Anna Einemo Frøysland

Anna Einemo Frøysland (b. 1992) is from Lærdal in Norway. She graduated from Oslo National Academy of the Arts in Contemporary dance in 2016 and has been working as a dancer in several performances for Nagelhus Schia Productions (Damien Jalet, Erna Omarsdottír and more) Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt, Jeff Pedersen Produksjonar, Marina Abramovic and Ingvild Thingnes.

In 2019, Anna choreographed and danced in the solo Still during Koreografilaboratoriet at Dansens hus in Oslo. In 2022, she choreographed the piece Vestigia for ESC youth company at BIT in Bergen. She choreographed and danced in the short film Left life behind, which was awarded “Best western Norwegian Film” at Bergen International Film Festival in 2022

Anna has made several works together with her twin sister Berit Einemo Frøysland. In 2020, they choreographed and danced in the piece Spil- a study in the language games of Wittgenstein at Lærdal Kulturhus, and the piece toured to Dock 11 in Berlin and Studio NSP in Oslo. They also choreographed Gigant, a piece for six dancers that premiered at the Norwegian National Ballet as a part of CODA International Dance Festival in 2022.

Anna has received scholarships from Norwegian Arts Council, FFUK, Sparebankstiftinga SFJ, Norske Dansekunstnere among others.

Anna will study MA Choreography from 2023-2025 at Oslo Academy of the Arts.

Professional experience:

2023: Choreographer of Vestigia, ESC youth company, BIT

2022: Choreographer of Gigant. DNO&B/CODA International Dance Festival

2021: Choreographer and dancer in dance film Tilbakelagt liv. BIFF award: Best film from west

2021: Dancer in So - I´m here by Ingvild Maria Thingnes

2020-23: 3- year work scholarship from Norwegian Arts Council

2020-22 Part of Norwegian National Ballet´s commitment for emerging female choreographers.

2020: Dancer in Jølster hotell by Jeff Pedersen

2020: Dancer and Choreographer of SPIL by Anna & Berit.

2019-2020: Dancer in AMP Nagelhus Schia Productions. (Choreographers: Damien Jalet, Erna Omarsdottir, Hege Haagenrud, Melanie Lane)

2019: Dancer in Notes on Frailty by Ingun Bjørnsgaard.

2019: Shooting Star at RED International Film festival

2019: Film Scholarship, Norske Dansekunstnere

2019-2021: Dancer and choreographer of Still. Dansens hus. Koreografilaboratoriet, DansIT.

2018 Dancer in Det gule tapetet by Jeff pedersen. Luster and Norway Fringe festival.

2018 Dancer in Division by Tanzcompany Gervasi. Vienna

2018 Facilitator at The Cleaner by Marina Aabramovic. Henie Onstad kunstsenter.

2017 Dancer in Bio Erosion by Satoshi Kudo. Unfolding Kafka festival, Bangkok.

2017 Dancer and choreographer of Septum Cordis, Residency Eina Danz and Berlin. Anna & Berit.

2015 Dancer and choreographer of Ingen utan. Anna & Berit. Lærdal.

2014 Creator of the dance film Spindelvev. Anna & Berit.