Vesterbro

Amu is a professional dancer, choreographer, and dance educator. She is originally from Finland, where she studied at the Theater Academy, Dance Department in Helsinki, but she has been living in Denmark since 2013. Anu has been working with dance for over 25 years. She has developed choreographies for all age groups, ranging from larger professional productions to smaller theater pieces. She has taught dance at professional academies, dance schools, primary schools, and kindergartens in Finland, Denmark, and South Africa. Anu teaches modern dance, jazz, creative dance, and improvisation, among other styles. Additionally, she has worked as an Artistic Director at the Regional Dance Center of Eastern Finland from 2010 to 2013. In this role, she organized happenings and festivals, collaborated with national and international dance companies, developed outreach programs, and created her own creative productions. She is also a certified yoga instructor. Anu has two children who have been part of the SceneKunst family since 2023 and they love it.

Kristina hails from Slovakia, where she studied classical singing and piano at the conservatory and later focused on classical singing at the Academy of Performing Arts. She completed her master’s degree as a classical singer at the Syddansk Musikkonservatorium in Odense in 2022, and she continues in a soloist class while preparing for a debut concert featuring contemporary art.

Kristina has worked as a vocal and piano teacher, choir singer, and freelance opera singer for many years in Slovakia. She has collaborated on choir projects and recordings in various music genres with experienced conductors. In Denmark, she has performed in various projects in Odense and Copenhagen, as well as at spring and autumn festivals in Odense. Kristina currently serves as a soprano assistant in the choir of the Royal Danish Opera and is a member of the ensemble at Thomas Kingo’s Church in Odense. She is also preparing interesting projects with other singers and instrumentalists in Denmark.

“I enjoy working as a vocal teacher and developing students’ vocal technique, musicality, and building good relationships with them. I am always seeking new methods and approaches to achieve the desired results with the best quality.”

Selma Liise Erkut has always had a passion for expressing herself through dance and choreography. She is now on the journey towards a professional career in dance, and is working towards an education diploma at Copenhagen Contemporary Dance School from 2023-2026.

Selma is a previous scenekunst student of 8 years and has worked as a substitute for the Vesterbro campus since 2021. Selma has been a teaching assistant for scenekunst minischools in Hellerup since 2016 and has since moved to assisting, and now teaching, the main school.

Selma has been dancing since she was very young and has danced at many Danish dance studios for young dancers: for example sceneindgangen, stands&dans & dAb kompagniet, balletkompagniet, and Therese Bøvings Balletskole.

Betina graduated from the Odense Acting School in 2014 and has since worked at several Danish theaters, dedicating her efforts to various roles. She portrayed the character of Kim the thug in “Gummi Tarzan” at Odense Teater, where his henchmen would give gummi-Tarzan a wedgie daily. She also performed at Får302, where she was part of the last two shows of the absurd identity trilogy, namely “Owner of a Prison” and “Kort over glemte forbindelser” by playwright Ghita Makowski.

Betina Nydal has previously taught at Oure Efterskole, a high school, and a folk high school, conducting courses in mask work and character development and directing the musical “Ronja Røverdatter”.

“It is so rewarding to witness the growth of children and young people involved in theater, seeing them become braver, more in touch with themselves, and better friends and individuals in the long run. I feel privileged to be a part of creating theater, and I want to share that joy with others.”

Emma is a trained actress and fight performer from East 15 Acting School in England. She finished her education with top marks and has since worked as a stuntwoman and teacher. Emma is a very physical actress and cares about body and words being connected. She is always inspired by what is going on in the rehearsal room and a scene can therefore quickly change character from how it was originally intended to something completely different if some exciting appear. Improvisation and play are essential in Emma’s approach to the rehearsal room. With Emma, the actors must be able to experiment and unleash their creativity by being allowed to be silly. It should be fun to play theater so that you also dare to play serious theater.

Kirsten graduated as a drama teacher from the University of Copenhagen in 2008 and has since taught drama at high schools and HF, and after-school club. She is now a drama teacher at HF-Centret Efterslægten and Niels Steensens Gymnasium, where she is also the instructor of the annual school performances.

Kirsten also has an education in music, play and movement from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in 2009 with a focus on Lotte Kærså’s singing games and method and has for many years taught preschool children gymnastics and rhythm at FOF. She has taken several longer courses in acting, singing and dance and has studied with actors, including Ilse Rande and Trine Pallesen.

She is active as an actress and director at Hvidovre Amatørscene and also has jobs as an actress and extra. For example, with narration of speak, as a performer in music videos and as an improv actor for the event agency World of Adventure.

At SceneKunst, she is a mini-school teacher in Vesterbro for 4-6-year-olds.