Workshop: Ingun Bjørnsgaard Project x PRODA
In this workshop, Ingun Bjørnsgaard and Catharina Vehre Gresslien introduce the methods used in the work with the performance Gjenstand og fortvilelse.
Information:
Location: PRODA Profesjonell dansetrening – Marstrand gata 8. 0566 Oslo.
Date: 21.10.25
Time: 10:00-12:00
For: Profesjonelle dansekunstnere
The workshop is free
Bios:
Ingun Bjørnsgaard has been one of Norway's most prominent choreographers for many years. Her beautiful, playful and well-composed performances have earned her recognition from both Norwegian and international audiences. Her pieces explore the tension between the everyday and the mythical, domestic chores and imaginative fables, bourgeois settings and erotic escapades. She has created more than 20 full-length performances for her own company, Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt, which was established in 1992. In parallel with her work for the company, she has been commissioned as a guest choreographer by ensembles such as the Norwegian National Ballet, Kungliga Baletten Stockholm, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Tanztheater Bremen and Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg, Komische Oper Berlin, Carte Blanche and CCN Ballet de Lorraine, Nancy.Ingun Bjørnsgaard studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Ballet in Oslo and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York.
Catharina Vehre Gresslien graduated from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Since 2009 she has worked with choreographers such as Janne-Camilla Lyster, Ina C. Johannsen, Hege Haagenrud, Stian Danielsen, Kristin Inao, Ida Wigdel, Gull Øzger and Simone Grøtte. Catharina has been associated with Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt since 2012, a company that has had great significance for her development as a performer. Since 2018, she has worked closely with the company Nagelhus Schia Productions (NSP), including choreographers such as Damien Jalet, Erna Omarsdottir, Sidi Larbi Cherkoui and Sasha Waltz & guests. Catharina has also created her own works, including The logical song for NSP/Dansefot in collaboration with Katja Schia. In 2017, she was awarded the Arts Council Norway's three-year working grant for younger/newly established artists, and since 2018 she has been employed by the Actor and Dancer Alliance.