Helena de Laurens
Born in 1988. Lives and works in Paris (France).
Helena de Laurens is an actress, dancer, and choreographer. Her work explores the grotesque, metamorphosis, and the ways in which the face is staged in theater and dance. She studied Dramatic Arts at the Erik Satie Conservatory (Paris) and wrote a thesis on Valeska Gert as part of a Master’s degree in Cultural History of Dance at EHESS: The Grimace and the Unheard-of: Dance and the Face in Valeska Gert. She performs her pieces in cabarets, museums, gardens, and bookstores. She regularly collaborates with Esmé Planchon, Clara Pacotte, and Sophie Bonnet-Pourpet. In 2018, she was artist-in-residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. As a performer and choreographer, she has performed two solos written and directed by Marion Siéfert: Le grand sommeil (2018) and jeanne_dark_ (2020), which received the 2020/2021 Digital Award (special mention for the show) from the Professional Union of Theater, Music, and Dance Critics. In June 2021, she created a performance based on Jean Cocteau's La Voix humaine at the Centre Pompidou as part of the “Tableaux Vivants” event. In 2022, she performed alongside Emmanuelle Lafon and Frédéric Leidgens in Copi's L’Homosexuel ou la difficulté de s’exprimer, directed by Thibaud Croisy. In 2023, she performed in Cabaret Brouillon by Loïc Touzé. In 2024, she created a performance entitled Toujours pas prête (Still Not Ready) at the Théâtre de Gennevilliers as part of the Sur les bords 8 performance weekend. In the spring of 2026, she will play Adela in La Maison de Bernarda Alba, directed by Thibaud Croisy.
