Presentation of the performing artists...

SPARROWPresentationofartistsLiseHovik(1962)istheartisticdirectorofTeaterFot,andassociateprofessorindramaandtheatreatQueenMaudUniversityCollegeofEarlyChildhoodEducation.SheholdsaPh.Dinchildren´stheatre,andhasproducedseveralperformancesfortheveryyoungsince2004.AmongthemTheRedShoes(2008)andYouwillhearbirdsong(2012)havebeencelebratedbytheaudience.

TorHaugerud(1962)isanexperienceddrummerandpercussionist,livinginTrondheim,Norway.Asamusicianheisalwayssearchingthenuancedandspecificsoundfromhispercussionsetupinordertobringhisspontaneousexpressionsintothemusic.Toralsohasabackgroundasaphysicalactorandperformanceartistinprojectsofsurrealisticart,ingroupslikeCirkaTeater,misterYtorandTeaterFot,inwhichhealsoisacomposer.HealsoworksasanAssociateProfessorattheDepartmentofMusic,atNTNUinTrondheim.

MichaelFrancisDuch(1978)isadoublebass-playerandAssociateProfessorattheDepartmentofMusic,atNTNUinTrondheim,Norway.Hecompletedhisproject“FreeImprovisation–MethodandGenre:ArtisticResearchinFreeImprovisationandImprovisationinExperimentalMusic”inOctober2010.Hehasbeeninvolvedinmorethan40recordingsincludingthecriticallyacclaimedCorneliusCardew:Works1960-70withthetrioTilbury/Duch/Davies.Duchregularlyperformsimprovisedandcomposedmusicbothsoloandwithvariousensembles.HehasbeenthecomposerofthemusicalthemesinSPARROW.

AndreasMedbøeThoresen(1983)isaNorwegianactorbasedinOslo.HetrainedattheInternationalTheatreSchoolofJacquesLecoq.In2011heco-foundedSuperboltTheatreCompanyandin2011/2012hetouredthecompany'scriticallyacclaimedshowCentraliainNorwayandEurope.OtherproductionsinNorwaythelastyearsincludesThe39steps,DoktorProktoratRiksteatretMammaeretMonsterogGullfrosken.HehasalsoworkedintheUSwiththetheatredirectorRobertWilsononseveraloccasions,andin2006heplayedHadesinWilson’sstageversionofPersephone.

LiveStrugstad(1979)isadancer,choreographeranddanceteacherfromInderøy,Norway.ShegraduatedwithBAhonsfromLondonContemporarydanceschoolin2001andhasworkedwithvariouschorographersinEnglandandNorwaysincethen.Shealsomakesherownwork,recentlyDeNæreTing(årstall),adancepiecemadespeciallyforelderly.LivelivesonInderøy,Nord-TrøndelagandisfestivalmanagerforKortreistDansefestival.

JanneBritRustad(1974)isanactressbasedinTrondheim,Norway.ShegraduatedwithBAinperformingartsatthetheatreacademyinNord-Trøndelag(HiNT).In2010shefoundedKonstellasjonen,atheatrecompanyoffiveproducingandfreelancingactresses.Thecompanytoursinternationallywiththeirperformances,andhavereceivedseveralnominations.Shehasmadeseveralworksforchildren,OutoftheBlue(årstall)andOneTwoThree(2015),fortheveryyoung.

LineStrøm(1981)isachoreograph,dancerandpedagoguebasedinNamsos,Norway.ShegraduatedwithBAHonsfromLabandanceschoolin2005andsheestablishedInTransitdancecompanywithAnnikaOstwald.Aswellasfreelancing,LineisworkingatOlavDuunhighschoolinNamsosasadanceteacher.LinehasmadethechoreographyinSPARROWincollaborationwithLive.*InBologna,LinewillassistforAndreaspart.