Mathilde Caeyers is a dancer and choreographer currently living and working in the North of Norway. She graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor Honours Degree in dance from The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

Since graduating Mathilde has co-created the contemporary dance company Intakt and worked as the main choreographer and artistic director of the company’s first production Eksogen. Currently she is trying to establish herself and the company in the North of Norway, while working freelance for choreographers and festivals within the region.

In 2020 she is working on LuxTempus, an outdoor installation combining set design with natural lighting design and dance with funding from the the Covid emergency funds provided by the Norwegian Arts Council.

Furthermore she will be working on a commissioned work for electronic music festivals Extreme Chill Festival and Insomnia in collaboration with Icelandic electronic musician Bjarki. In addition, Mathilde was recently awarded and artist grant from the Norwegian performing arts festival Festspillene i Nord-Norge and will premiere her second full length stage performance during next year’s festival.

To strengthen her connection to and influence of the professional dance scene in the North of Norway, Mathilde has become board member of both the Forum for North Norwegian Dance Artists and the performing arts festival Vårscenefest.

Photo by Jens Kristian Nilsen

Education

09.2014 - 05.2018

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

Bachelor Honours Degree in dance

Liverpool, UK

08.2013 - 05.2014

Trøndertun Folkehøgskole

One Year Dance Intensive

Trondheim, Norway

08.2010 - 06.2013

Kongsbakken Videregående Skole (High School)

Music, Dance and Drama

Tromsø, Norway

Work 2021

New Religion (working title)

Choreographer, artistic director and dancer

Premiere @Festspillene i Nord-Norge

Harstad, Norway

June 2021

Ritsj

Dancer

Performance @Barnas Kunstfestival

Porsgrunn, Norway

January 2021

Work 2020

Icelandic/Norwegian collaboration project

Dancer

Performance @Insomnia music festival

Tromsø, Norway

October 2020

Icelandic/Norwegian collaboration project

Choreographer, dancer

Residency and premiere @Extreme Chill Festival

Reykjavik, Iceland

September 2020

LuxTempus
Choreographer, artistic director and dancer

Premiering @Tromsø Kunstforening

Tromsø, Norway
August 2020

Dans Hos Haakon (dance film/commercial)

Co-choreographer and dancer

Tromsø, Norway

July 2020

Eksogen II (interactive dance film)
Choreographer, artistic director and dancer

Shown @Vårscenefest (digital edition)

Tromsø, Norway

May 2020

SMELT

Dancer

Performance @Vårscenefest

Tromsø, Norway

May 2020 (Covid-19 cancellation)

Ritsj

Dancer

Directed by KATMA/Katrine Strøm

Performance @Vårscenefest

Tromsø, Norway
May 2020 (Covid-19 cancellation)

Ritsj

Dancer

Directed by KATMA/Katrine Strøm

Tour Norland Fylkeskommune, Norway
March 2020 (Covid-19 cancellation)

SMELT

Dancer and co-choreograper

Residency @Dansearena nord

Hammerfest, Norway

January 2020

Work 2019

Panorama Dance Walk

Directed by Siri Wigdel

Performance @Dansefestival Barents

Hammerfest, Norway

November 2019

Please Switch on Your Mobile Phones

Directed by ThaikaBox

Performance @Dansefestival Barents

Hammerfest, Norway

November 2019

Eksogen