Liv Bjørgum
Liv Bjørgum is a Norwegian dancer and choreographer, also educated as a philologist from The University of Bergen.
Liv Bjørgum has a diverse background, as a dancer with The National Stage in Bergen from the age of ten, as a teacher at the upper secondary school called Bergen Cathedral School in subjects including music, movement and social anthropology, and as a dancer, choreographer and artistic leader of the dance companies Fri Ballett in Bergen and Kantarellen in Oslo.
Liv Bjørgum also has travelled around the country with productions for Concerts Norway for a fifteen year period, and dancing in different TV programs for Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
Information
(Objekt ID 29884)| Object type | Person |
| Born | May 6, 1945 |
| Functions | Author, Choreographer, Dancer, Pedagog |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Gender | Female |
Liv Bjørgum has been selected for a number of offices, including being the leader ofThe Union of Norwegian Dance Artistsfor twelve years, from 1989 to 2001, and for five years she was the second in command in FIA, a global organisation for actors, dancers and singers. She has been a member of the boards of Norwaco, The Fund for Performing Artists,The National Academy of Balletand Dansearena Nord, and for the general assembly of The Norwegian Opera.
As a writer Bjørgum started her career in the school paper of her upper secondary school, and when she could no longer dance professionally she began writing poetry. She has also written a musical, called Drømmen om Lyset (literally: The Dream about the Light), in collaboration with the composer Peter Lodwick, and she now writes plays in addition to poetry.
Source:
E-mail from Marit Krogeide, 20.07.2012
Educated as a philologist at The University of Bergen.
- Dansekompaniet Kantarellen - Manager (from 1980 to 1987)
- Frostad Dansekompani - Dancer
- Fri Ballett - Artistic director (from 1974 to )
| Title | Premiere | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Den far den mor ettersom (Norwegian Drama Festival) | June 2015 | Playwright |
| Dikt i Piano* (Poetry in Piano) (Dans & Toner) | Navember 21, 2009 | Text, Performer |
| Drømmen om Lyset () | 2004 | Playwright |
| Fata Morgana (Dansekompaniet Kantarellen) | Navember 12, 1986 | Choreography |
| Reisefot (Dansekompaniet Kantarellen) | 1985 | Choreography |
| Drømmen om lyset (Dansekompaniet Kantarellen) | 1984 | Choreography, Songlyrics, Author |
| Stopp for zopp (Dansekompaniet Kantarellen) | 1983 | Choreography |
| Vi tuter med de ulver som er ute (Dansekompaniet Kantarellen) | Navember 1981 | Choreography |
| Cabaret (The National Stage) | Navember 29, 1968 | Dancer |
| Hello, Dolly! (The National Stage) | Navember 30, 1966 | Dancer |
| Abbela Hansen (Dansekompaniet Kantarellen) | Choreography | |
| Av alle jeg kjenner er det jeg som ligner mest på meg (Frostad Dansekompani) | Choreography | |
| Påkledd løk (Frostad Dansekompani) | Choreography | |
| Summertime (Frostad Dansekompani) | Choreography | |
| Beat for Bit. (Frostad Dansekompani) | Dancer |
| Title | Publiseringsdato | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Drømmen om Lyset | 2004, Script, Musical | – Author |
| Den far den mor ettersom | 2015, Script | – Author |