Andreas Bjørneboe
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- Professor
- Department of Performing Arts
- School of Arts, Design and Media
Background
Andreas Bjørneboe is a Professor of Dance at Kristiania University College. He teaches modern dance and classical ballet with an emphasis on technique, repertoire, and artistic development. His teaching is grounded in an extensive international career as a performing artist, as well as many years of experience as an educator and academic developer in higher dance education.
Bjørneboe was educated at Balettakademien in Gothenburg, the Martha Graham School, the Merce Cunningham School, and the Peridance Center in New York. He has had an extensive career with companies such as the Martha Graham Dance Company, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Murray Louis & Alwin Nikolais Dance Company, Pearl Lang Dance Theater, and Alberta Ballet. He has performed on stages including the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Joyce Theatre, and Brooklyn Academy of Music, and has toured and participated in festivals across Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa.
He has performed works by a number of choreographers, including Martha Graham, Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, John Butler, Doug Varone, Birgit Cullberg, Pearl Lang, and Graeme Murphy, and has collaborated with many other leading choreographers in the international dance field. He has also appeared in the film Unsettled Dreams, choreographed by Donald Byrd with Donald Byrd/The Group.
As an educator, Bjørneboe has taught at institutions such as Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Rome, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, University of Stavanger, Turku Arts Academy in Finland, Norwegian College of Dance, Bårdar Academy, and the Martha Graham School in New York. He has led teaching and outreach projects in Uganda and Tanzania, presented lecture-demonstrations for school students in New York City, and conducted workshops and masterclasses internationally.
Bjørneboe has also served as course coordinator, internal and external examiner, and as a member of several academic evaluation committees.