Ellen Johannesen
Ellen Johannesen is a Norwegian dancer and choreographer. Johannesen was educated as a dancer at London Contemporary Dance School (UK) and at School for New Dance Development SNDO (Holland). After graduating Ellen Johannesen worked as a dancer in Amsterdam with the American choreographer Donald Fleming for several years. She toured in Holland, Germany, France and USA among other places.
Since 1994 Johannesen has presented herself and her projects under the name of KarmaConsult. In Norway Ellen Johannesen has presented several of her own works, participated in collaboration projects with other choreographers and in addition worked as a dancer, for the choreographers Øyvind Jørgensen, Monica Herstad and Zoe Kristiansen among others. She has made her mark with a series of solo productions in which she combines her own texts with a particular expression of movement.
Information
(Objekt ID 2441)| Object type | Person |
| Functions | Choreographer, Dancer |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Gender | Female |
| Member of | The Norwegian Association of Performing Arts/NAPA |
| Adresse | Oslo, Norway |
| Website | KARMACONSULT |
Kvalifikasjoner
Performer of and instructor in Ashtanga Yoga
Ellen Johannesen bears influence from different sources such as Butoh, performance art and Ashtanga yoga. Since 2003 she has led an expansive cooperation with cellist and composer Tanja Orning. Together they have presented a series of performances using post-dramatic dramaturgy, in which means of expressions are placed on equal footing. The autumn of 2003 they presented the pilot project Karma Lounge for and audience for the first time. Later the project has been developed into a full-length performance and it has been expanded with dancer Ulf Nilseng.
The works of Ellen Johannesen have been performed in Black Box Teater in Oslo, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo, Avant Garden in Trondheim, The National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo, the theatre festival in Kongsvinger, the Junge Hunde Festivals in Copenhagen and Ljubljana, Theater am Halleschen Ufer in Berlin and in Kaaiteater, Brussels.
In addition Johannesen has produced and performed several productions in Bangalore, India, where she has contributed to the local contemporary dance community, among other times during the Contemporary Dance Festival, a biennale.
Source:
KarmaConsult, 04.10.2020, http://www.karmaconsult.org/aboutme.htm
London Contemporary Dance School
de Theaterschool: Amsterdam Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (School for New Dance Developement, Amsterdam)
- Ellen Johannesen/KarmaConsult - Manager
- Stuntgruppa - Dancer (from 1993 to 1993)