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Meet Noelle Kayser

Noelle Kayser is an Atlanta-raised, Chicago-based choreographer, director, and multi-disciplinary performer. She is the inaugural resident choreographer for Open Space and a 2024 Whim W’him Choreographic Shindig Winner. Other commissions include Dance Aspen, DanceWorks Chicago, Hedwig Dances, Lyric Opera (associate choreographer), MADCO, SALT II, and Visceral Dance, among 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. She 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, and Visceral Dance Chicago, 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 of the Stars, Scrap Theater Group, and the Goodman Theatre. She is honored to be the BalletX 2025 Choreographic Fellow.