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Curriculum Vitae

Kjersti K. Engebrigtsen, born 21.06.47

	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, 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. Lisboa 28. - 29.03. Bærum Kulturhus 16.04. Kumu, Tallinn 19- 20.04. Music: Knut Olaf Sunde
2012-2013	“Vips” Choreography presented at UD 2012. Lillestrøm Conference center and at the Norwegian Health Department and at Folkets Hus
2007	"Breathing Space" – a dance installation, Oslo city centre, 13 performances in conjunction with Oslo International Dance Festival, 22-29 September.
2006	"Gymnastics" – the first of three video 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" shown in conjunction with the Dance on Camera Festival, at the Lincoln Center, New York 12-22 January and at the Ultima Film Festival, Oslo 2-3 October.
2004	All three films shown at the opening of Dance House Norway 23 Sept. "Gymnastics" shown at Bergen International Theatre 17 October.
2004	"Fragile", première at Trikkehallen Cultural Centre, music by Erik Wøllo, Oslo 3-7 October and at Sandefjord 25 May.
1994	New staging of "Kristin" in collaboration with the Olympic committee (Lillehammer Olympic Organisation Committee), Black Box Theatre, Oslo.
1992	"I dreamt" in collaboration with Erik Wøllo, Terje Johanssen and Kurt Hermansen.
1989	"The journey", "Closed", "The Animal" and "Each Other" with Gilles Obermayer, Guttorm Kittelsen, Tone Hulbækmo and Fredrik Jacobsen at Black Box Theatre.
1986	"Hsu" (stages), music by Xenakis and Reich in celebration of Danseloftet's 10th anniversary, Black Box Theatre.
1985	"Figures in a landscape" in collaboration with Jan Garbarek and Halvard Scheldrup at the Henie Onstad Art Centre and Black Box Theatre.
1983	"Fabulous" in collaboration with Jan Garbarek and the Kantarellen ballet company.
1982	"Kristin, a play with dance and music" in collaboration with composer Ragnar Søderlind, in Trondheim and Oslo. Commissioned by Trondheim Teacher Training College.
1981	"But there still exists" with Gilles Obermayer and Arne Ruste in conjunction with a literary event at Scene 7, Oslo.
1981-82	"Creation Mobile" with Anna Jastrzebska, at Oslo Concert House, Norwegian Broadcasting Company.
1981	"Robot Cola", Norwegian Broadcasting Company.
1979-80	"Du o" with Keith Bleasby, at Danseloftet Studio, Norwegian Broadcasting Company.
1976-79	"Embrace" with music by Jan Wiese and J. S. Bach. "Best", African drumming, guest appearance at the National Theatre, Oslo and on tour in Northern Norway.
1977	"Bass Dance" in collaboration with Harold Clark and the music association Ny Musikk.
1976	"Sami Chants" with Folke Strømholm at the Henie Onstad Art Centre, Norwegian Broadcasting Company.
1975	"One Moment", at Club 7, Oslo.
1974	"Stop and Think", at Scene 7, Oslo.
1969	"Microcosmos", music by Bela Bartok, for the Høvik Ballet Company.
	Choreographic work as a substantial part of a performance
2010	"Garmanns world" Teatr Baj. Warsaw. First presentation October the first.
1987	"Hiroshima", based on H. M. Vesaas' translation, at Romerike College.
1981-82	"Gudbrandsdal Chronicle Play", music by Sigurd Berge, at the Peer Gynt festival, Vinstra, Norway.
1979	"Voluspå", Vinstra.
1975	"The Stairs", at Scene 7, Oslo.
	Choreographic works produced in collaboration with others.
1979	"Miss 79. Tell me", at Scene 7, Oslo Mini Festival.
1978	"Crash" at the National Theatre, Oslo.
	Dance experience
1992	"I dreamt" (solo), Black Box Theatre, Oslo.
1982	Danced the main role in "Kristin" – a play with dance and music, based on the novel Kristin Lavransdatter, at the Archbishop's residence in Trondheim and in St Olav's Church, Oslo in June and September.
1981	"But there still exists", at Scene 7, and Danseloftet Studio, Oslo.
1981-82	"Creation Mobile", at Oslo Concert Hall, Norwegian Broadcasting Company.
1979-80	"Du o", Danseloftet Studio, Oslo, Norwegian Broadcasting Company.
1979-80	"Voluspå", Vinstra, Norway.
1981	"White Wedding", at the New Norwegian Theatre, Oslo.
1980	"Masquerade", at the National Theatre, Oslo.
1976-79	Member of the Danseloftet Studio troupe.
1977	Various dance commissions for children's television, Norwegian Broadcasting Company.
1976	"Bass Dance" at the Henie Onstad Art Centre, Bærum.
1975-76	"Catilina", at the National Theatre, Oslo.
1976	"Sami Chants" at the Henie Onstad Art Centre, Norwegian Broadcasting Company.
1975-76	Club 7, at Scene 7, Oslo.
1974	"The Tramp", Norwegian Broadcasting Company.
1969	Member of the Høvik Ballet Company.
	Dance teaching experience
2015	A weekly course for pupils and their teachers at the Bucuresti School for the blind.
2014	Workshop at La Briqueterie, Paris. Rencontre national Handicap visual & Creation choreographique 20-25.10.
2012	Helen Keller School for the Blind, Tallinn
2012	Helen Keller School for the Blind, Lisboa
2012	Two weeks Learning Workshop Lisboa. Fragile EU project
2012	One week Learning Workshop Tallinn. Fragile EU project
2011	One week Learning Workshop Tallinn Fragile Eu project
2012	Ski high school
2012	The Norwegian Dance High School
2011	The Norwegian Dance High School
2011	Learning workshops Tallinn for dancers, choreographers and visually impaired.
2011	Course for dancers at the Norwegian Highschool for Dance.
2007	Course for blind adults in conjunction with Oslo International Dance Festival.
2000-05	Varieous colleges.
2003-05	Huseby School, Oslo.
2003	Dance play for children and adults at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
1999	Temporary post at Harstad Cultural School.
1999	Classes for dancers at the Festival of Dance and Health, Viljandi, Estonia.
1995	Temporary post at Follo College.
1988-89	Classes for professional dancers under the Free Daily Training Scheme.
1988-89	Seminar at the State Drama School.
1987-88	Romerike College.
1986	Classes for professional dancers under the Free Daily Training Scheme.
1985-86	Improvisation and choreography course at Danseloftet Studio, Oslo.
1983-87	Various weekend seminars for psychomotor physiotherapists in Oslo and Kristiansand.
1982-83	Seminar at the College of Physiotherapy, Oslo.
1979	Seminar at the University of Trondheim.
1978-79	Studio 1B, Trondheim.
1979	Modern dance training for actors at the National Theatre, Oslo.
1976-77	Tuition in dance and movement for violin students at the Norwegian Academy of Music.
1976-86	Danseloftet Studio.
1974	Seminar on choreography and creative processes at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
1973-74	Scene 7, Oslo.
1974-81	Support teacher in dance and improvisation for drama students at the State Teacher Training College of Arts and Crafts.
1974-81	Evening classes in Graham technique for open university students at Danseloftet Studio.
1972-73	Tuition in modern dance and improvisation at the State College of Dance and Drama, Barcelona.
1968-69	Classes in Graham technique for Høvik Ballet Company.
	Scholarships/ residences/ prizes
2014	2 months Residence at Cité des Arts, Paris
2013	Critics award for “Touched” as the best dance performance 2012/2013
2000	Tom Wilhelmsen.
2000	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	State guaranteed income for artists.
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, shipowner Thorleif Dahl's scholarship.
1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
	Other work related to dance
2001-05	Assistant at the Oslo International Dance Festival (CODA).
2003-07	Board Member of the special interest organisation Dance in School (DIS).
2003-07	Board Member of Norwegian Dance Artists (NoDa) – the union of dancers, choreographers and dance teachers.
2003-05	Board Member of the Norwegian Centre for the Art of Dance.
2000-03	Member of the editorial staff of the periodical Arabesk.
2000-03	Member of the national board of the Norwegian Ballet Union (from 2002 the union Norwegian Dance Artists).
1990-93	Initiator and chairman of the Year of the Dance '93.
1980-88	Board Member and – towards the end of the period - chairman of the 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 the seminar. “Rencontre National Handicap Visuel & creation Choreographique, la Briqueterie, Paris
2013	Two trips to Bucuresti in connection with the Norwegian Arts Councel involvement in the EEA cultural Heritage projects
2012	Trip to Acajou, Paris to see Clairière; the choreographer Delphine Dumont duo with Said Gharbi
2012	Attendance at Malmø Statsteater seminar Inclusive dance
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", Barcelona.
1998	Conference on Improvisation, Lillsved, Sweden.
1997	Seminar/course and interview with Steve Paxton at Dansens Hus (Dance Centre), Stockholm.
1995	Seminar held by Ida Kelarova, Czechoslovakia.
1995	Seminar on research in the field of arts, Oslo.
1993	Nofoed (Scandinavian Dance Research) seminar, Trondheim.
1988	Travel scholarship to the Kuopio Dance Festival.
1986	Seminar on choreography held by Nina Fonaroff at the State Ballet College (now the Faculty of Performing Arts at Oslo National Academy of the Arts).
1986	Seminar on choreography in Iceland.
1982	Invited as the Norwegian representative to the International Dance Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers, University of Surrey, England.
1980	Delegate of the Norwegian Ballet Union at the ITI Congress, Madrid.
1980	Study trip to Paris, attended dance classes by Peter Goss and Carolyn Carlsen.
1978-79	3-month study trip to New York, attended dance classes held by Viola Faber, Ellen Webb, Steve Paxton and Meredith Monk.
1978	Study residence at the Odin Theatre, Holstebro, Denmark.
1977	Study residence at the International Dance Centre, Paris.
1967-70	Summer courses at the Academy of Ballet, Stockholm.
1976	Scholarship to attend a course at the Biennial, Venice.
	Published articles
2005	The seeing body, in the periodical Nutidadans, no 25, Sweden.
2003	Aesthetic subjects in school, in the periodical Arabesk, no 2, Norway.
2003	Survey on aesthetic subjects in school, and About the new colleges of aesthetic subjects, Arabesk, no 1.
2001	Revival meeting under the auspices of the "Project for a positive school environment", Arabesk, no 3.
	Special needs teaching and dance teaching for children
2010-11	Rommen School.
2008-10	Steiner School Bærum.
2008	Vahl School.
2003-06	Huseby School.
2000-02	Teacher for the visually impaired, Mjøndalen School.
1999-00	Hosle School.
1998-99	Teacher for the visually impaired, Rommen School.
	Lectures on dance
2015	The importance of body awareness for visually impaired. Bucuresti National Library
2012	“Fitting in” Faculdad Motricicade Humana, Lisboa
2011	A different approach, Opening seminar, Bærum Kulturhus, Fragile
2006	About the performance "Fragile" and the planned EU project, at NOVA (Norwegian Institute for research on upbringing, welfare and ageing).
2004	Dance on the table, lecture 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" – interdisciplinary symposium on dance, Umeå University.
2003	Principle trends in contemporary dance and my own work, at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
	Music
	I have a good knowledge of, and can read, music.
	Languages
	High written and oral proficiency in English, French and Spanish.
	International contacts
	I have contacts in the dance sector in Barcelona, Paris, Rome, London, Brussels, Stockholm, Polen, Rumania and Estonia.