Biography

Alen Nsambu (he/they, b. 1998) is Finnish-Angolan choreographer and performer based in Helsinki. In 2022 they graduated from Den Danske Scenekunstskolen (DK) with a BFA degree in dance and choreography.

Since graduating Nsambu has collaborated internationally with choreographers and directors such as Sonya Lindfors (FI), Alma Söderberg (SE), Marie Topp (DK), Miles Greenberg (US), WAUHAUS (FI) and Renan Martins de Oliveira (BR).

Artistically Nsambu is busy with questions related to identity, normal/neutral/natural, autofiction and joy (on and off stage). Using a diverse array of performative registers and representations through interdisciplinary practices is in the core of their work.

In 2024 Nsambu was a summer resident artist at The Watermill Center in New York, under the artistic direction of Robert Wilson. Nsambu was also selected to be one of the GENERATION2023 artists for the triennial exhibition curated for Amos Rex museum in Helsinki.

Nsambu has presented their works in venues such as Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Amos Rex art museum, The Finnish National Theater, The Watermill Center in New York and the International Performing Arts Festival in Copenhagen.