CV MARIE HERMO JENSEN
EDUCATION:
00/03 London Contemporary Dance School at The Place, BA (Hons) Dance Degree Course, UK
99/00 Skolen for Samtidsdans (School of Contemporary Dance) Oslo, Norway
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE:
2011
.cyclic. (Marie Hermo Jensen), Hamilton New Zealand
Simplicity (Dr. Karen Barbour, Patti Mitchley and M. Hermo Jensen) Hamilton, New Zealand
2010
Det blir som det blir - It will be will be (Olga Zitluhina) Hammerfest, Norway
Route 9600 (S. Leinan-Hermo) Hammerfest, Norway
Joint Encounter (M. Hermo Jensen) Hamilton, New Zealand
Between Spaces (Sue Cheesman) Hamilton, New Zealand
2004-2006-2007-2008-2009
In-between Heartbeats / Innimellom Hjerteslag (M. Hermo Jensen)
Hammerfest / Oslo, Norway - Nikel, Russia - Hamilton, New Zealand
2009
Gift (Karen Barbour) Hamilton, New Zealand
Open Zone (S. Leinan-Hermo) Hammerfest, Norway
20 - Forum for nordnorske Dansekunstnere's jubeliee performance and tour. Tromsø, Bodø and Narvik, Norway
Trio (S. Leinan-Hermo) Hammerfest, Norway
Solo (M. Hermo Jensen) Hammerfest, Norway
2008
I og mellom husan (S. Leinan-Hermo) Hammerfest, Norway
Juliet (Karen Barbour) Hamilton, New Zealand
Intoxicationg Flicker (Sue Cheesman) Hamilton, New Zealand
Mind Over Weather (M. Hermo Jensen) Hamilton, New Zealand - Hammerfest, Norway
2007
DanceWalk 07 (S. Leinan-Hermo) Hammerfest, Norway. WATCH FILMCLIP
2006
Dunongen og Tempusegget (S. Leinan-Hermo) Tour Nordland County in Norway WATCH FILMCLIP
Dance, Drum and Bass 2004-2006 (S. L-Hermo, M. H. J) Tour Finnmark County in Norway
2005
Touch (M. Hermo Jensen) Hammerfest /Harstad, Norway
Lose my breath (M. Hermo Jensen) Nikel, Russia / Hammerfest, Norway
Dansens Dag (S. Leinan-Hermo) Nikel, Russia / Hammerfest, Norway
2004
Dær Veiene Møtes (S. Leinan-Hermo) Arkhangelsk, Russia / Hammerfest, Norway WATCH FILMCLIP
Steg for Steg (S. Leinan-Hermo) Tour North of Norway
I Hengende Snøre (S. Leinan-Hermo) Tour North of Norway
YoungDancers project (S. Leinan-Hermo) Brønnøysund, Norway
2003
Entroduserer (M. Hermo Jensen) Hammerfest, Norway
Fragmenter til Bodøgaard (S. Leinan-Hermo) Hammerfest, Norway
I Hengende Snøre (S. Leinan-Hermo) Tour North of Norway
YoungDancers project (S. Leinan-Hermo) Hammerfest, Norway
2002 (Apprentice)
Utsatte Strøk (S. Leinan Hermo) Hammerfest, Norway
2001 (Apprentice)
Villskudd (S. Leinan Hermo) Tour North of Norway
When time is out (S. Lievonen) Hammerfest, Norway
FILM: (Apprentice)
Skårungen/The Rookie (Original Film: P. I. Jensen/ SD: S. Leinan-Hermo) Won many awards, among them Tromsø Palmen 2002. Nominated for Amanda 2002 and short-listed for Dance On Screen Festival at The Place, London. Bought by Canal +. Still being shown at festivals around the world.
CHOREOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE:
Unravel (2011)
.cyclic. (2011)
Simplicity (2011) - with Dr. Karen Barbour and Patti Mitchley
Push (2010)
Joint Encounters (2010)
Change (2009)
Piece for five dancers created with support from HCAC, initiaded by Waikato Contemporary Dance Projects Trust. Premiered 21st of August 2009 at The Dance Studio at WEL Energy Academy of Performing Arts. Re-developed for Streetworks in 2009 and performed at Alphacare Riverview Rest Home and Hilda Ross retirement village in Hamilton.
Solo (2009)
Produced by Stellaris DanceTheatre. Premiered Hammerfest 29th April at Arctic Culture Centre.
Du Ett (2009)
Produced by Stellaris DanceTheatre. Premiered Hammerfest 29th April at Arctic Culture Centre. Performed excerpt under Barents Sea Conference in Hammerfest in April. Performed during DanceFestival Barents 2009 in Hammerfest. Touring as a part of Barents DanceCouncil's Route B2 in Norway, Sweden, Russia and Finland in 2010 .
Mind Over Weather (2008)
Produced for the Ignition Festival in Hamilton 14-16th of June 2008. Performed in October 08 at DanceFestival Barents in Hammerfest, Norway and in Kirov Culture Place in Russia.
Touch (2005)
Produced during YoungChoreographer project at Stellaris DanceTheatre. Premiered Hammerfest 16th and performed in Harstad 18 June 05.
Lose my breath (2005)
Produced during YoungChoreographer project at Stellaris DanceTheatre. Premiered Nikel, Russia 24th of April 2005.
Innimellom Hjerteslag / In-between Heartbeats (2004)
Produced during YoungChoreographer project at Stellaris DanceTheatre. Premiered during DanceFestival Barents in Hammerfest, October 2004. New premier during Ny Norsk Dans (New Norwegian Dance Festival) in Oslo at Dansens Hus (House of Dance), 4th and 5th of February 06. Also shown in Russia, and during the Ignition Festival in Hamilton 14-16th of June 2008.
Dance, Drum and Bass (2004) - with Solveig Leinan-Hermo
Produced under direction from SDT and Musikk i Finnmark. Tour Finnmark, Norway autumn 2004, spring 2005 and February 06.
Evakuering (2004)
Produced during YoungChoreographer project at Stellaris DanceTheatre. Premiered Hammerfest, 24th October 2004.
Steg for Steg (2004)
Choreography assistant for S. Leinan-Hermo, Stellaris DanceTheatre, March and April 2004.
Entroduserer (2004)
Produced during YoungChoreographer project at Stellaris DanceTheatre. The piece has been shown at Stellaris Dance Studio, Hammerfest Cinema, during DanceFestival Barents in Hammerfest October 2004 and as a part of the tour Steg for Steg.
CHOREOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE WITH STUDENTS:
Hotride (2011)
Drifting (2010)
Faces (2010)
Choices (2009)
Choices was created for year 11 students at St. Peter´s School in Cambridge, New Zealand. Project ran through June with performance the 24th of June.
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Computer Graphic design / Human Interaction project
Choreographic/Dance Researcher, 2010
Wondeful Underland - Whaingaroa Youth Movement
Rehearsal Director, December 2010
Dance Research assistant - University of Waikato
December 2010
Judge - Waikato Diocesan School for Girls
In House Dance Competition, May 2010
Dancing through paradise - Waikato Contemporary Dance Projects Trust
Rehearsal Director, February 2010
Dunongen og Tempusegget - Stellaris DanceTheatre
Choreography assistant, Rehearsal Director, week 37 2005
Steg for Steg - Stellaris DanceTheatre
Choreography assistant for S. Leinan-Hermo, March and April 04
I Hengende Snøre - Stellaris DanceTheatre
Production assistant, Aug. and Sept. 03/ May and June 04
Dær Fastlandet Flyt - Stellaris DanceTheatre
Production assistant, Spring 2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Contemporary Dance Classes and Projects
St. Peter´s School in Cambridge 2009 - 2011
Community Evening Classes in Contemporary Dance
Waikato Contemporary Dance Projects Trust 2008- 2011
Pilates
Classes at Stellaris DanceTheatre 2007 and 2008
Street Jazz
Youth, Bootleg youth club (Autumn 03, Autumn 04, Spring 05). Youth, Stellaris Dance School (Spring 2004)
Children’s dance
Temping, Hammerfest Cultural School, 2004
Dance Fitness
Adults, Temping, Stellaris Dance School, 2004
Contemporary Company Classes
Stellaris DanceTheatre, 2003 and 2009 - 2011
WORKSHOPS I HAVE ATTENDED:
Raggae Jam
Åse Karine Wergeland Holmen, Arctic Culture Centre, Hammerfest, Norway, November 2010
Contemporary Dance
Olga Zithluina, Arctic Culture Centre, Hammerfest, Norway, November 2010
Choreographic Skills Development (DANZ Training 2010)
with Moss Patterson, WEL Energy Academy of Performing Arts, Hamilton, NZ 2 May 2010
Contemporary
with Dr. Carol Brown, WEL Energy Adademy of Performing Arts, Hamilton, NZ July 2009
Contemporary
with ATAMIRA Dance Collective. Taught by Dolina Weihepeihana and Maaka Pepene. Class, repertoire and choreography, WEL Energy Adademy of Performing Arts, Hamilton, NZ July 2009
Classical Yoga
Thomas Kolby, Arctic Culture Centre, Hammerfest, Norway April 2009
Technique for a soft body
Andrew Marcus, University of Waikato, New Zealand, September 2008
Contemporary Dance
Toumo Railo, Arctic Culture Centre, Norway, October 2008
Ashtanga Yoga
Titta Court, Arctic Culture Centre, Norway, October 2008
Contact Improvisation
Simonetta Alessandri, Harstad, Norway, June 2005
Classical ballet
Lionie Leahay, Harstad, Norway, June 2005
Contemporary Dance
Olga Zithluina, Stellaris Studio, Hammerfest, Norway, November 2004
Hip Hop
Guntis Spidzans, Stellaris Studio, Hammerfest, Norway, November 2004
Classical ballet
Toini Kristensen, Harstad, Norway, June 2004
Thai Chi Kineo
Karianne Bjerkestrand, Harstad, Norway, June 2004
Contemporary Dance
Lance Gries - Trisha Brown Company, The Place, London, July 2003
Improvisation
Nigel Charnock - Choreographisches Zentrum, Essen, Germany, December 2002
Cunningham technique
Jeannie Steele - Merce Cunningham Company, The Place, London, September 2002
SEMINARS:
Stretching, injury prevention and planning your training
Tina Hessel, Arctic Culture Centre, Hammerfest, Norway, November 2010
KedjaOslo - Dance and New Media
Various speakers, Dansens Hus, Oslo, Norway, October 10-12, 2009
Lively architecture and building sites
by Dr. Carol Brown at WEL Energy Adademy of Performing Arts, Hamilton, NZ July 2009
Marketing Dance
DanseFestival Barents, October 2008, Hammerfest
Software for dancers
Covent Garden Opera House, Clore Studios, 6 October 2001, London
ACE Digital Seminar
Riverside Studios, December 2001, London
OTHER:
DANCE:
Trustee, Waikato Contemporary Dance Projects Trust
Member DANZ, New Zealand
Board member Stellaris DanceTheatre
Member Forum for nordnorske Dansekunstnere
Member Norske Dansekunstnere (Norwegian Dance artists)
Member Barents DanceCouncil
Previously Secretariat and board member Forum for nordnorske Dansekunstnere (Forum for North-Norwegain Dance artist)
VOICE:
I have experience in use of voice and text
COMPUTER SKILLS:
I have work with software like Final Cut Pro, Fireworks and Rapidweaver. I am comfortable using both pc and macs and most of their office softwares.
I also make websites.
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE DURING TRAINING:
Set and Reset
(T. Brown) Rehearsal director Lance Gries, Robin Howard Dance Theatre, London July 03
Yak
(J. de Schynkel) Choreographisches Zentrum, Essen, December 2002
Site-Specific Piece
(L. Anderson) The Place, London, October 2002
TV Rerun
(M. Cunningham) Repertoire thought by Jeannie Steele, The Place, London, September 2002
Fallen Angels
(J. Kylian) Repertoire thought by Pippa Buckingham, The Place, London, January 2002
Ghost Dances
(C. Bruce) Repertoire thought by Jan de Schynkel, The Place, London, December 2001