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Kjersti Kramm Engebrigtsen

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EDUCATION

1999
Master's degree (3rd level) from the Department
o
f 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.

CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS

2013
TOUCHED - A performance created for the EU project FRAGILE in Lisboa in March and
at Bærum Kulturhus and Kumu in Tallinn in April.

2012-2013
VIPS - Choreography presented at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at Lillestrøm Conference

center, at the Ministry of Health and Care Services and at Folkets Hus, Oslo.

2007
BREATHING SPACE – A dance installation in Oslo city centre. 13 performances during
CODA Oslo International Dance Festival in September.

2006
GYMNASTICS – The first of three dance films produced in collaboration with the artist Hilmar Fredriksen. Shown at Paloma, Madrid, Gothenburg in August and at the Budapest Autumn
Festival in October.

2005
GYMNASTICS - Dance film shown in conjunction with the Dance on Camera Festival, at the
Lincoln Center, New York in January and at the Ultima Film Festival in Oslo in October.

2004
CONTRAPOST, GYMNASTICS, ADROMEDA - Dance films shown at the opening of Dance House
Oslo  in September. GYMNASTICS shown at BIT Bergen International Theatre in October.

2004
FRAGILE - Première at Trikkehallen Cultural Centre in Oslo. Also shown in Sandefjord in
May and in Oslo in October.

1994
KRISTIN - A PLAY WITH DANCE AND MUSIC - New staging of KRISTIN (1982) in collaboration with Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee at Black Box Theatre in Oslo.

1992
I DREAMT - Performance in collaboration with Erik Wøllo, Terje Johanssen and Kurt Hermansen.

1989
THE JOURNEY, CLOSED, THE ANIMAL and EACH OTHER - Performances in collaboration with
Gilles Obermayer, Guttorm Kittelsen, Tone Hulbækmo and Fredrik Jacobsen at Black Box Theatre
in Oslo.

1986
HSU (STAGES) - Performance with music by Xenakis and Reich in celebration of Danseloftet's 10th anniversary at Black Box Theatre in Oslo.

1985
FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE - Performance in collaboration with Jan Garbarek and
Halvard Scheldrup at Henie Onstad Art Centre at Høvik and Black Box Theatre in Oslo.

1983
FABULOUS - Commisioned by Kantarellen Ballet Company.

1982
KRISTIN - A PLAY WITH DANCE AND MUSIC - Performance based on Sigrid Undset's trilogy
Kristin Lavransdatter in collaboration with composer Ragnar Søderlind in Trondheim and Oslo. Commissioned by Trondheim Teacher Training College. Staged at the Archbishop's residence in Trondheim and in St Olav's Church in Oslo.

1981
BUT THERE STILL EXISTS - Performance in collaboration with Gilles Obermayer and Arne Ruste commisioned by Forfattersentrum, performed at a literary event at Scene 7, Oslo.

1981-82
CREATION MOBILE - Performance with Anna Jastrzebska at Oslo Concert Hall filmed by the
Norwegian Broadcasting Company (NRK) at the outburst of the Russian invasion on Poland.

1981
ROBOT COLA - Performance made for the Norwegian Broadcasting Company (NRK).

1979-80
DU O - Performance in collaboration with Keith Blasby at Danseloftet Studio in Oslo filmed by the Norwegian Broadcasting Company (NRK).

1976-79
EMBRACE - Performance with music by Jan Wiese and J. S. Bach played by Morten Halle.
BEST as guest appearance at the National Theatre in Oslo and on tour in northern Norway.


1977
BASS DANCE - Performance in collaboration with Harold Clark and the Norwegian music
association Ny Musikk (New Music).


1976
SAMI CHANTS - Performance with music by Folke Strømholm at the Henie Onstad Art Centre.
Also filmed by the Norwegian Broadcasting Company (NRK).

1975
ONE MOMENT - Performance at Club 7 in Oslo.

1974
STOP AND THINK - Performance at Club 7 in Oslo.

1969
MICROCOSMOS - Performance with music by Bela Bartok for Høvik Ballet Company.


CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK AS A SUBSTANTIAL
PART OF A PERFORMANCE


2010
GARMANNS WORLD - Performance at Teatr Baj. in Warsaw in October.

1987
Hiroshima - Performance based on Halldis Moren Vesaas' translation at Romerike College.

1981-82
Gudbrandsdal Chronicle Play - Performance with music by Sigurd Berge at the Peer Gynt festival at Vinstra in Norway.

1979
VOLUSPÅ - Performance at Vinstra in Norway.

1975
THE STAIRS - Performance at Club 7 in Oslo.

 


CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHERS

1979
MISS 79. TELL ME - Performance at Scene 7 during Oslo Mini Festival.

1978
CRASH - Performance at the National Theatre in Oslo.


AS A PERFORMER

2022-2023
QUEENS (DRONNINGER) - Part of cast in work by choreographer Un-Magritt Nordseth.

1992
I DREAMT

1982
KRISTIN, A PLAY WITH DANCE AND MUSIC.

1981
BUT THERE STILL EXISTS

1981-82
CREATION MOBILE

1979-80
DU O

1979-80
VOLUSPÅ

1981
WHITE WEDDING - Part of cast at the New Norwegian Theatre in Oslo.

1980
MASQUERADE - Part of cast at the New Norwegian Theatre in Oslo.

1976-79
Member of the Danseloftet Studio troupe.

1977
Various dance commissions for children's television filmed by the Norwegian Broadcasting Company (NRK).

1976
BASS DANCE

1975-76
CATILINA - Part of cast at the New Norwegian Theatre in Oslo.

1976
SAMI CHANTS

1975-76
Performances at Club 7, at Scene 7 in Oslo.

1974
THE TRAMP - Part of cast in the film by the Norwegian Broadcasting Company (NRK).

1969
Member of the Høvik Ballet Company.

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