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Noelle Kayser / Revival Choreographer

Previously at Lyric: Ballet Mistress/Jen˚ufa (2023/24) and Dancer & Assistant Choreographer/Carmen (2022/23).

An award-winning choreographer, director, and multi-disciplinary performer based in Chicago, Kayser is the inaugural resident choreographer for Open Space, a Whim W’him Choreographic Shindig winner, the 2025 BalletX Choreographic Fellow, and a 2026 Ballet Collective Commission for Developing Choreographers recipient. She has created work for companies including Dance Aspen, DanceWorks Chicago, Visceral Dance Chicago, and SALT II, among many others. She was the founding rehearsal director and administrator for PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, and is currently the Artistic Liaison for South Chicago Dance Theatre. Kayser's short dance film “dust” — produced by Open Space — has been screened in Germany, Sweden, Greece, South Korea, Mexico, Italy, London, and throughout the U.S. In addition to her choreographic work, she has performed works by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Ihsan Rustem, Wen Wei Wang, Danielle Agami, Robyn Mineko Williams, and Alice Klock, among others. She has performed with companies such as NW Dance Project and Visceral Dance Chicago, among others. As an actor, Kayser has narrated 16 audiobooks for Audible, appeared in advertising campaigns, and performed in numerous stage productions. Most recently, she won the 2024 Jeff Award for Best Ensemble for her performance as Selene in The Penelopiad at the Goodman Theatre, and starred in Anna Long’s short film Death in the Desert (Best Actress in a Short at the Idyllwild Film Festival & Best Short Drama at the Breckenridge Film Festival).