Kirsten Wicklund
Canadian born Kirsten Wicklund danced with The Washington Ballet Company, Ballet BC (2014-2021 under Emily Molnar C.M. / Medhi Walerski) and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (2021-2024). She has danced and/or created original roles in works by Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Pina Bausch, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Akram Khan, Lesley Telford, Medhi Walerski, William Forsythe, Emmanuel Gat, Wen Wei Wang, Cayetano Soto, Adi Salant, Aszure Barton, Company 605, Johan Inger, Serge Bennathan, Jorma Elo, Jacopo Godani, Fernando Magadan, Walter Mateini, Emily Molnar, Jan Martens, Richard Siegal, Ella Rothschild and more.
Kirsten has choreographed works for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Ballet Edmonton, The Dutch National Ballet’s Junior Company, The NY Choreographic Institute at NYCB, Ballet BC’s “Take Form” & Ballet Kelowna among others. Kirsten is the Artistic Director of Ballet Edmonton (Canada), a creation-based company focusing on the invention of new work.