Guro Nagelhus Schia

Height: 165 cm

Guro was born in Norway. She was educated at the Art Academy in Oslo (KHIO) 1997-2000. And was engaged with Carte Blanche Dance Theater, The Norwegian National Contemporary Company from 2002-2009, whe ...Show More

Guro was born in Norway. She was educated at the Art Academy in Oslo (KHIO) 1997-2000. And was engaged with Carte Blanche Dance Theater, The Norwegian National Contemporary Company from 2002-2009, where she worked with choreographers such as Sharon Eyal, Ohad Naharin, Amanda Miller, Ingun Bjørnsgaard and Ina Christel Johannessen, among others. As a freelance artist she has had engagements with Eastman-Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Zero Visibility Corp., Kreutzer Company and Oslo Danse Ensemble. In 2009 she was awarded the Norwegian Dance Artists Scholarship. Guro met Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui in summer 2009 and started working for Eastman in December that year. With Eastman she has performed in Das Rheingold at Teatro alla Scala, Rein, TeZukA, 4D and worked as Cherkaoui's choreographic assistant on Labyrinth with Het Nationale Ballet. She had her film debut as Annushka in Anna Karenina, the movie directed by Joe Wright. Where she played against Keira Knightley and Jude Law among others. In 2012 she also started a project "Svatantrya" with Anoushka Shankar. She participated in Coco Mademoiselle Chanel " She's not there" directed by Joe Wright. In the fall, 2014 you can see her in Shell Shock. A new creation by Nicholas Lens, Nick Cave and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. The world premiere will be at the Royal Opera House La Monnaie De Munt, Brussels. Hide