Mentors 2019

ELLA FISKUM

- I look forward to meeting young dance artists – and sharing my experiences and passion for dance. Now I look forward to taking an active role in an important development process, and enter into dialogue to promote reflection, commitment and new knowledge – both for the trainees (participants) and myself as a mentor.

Ella is originally from Trondheim, but now lives on Toten where she founded and runs R.E.D. which in 2018 was recognized as a Regional Competence Center for Dance. She has a 27-year background as a dancer, choreographer, and producer with experience nationally and internationally.

Ella is the artistic director of the film festival RIFF, whose vision is to build a bridge between the dance, art and film fields, and is also a director and filmmaker. Among other things, she is known for Einawood X-mas show, Angels over Toten, Triptych 0811, The Net of Pas de Deux, Murder in Dreamland. Previously, she has been a soloist at the Teater de Chatelet in Paris, performed her performances in New York, Mexico City, New Dehli, St. Petersburg, and Casablanca, as well as toured in both Canada, Europe and Norway. She was awarded Vestre Toten’s Culture and Sports Prize for 2019.

SILJE B. LIAN

- I want to be a mentor because it is valuable to spar with others about the everyday life we ​​have as dancers and the experiences we make. You take the time to reflect on topics that affect us in our daily lives and together we will hopefully be left with a little more meat on our bones in our profession.

Silje has been a dancer in Panta Rei Dance Theater since 2009 and has managed several projects for the company. She has a BA from the University of Stavanger and an MA in “Dance Performance” from Laban in London where she was part of the school’s company “Transitions”. She has previously danced for Dybwikdans, Inclusive Dance Company and Rogaland Teater, among others.

MATIAS RØNNINGEN

- I experience the mentor role as exciting and challenging, and my previous experiences as a mentor have been very educational. When I was asked to be a mentor, I thought it’s nice that someone thinks others can benefit from the experience I have.

Matias graduated from the Oslo Academy of the Arts in 2009 and has since worked with many choreographers and groups such as Sigurd Heide, Dansdesign, Kari Hoaas, Eivind Seljeseth, Heine Avdal / Yukiko Shinozaki, Suzie Davies / Mattias Ekholm, Helen Blackburn and Panta Rei Danseteater to name a few.

Since 2011 he has been associated with Ingun Bjørnsgaard Project in the productions Omega & The Deer (2011), The Solitary Shame Announced By a Piano (1997/2012), Praeambulum (2013), Rotating Nora (2014) and A list of things he said ( 2018).

Matias received the Statens Kunstnerstipend for younger artists in 2013. In the spring of 2014, he visited the National Ballet in Alveberg on a dreamy sea, and has since been associated with the National Ballet as an independent dance artist. He has danced prominent roles in pieces by William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Ingun Bjørnsgaard, Jo Strømgren and Ina Christel Johannesen.

JULIE DRØNEN EKORNES

- I want to be a mentor to be able to contribute to a positive development in another dance artist. It is both exciting and challenging to be able to use your own experiences, listen and be present as a sparring partner in a process. I see being a mentor as a source of mutual development.

Julie is educated at the Spin Off pre-study in dance, and has a bachelor’s degree in modern and contemporary dance from the Oslo Academy of the Arts. She has worked with i.a. Molitrix Performing Arts, Dance Design, Rogaland Theater and Regional Theater West. Since 2009, Julie has been a dancer for Panta Rei Dance Theater. She participates in the productions “We Fiction / Private Rite”, “I Wish Her Well”, “Huset GranNabo”, “Jens & Julie”, “Promise Of Departure” and “Make Me Dance”. In addition, she holds workshops and has roles as project, tour and rehearsal leader for the company. Julie has been employed in the Actors and Dancers Alliance since 2016.

JANNE LANGAAS

Janne is a trained actress at the Norwegian Theater Academy and has been employed at Hålogaland Theater. As a freelancer, she has had engagements at the National Theater, Det Norske Teatret, Riksteatret, Teater Ibsen and Brageteatret, among others. She has also appeared in several TV, radio and film productions.

Janne has been theater director at Teater Innlandet since 2011. In recent years she has worked as a director in various contexts, including Knut Nærum’s Willy Nelson famous mother and the theater version of Jon Michelet’s novel success Skogsmatrosen for Teater Innlandet and Levi Henriksen’s autobiographical concert performance The best band in the sky for Music in Hedmark. In 2019, she will direct at Korps av Knut Nærum both at Den Nationale Scene / Hordaland theater and for Scenekunst Østfold / Akershus theater.

Before Janne started as theater director for Teater Innlandet, she ran her own production company, Barske Glæder Productions. She has extensive experience from the free field, both as a producer, playwright and performer.

CECILIE LINDEMAN STEEN

- It gives me great motivation and meaning to have the opportunity to be able to use and share my experiences in dialogue and dynamics with a younger colleague through mentoring in Tilt Grow. TILT Grow appears to be a very thorough and serious program in relation to facilitating the participants’ development in a holistic artistic, human and structural perspective.

Cecilie has worked as a dance artist for over 30 years, mainly related to the free field of performing arts, with the exception of two years in Carte Blanche, as well as engagements at the National Theater, the National Concerts and the Norwegian Theater. She has participated in well over a hundred productions as well as individual performances, improvisations, events and concerts. In addition to her own projects, Cecilie has collaborated with a wide range of choreographers and other artists and has had extensive national and international touring activities. Since her studies, she has worked closely with choreographer Ina Christel Johannessen. In recent years, Steen has worked in performances and projects in collaboration with Shanti Bramachari, Mia Habib, Kristina Gjems and Janne-Camilla Lyster.