JC Copenhagen is management, advising, mentoring and administration
JC Copenhagen is a private owned organization specializing in advising, managing and administrating smaller companies, self-producing choreographers and artists.
The organization was founded by Jens Christian Jensen in 2020 after having worked in different institutions such as The Agency for Culture and Palaces (for The Danish Arts Foundation), The Project Centre at Dansehallerne and Performing Arts Platform in Aarhus.
JC Copenhagen has a large network within the dance and choreographic field in Denmark and has been project leader and operating partner on behalf of The Danish Arts Foundation for the presentation of Danish dance at Tanzmesse in Düsseldorf.
Read here about Tanzmesse 2014-2024 (in Danish) and watch pictures.
Companies/artists
The artists, JC Copenhagen are working with, consist of theatre companies, self-producing choreographers and dance companies. The main focus is on financial management of the artists and their companies. JC Copenhagen handle contracts and wages, pay invoices, do accounting, settle taxes and VAT, report to the funding providers.
Besides the administration support, JC Copenhagen also offer advice on doing budgets and a clear and understandable description for applications.
JC Copenhagen offer mentoring and sparring sessions for artists, producers and self-producing artists on a range of areas, from project applications and budgets to organization, production and long-term strategy, competence clarification and networking.
Convoi Exceptionnel / Jon R. Skulberg: Nordic production platform focused on interdisciplinarity and special-somatic relationship within theatre, opera, choreography and installation.
MYKA / My Grönholdt: MYKA produces innovative choreographic performances and installations for the youngest audiences and the grown-ups in their lives – while communicating society’s current topic.
VOMP – A Dance Company by Gunilla Lind Dance: VOMP is a Copenhagen based dance company led by choreographer and artistic director Gunilla Lind.
Gunilla Lind puts a mirror up to society through her thought-provoking works. She creates visual works offering the spectator colour harmonies and surprising shapes.
AVIAJA Dance: Company founded by Greenlandic/Danish choreograhper and dancer Sarah Aviaja Hammeken, aims at captivating its audience through visually stunning stage art with strong morals and a clear message, questioning society in both a local and global context.
Furthermore JC Copenhagen work together with smaller companies and artists like Pernille Garde Stage Art, Stina Strange Thue, KASPERSOPHIE, Ruby Gamache and Danish Dance Stories.
Networks/projects
During the years at the Project Centre at Dansehallerne, Jens Christian was project leader for the Danish booth at Tanzmesse in Düsseldorf in 2014, 2016 and 2018. In 2020 Tanzmesse was cancelled because of COVID-19, and in 2022 and 2024 he did it as a private owned company. On behalf of The Danish Arts Foundation, he coordinated the presentation of Danish companies and choreographers – as a booth at Tanzmesse in Düsseldorf and a booklet.
Here you can read more about Tanzmesse.
Also, during the years at the Project Centre, Jens Christian was part of a Nordic network for producers and self-producing choreographers. Part of that was Nordic Circle of Artistic Management, a 3-year mentor program (2016-18) with partners in Sweden (SITE Sweden), Norway (Performing Arts Hub Norway), Finland (Arts Management Helsinki) and Iceland (Dance Atelier).
The partners of the project Nordic Circle of Artistic management has continued the project and is was called NB8 Nordic Circle with funding from Nordic Culture Point and Nordic Culture Fund the mentor program from 2021 to 2023.
We had the second kick-off seminar with 8 mentees and 8 mentors at Calliola in Finland in April 2023 and finished with a wrap-up seminar in March 2024.
The mentees and mentors for this second cycle are:
Mirkka Malkola (FI) – Kasper Egelund (DK)
Evelyn Raudsepp (EE) – Olöf Ingolfdottir (IS)
Thea Thori Kogstad (NO) – Katja Kirsi (FI)
Lena Yngvesson (SE) – Bek Berger (LV)
Heba Eir Kjeld (IS) – Tora de Zwart Rørholt (NO)
Maja Bonde Holtze (DK) – Anne Cecilie Bordin Larsen (NO)
Patricija Kolate (LV) – Tina Eriksson Frederiksson (SE)
Anders Engebretsen (NO) – Ann-Jette Caron (DK)
We had our first kick-off seminar with 8 mentees and 8 mentors in September 2022 and finished with a wrap-up seminar in August 2023.
The mentees and mentors for this first cycle are:
Elina Aholainen (FI) – Sigrid Aakvik (DK)
Kara Hergils (IS) – Annika Ostwald (S)
Emilija Rimasauskiene (LT) – Emmy Astbury (S)
Minna-Triin Kohv (ET) – Isabel Gonzalez (FI)
Julianna Vidarsdottir (S) – Ragnheidur Skuladottir (IS)
Vár Bech Árting (FO)- Anne Holck Ekenes (N)
Ina Locmele (LV) – Marinella Jaskari (FI)
Maija Pavlova (LV) – Elina Ruoho-Kurola (FI)
Working for Copenhagen International Theatre, Jens Christian was project coordinator for the international showcase for performing arts p@art.dk in Denmark in 2009.
Together with filmmaker Maia Elisabeth Sørensen, they have started the project dansefilm.dk, which is the Danish hub for working national and Nordic with the genre dance film. They have received network funding from Nordic Culture Fund for a one-year network: Moving North Network 20224-25.
Jens Christian has always had a strong relation to the dance and choreographic field within the Nordic countries – and working both in Aarhus and Copenhagen, one of his aims is to strengthen the ties within the performing arts field between the two cities.
In general Jens Christian has developed a strong network within his field of activity – and likes to share his knowledge and contacts with others – knowing that sharing often will be rewarded.
Background
Jens Christian Jensen has a background as bookkeeper and is educated in HR at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. He has worked several years for the Danish Arts Foundation at the Agency for Culture and Palaces (2001-2008) within the departments for music and performing arts. He has worked as project coordinator and administrator for Copenhagen International Theatre and from 2011 to 2018 we worked at the Project Centre at Dansehallerne. In 2018-20, he worked as administrator and advisor for Performing Arts Platform in Aarhus – and last for HAUT in Copenhagen (2020 – 2022).
Jens Christian holds a BA in History and Middle East History, and holds a MA in Modern Culture from Copenhagen University. In 2023 Jens Christian attended further education as narrative practitioner at DISKUK (Danish Institute for Supervision, Employee Education and Consultancy). In 2019-20 Jens Christian was educated as narrative supervisor consultant at DISPUK.
Jens Christian began administrating companies (teaterforeninger) in Aarhus in 2019 – and at the end of 2020 it became his main focus – and finally he came out as independent and self-imployed, today with a focus on Copenhagen-based companies.
Webpage/contact
On the website, all information is in Danish, including Jens Christians CV. If you want to get in touch with Jens Christian, please contact him:
Jens Christian Jensen
Mail: jc@jc-copenhagen.dk
Phone: +45 30 53 10 35
Office address:
C. F. Richs Vej 93, 3. th
2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark