HELEN HALE is a dance maker, embodiment scholar, and plant enthusiast. She is the director of Helen Hale Dance, founder/facilitator of the KUDZU NATION, and creative director + floral artist for the Nap Ministry. Helen's work has been presented by the High Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Galleries at Moore, Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences, Dance Truck, Dashboard, The Lucky Penny, Spark and Echo Arts, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, Temple University, Alfred University, and others. 

Educated by a rogue mix of artists, activists, and cultural workers in inner-city Atlanta, GA., Helen migrated north to earn her BFA through study at Temple University (PA) and Hellenic International Studies in the Arts (Greece). Having since worked with both Philadelphia and Atlanta as home bases, she has been honored to collaborate and perform with a bounty of incredible artists in the States and abroad including Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, Nichole Canuso Dance Company, Carnival de Resistance, Tricia Hersey/The Nap Ministry, Team Sunshine Performance Corporation, Dishman + Co., PushPush Theater, Tahni Holt, Afterculture Theatre, Santiago Páramo, Staibdance, Protect Awesome, Pedro Ramirez, La Banda de los Cienaños, Duende Dance Theater, Meg Foley/Moving Parts, Gathering Wild, Troupe Hellas, Ground Delivery Dance Theater, Room to Move Dance, and the Just Act Ensemble. 

Helen moves in and out of roles as a choreographer, performer, daughter, teacher, hype-woman, auntie, administrator, sister, friend, floral bandit, and overall dreamer + schemer. She is currently scheming in the direction of DRAGONPRANCER, a new solo show, and growing a sanctuary-making endeavor in an old church in Atlanta.

Helen is a part of the Dashboard family of artists and a member of Alternate Roots.