Beneath the Northern lights, the adventurous sailing ship HELT carries artists, climate scientists, dancers and musicians into remote Norwegian fjords.
HELT is a platform for artistic explorations and debate, for research and activism.
Participants from around the world join our projects, discovering how artistic practice, climate activism, sailing and nature, connect us.
Together we encounter and explore, the oceans, the wind, the grand landscapes and ecosystems of earth.
HELT Earth Sail pilot project took place in September 2025, in and around Lofoten, and sailing through the fjords to Tromsø, Northern Norway.
HELT is a historic vessel built on the west coast of Norway in 1932, and nicknamed ‘Queen of the Sea’.
She sails the breathtaking landscapes of the far north.
To sail with HELT is a journey into the most northen of Europe, inspired by our sailing performances and activist projects in Danish waters and harbors, touring with her twin sailing ship ‘Hawila’ (Hawila Project).
Here artists, sailors, dancers, acrobats, musicians, activists, scientists and researchers from many continents, incl. Africa and India, sailed, sailed and performed together.
Central collaborators for the adventures of HELT and Hawila, are captain and climate scientist Samuel Faucherre and choreographer and artistic director Pipaluk Supernova.
The focus of HELT Earth Sail is to investigate our relationship to nature in a very tangible way, moving with the landscapes and the wind.
Sailing offers a direct physical interaction with the forces of nature. And when on land, docked in scenic harbors, our team of dancers and researchers guides us into the local environments on foot, connecting our bodies to earth, dancing with the terrain, the local myths, and the elements.
HELT Earth Sail is currently assembling a new team of partners, sponsors, artists and researchers for our projects in 2026 and 2027.
If you are interested or have proposals, kindly send us an email
info@copenhagendreamhouse.com
graphics : Hawila Project
photo : HELT
