Elise Go Haukenes
Go Girls Organization: Women in the Arts
For my Young Artist Project, I have created the Go Girls Organization which strives to empower the next generation of women to pursue their passions. Within this organization I made a documentary that consists of interviews with a female artistic ballet director, multi instrumentalist and professor, film director, and composer bringing to light the challenges they have faced to get where they are, but also their triumphs and most beloved moments in their careers. My project aims to educate people about the disparity of careers women have within the arts while highlighting specific stories and experiences of struggles and success in these male dominated fields. In addition to this documentary, I also commissioned and recorded a new work by our very own Linda Diaz. All the above, as well as a tab for meet the artists and info and statistics of women in the arts are hosted on a website.
Elise Haukenes is a triple-threat of passionately boundless creative proportions. She is an award-bearing violinist, nationally ranked gymnast, and renowned contemporary and ballet dancer. She is deeply captivated by the relationship between music and movement and strives to use her God given gifts to perform and choreograph interdisciplinary projects that tell stories and impact audiences. Specifically focusing on collaborating with female composers, choreographers, directors, and filmmakers to create works that encourage and support women in the arts.
As a violinist, Elise has been top prizewinner and finalist in several concerto competitions, invited to perform at Carnegie Hall and premier newly commissioned work at the Kennedy Center. Her unique talents have also led to international performance opportunities in Bolivia and the Dominican Republic. In addition to live features, Elise is equally adept in the studio, having participated in film scoring sessions at Warner Brothers and USC’s School for Cinematic Arts. By 21, Elise has concurrently nurtured her inherent musical talent all while cultivating her innately philanthropic spirit. This prodigious young artist has been featured as a violinist and dancer in the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center’s “The One I Feed” and Bald Ballerina benefits, actively engages in missionary work and informally provides music therapy at nursing homes. During the summer she has attended Heifetz Institute of Music, Meadowmount, and Curtis Young Artist Program. She previously studied with David Salness of the University of Maryland and currently studies under Margaret Batjer at the University of Southern California.