Chen Nadler

Biography

Chen Nadler (1992) is a Helsinki-based choreographer, dancer and performer with Moroccan, Romanian and Israeli roots. She creates multidisciplinary works, collaborating across various art forms, creating pieces for galleries, stages, site-specific venues, community, and video art projects. 

Chen focuses on movement as a connecting source – a connection first of all to the self, then expanding to connections with her surroundings- people, nature and urban places. She explores the transformative potential of repetitiveness and circular motion, considering their role in energy flow and renewal. Her inspiration derives from nature, dreams, nocturnal bird sounds, and twilight’s deep blue hues, combining a sense of mystery into the joy of dance.  She is seeking to play, to collaborate, to search aesthetics of togetherness, blending elements of mystery, the unknown, and the magic born from shared experiences within a common landscape.

As a professional dancer, Chen has collaborated with companies in Spain, Israel, Italy, and participated in research residencies across Europe. Her educational journey includes completing a professional dance program in Tel-Aviv (Maslool Dance Program), in Israel, studies for B.Ed. in Social and Steiner Education in Haifa (Oranim), Israel and studying Steiner Education as an exchange student in (Snellman college), Helsinki, Finland. Currently, Chen is studying for a master’s degree in choreography at the Theatre Academy (Uniarts), Helsinki, Finland.