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Kjersti Kramm Engebrigtsen
EDUCATION
1999
Master's degree (3rd level) from the Department
of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo.
Thesis title:
CAN DANCE HELP TO LIBERATE THE BODY
AND DEVELOP THE INITIATIVE OF BLIND CHILDREN?
1997
Degree course, 1st and 2nd level, from the Department of Special Needs Education,
University of Oslo
1969-72
Diploma from the London School of
Contemporary Dance.
1967-68
Diploma from the Institute of Ballet in Oslo.
1956-60
Elementary and intermediate Royal Academy
of Dance grades, teacher Gerd Kjølaas.
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OTHER WORK RELATED TO DANCE
2001-05
Assistant at CODA Oslo International Dance Festival.
2003-07
Board member of the special interest organization Dance in the School (DIS).
2003-07
Board member at the Norwegian union of dancers, choreographers and dance teachers (NoDa).
2003-05
Board member of the Norwegian Centre for the Art of Dance (now Dance Info Norway).
2000-03
Member of the editorial staff of the periodical magazine Arabesk.
2000-03
Board member at The Norwegian Ballet Union (now NoDa).
1990-93
Initiator and chairman for THE YEAR OF THE DANCE '93.
1980-88
Board member, and towards the end of the period, chairman, for Danseloftet Foundation.
1986-87
Main organiser of the Dance Marathon at Black Box Theatre.
1983-85
Board Member of the Norwegian Ballet Union.
1976-80
Founder and manager of Danseloftet Studio.
1974-76
Participant in the Artist's Campaign (aim: to improve conditions of work and achieve a
guaranteed minimum income for artists).
1968-69
Co-founder of the Høvik Ballet Company.
COURSES, STUDY TRIPS AND PARTICIPATION
AT SEMINARS
2014
Panel participant at seminar at Rencontre National Handicap Visuel & Creation Choreographique
in la Briqueterie in Paris
2013
Two trips to Bucuresti in for the Norwegian Arts Councel involvement in the EEA cultural Heritage projects.
2012
Trip to Acajou in Paris to see CLAIRIÈRE; the choreographer Delphine Dumont's duo
with Said Gharbi.
2012
Attendance at the seminar Inclusive dance at Malmø State Theater in Sweden.
2005-2010
Several trips to Estonia, France, Spain and Portugal in connection with the establishment
of the EU project FRAGILE.
2000
Study trip and planning of the production FRAGILE in Barcelona.
1998
Conference on Improvisation in Lillsved in Sweden.
1997
Seminar, course and interview with Steve Paxton at Dansens Hus in Stockholm.
1995
Seminar by Ida Kelarova in Czechoslovakia.
1995
Seminar on research in the field of the arts in Oslo.
1993
NOFOD (Nordic Forum for Dance Research) seminar in Trondheim.
1986
Seminar on choreography held by Nina Fonaroff at the National Ballet College (now KhiO).
1986
Seminar on choreography in Iceland.
1982
Norwegian representativ, by invitation, to the International Dance Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers at University of Surrey in England.
1980
Delegate of the Norwegian Ballet Union at the ITI Congress in Madrid.
1980
Study trip to Paris to attend dance classes by Peter Goss and Carolyn Carlsen.
1978-79
3-month study trip to New York to attend dance classes held by Viola Faber, Ellen Webb,
Steve Paxton and Meredith Monk.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
2005
THE SEEING BODY in the Swedish periodical Nutidadans.
2003
AESTHETIC SUBJECTS IN SCHOOL in the Norwegian periodical Arabesk no 2.
2003
SURVEY ON AESTHETIC SUBJECTS IN SCHOOL, AND ABOUT THE NEW COLLEGES
OF AESTHETIC SUBJECTS in the Norwegian periodical Arabesk no 1.
2001
REVIVAL MEETING UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE "PROJECT FOR A POSITIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT in the Norwegian periodical Arabesk no 3.
SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHING AND
DANCE TEACHING FOR CHILDREN
2010-11
Teaching at Rommen School in Oslo
2008-10
Teaching at The Rudolf Steiner School in Bærum.
2008
Teaching at Vahl School in Oslo.
2003-06
Teaching at Huseby School in Oslo.
2000-02
Teacher for the visually impaired at Mjøndalen School in Mjøndalen.
1999-00
Teaching at Hosle School in Bærum.
1998-99
Teacher for the visually impaired at Rommen School in Oslo.
LECTURES ON DANCE
2015
THE IMPORTANCE OF BODY AWARENESS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED
at Bucuresti National Library.
2012
FITTING IN at Faculdad Motricicade Humana in Lisboa.
2011
A DIFFERENT APPROACH as opening lecture at a seminar in Bærum Kulturhus
in conjunction with FRAGILE.
2006
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE "FRAGILE" AND THE PLANNED EU PROJECT at
Norwegian Institute for research on upbringing, welfare and ageing (NOVA).
2004
DANCE ON THE TABLE at a seminar held by the Joint Council for Dance in Schools at
Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
2004
THE PROCESS LEADING TO "FRAGILE". Lecture and demonstration at
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
2004
THE PROCESS LEADING TO "FRAGILE" at an interdisciplinary symposium on dance at Umeå University, Sweden.
2003
PRINCIPLE TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND MY OWN WORK at
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
RESIDENCIES
2014
Two months residence at Cité des Arts in Paris.
1978
Residence at the Odin Theatre in Holstebro in Denmark.
1977
Residence at the International Dance Centre in Paris.
SCHOLARSHIPS
2000
Tom Wilhelmsen.
2000
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1997
Travel Scholarship from the Fund for Performing Artists.
1995
Travel Scholarship from the Research Council of Norway.
1994
Oslo City Scholarship.
1989
The Norwegian State guaranty income for artists.
1988
Travel scholarship to the Kuopio Dance Festival.
1987
State travel and study scholarship.
1982-85
3-year state working scholarship.
1978
Studentenes Friundervisning (The Open University).
1978
State travel and study scholarship.
1977
The Norwegian Opera and Thorleif Dahl's scholarship.
1976
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1976
Scholarship to attend a course at the Venice Biennal.
