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Helene Kvale is a director, actor, writer and educator. She worked as a stage, television and film actor in London before joining the Department of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut where she taught BFA Acting.
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Helene Kvale is a versatile and experienced artist who works in film, theater and education. She is currently directing and producing The Loom, a documentary film, and has written plays and screenplays such as Burning Blue.
I believe this to be true. Theater and film are powerful and transformative, often in the quietest moments. They can take us by surprise, allow us to question, encourage us to reflect and then energize us to rise up. A whispered aside, a plaintive cry or a symbolic gesture can reveal a desire for change and shake the world.
Helene Kvale, a filmmaker, explores the story of her grandmother's cousin, Hanni, who killed herself and her four daughters in 1945 Berlin. She meets Maryna, a refugee artist, who shares her own family secret and challenges the silence of women's trauma in war.
Helene Kvale is an American director, writer, actor and educator with a background in anthropology and theatre. She has worked in film, television, theatre and academia, and is the founder of The Loom Film, a documentary about the human microbiome.
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- The Loom Film
- Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab
The discovery of an heirloom leads Helene to question how shame, silence and totalitarianism conspired to obscure the truth of what happened to Hanni and her four daughters. Interviews with survivors of ongoing conflicts illustrate how war continues to play out on the bodies of women and girls across the world.
Bated Breath Theatre Company was founded in 2008 by Founding Artistic Director Helene Kvale with Michael Bradford, Casey McDougal, Marie Saddlemire, Paul Spirito and Greg Webster in 2008 in order to bring dynamic theatrical performances to the Greater Hartford area. Our early work ranged from reinterpretations of classic plays to experimental ...
