QUEER PRACTICE: OPEN CALL: WAREHOUSE9 & HIMHERANDIT Productions supporting Queer Artistic Research & Development. This open call will offer an opportunity to support practice between Aarhus and Copenhagen over a period of 12 months. The residency’s primary focus is on supporting practice through a research & development framework created by the organisations and their festivals.
Sarah Wegeberg (she/they) is the producer and head of communications at Warehouse9.
Sarah has an MA in Theatre- and performance studies from University of Copenhagen (2023), specializing in queer dramaturgy and performance ontologies. She has worked with several queer theatre and performance groups, across both independent and larger institutional contexts.
At Warehouse9, Sarah produces interdisciplinary art and community projects that connect artists and communities across disciplines and traditions.
Dancer, performer and choreographer.
Educated dancer from the Amsterdam School of the Arts in 2002. Kasper works in a wide variety and mix of formats and genres such as dance, performance, text-based theatre, music drama, installation work, video art, site-specific work, and works for children and young audiences, both on a national and international basis.
He served as member of the Danish Arts Council, The Committee for Performing Arts as well as The Committee for Music Drama (2014-17), and as member of Aarhus City Arts Council (2018-21).
Member of the board of Aarhus Theatre and chairman of SCENATET –ensemble for art and music.
Member of the Horsens Theatre Festival curating group 2026-29. Board graduate from Aarhus Business Academy 2026.
Jasmin has a master’s degree in English and cultural communications from the University of Copenhagen and has worked with several fields within the cultural sphere. She has worked with executing and communicating films, festivals, art fairs, and literature, and has now embarked upon queer performance art at Warehouse9.
Emma (they/she) has been a core member since 2012 and a leading effort in driving organisational development. They have helped shape WH9’s artistic profile, initiated national and international collaborations and consolidated WH9 through fundraising strategies, and insisting on production methods centering care and accessiblility.
In addition, Emma works as an independent curator, e.g. through the curatorial duo osborn&møller, where they have acted as guest curator at the Wellcome Collection (UK) and curated part of City of Women’s 25 year anniversary festival in 2019 (SL). Emma has experience as a freelance producer in the UK, where they worked with artists such as Poppy Jackson, Manuel Vason and SPILL Festival. Emma holds a MA in Theater and Performance from Queen Mary, University of London and a BA (Hons) in Drama, Applied Theatre & Education from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Jørgen Callesen (They/He) is co-founder and artistic director of Warehouse9.
For the past 19 years, they have been an integral part of developing Warehouse9 to become a leading organisation for cross-aesthetic queer art, including international festivals and socially engaged projects. He holds a Ph.D. in information & media science from Aarhus University (2005) and has an artistic practice with the performance figure “miss fish”. They have presented solo work in Denmark and internationally since 2002 and work in collaboration with numerous queer artists as well as in lager scale productions.