S. Physical Theater Performance with DonGnu at Bora Bora and Aveny-T, Aarhus and Copenhagen
2022 TIME CTLR performer for Hannah Toticki, 2022 prize of Ny Carlsberg Fondet, Glyptoteket 2021 Transitions dancer for Nabil Ouelhadj at 8th Mil of Performing Arts festival, Larisa 2020 Anonymous Mesh dancer for Tina Tarpgaard at DASPA, CPH 2019 The gatherer, the dumpster diver, the raver, the hunter, the alien and the witch performer for Tokyo Twins at CHART festival, CPH
2018 Kaleidoscope dancer for Ursula Robb at DASPA, CPH and 2019 Camping, Centre National de la Danse, Paris
RELEVANT WORK (selection)
2021 KOMMA Performance Productions founder of choreographic production association
2021 Synergy of Music Theatre intern for the production of Mil of Performing Arts festival, Larisa
2021 Peri Anemon assistant director to Costas Lamproulis, Larisa
2017-2018 Choreographic Evening event of dance collections, organiser, CPH
EDUCATION AND RESIDENCIES
2020 Dance and Choreography BA at The Danish National School of Performing Arts 2022 Yogi training multi-style RYIT 500 at Traditional Yoga Foundation (online) 2022 Therapeutic Yoga & Meditation RYIT200 at Traditional Yoga Foundation (online)2021 Producing events: Concerts, Performances, Screenings corse at NODE center for curatorial studies
2020 BIRCA research residency for artistic practice in public space
2015 Music Technology & Acoustics Engineering at the University of Rethymno