Orfee Schuijt Born 29/06/1986, Menton, France Address: Strømstadgata 8 0569 Oslo, . 004745057376 [email protected] http://www.orfeeschuijt.com/

Orfee Schuijt is since 2012 based in Oslo. She graduated from the Theaterschool of Amsterdam in 2009 and finished her Masters studies in New performative practices at DOCH, Stockholm in June 2017. She has worked has a dancer with numerous choreographers such as Arno Schuitemaker, Sanna Myllylathi, Itamar Serruci, Keren Levi, Guilio D´Anna, Francesco Scavetta and Heine &Yukiko Avdal. She collaborates with the Norwegian experimental pop singer Jenny Hval on performative concerts and exhibitions. She is currently producing her own work within Norway and in collaboration with fellow artists in Scandinavia.

Education

2015-2017 Master of choreography at the New performance practices in DOCH, Stockholm 2005-2009 Theaterschool of Amsterdam. BA in Dance, MTD 2011 Yoga teacher training, SvahaYoga, Amsterdam 2007 European Film College, Ebeltoft, Denmark

Projects

2019

• Jenny Hval The practice of love, Ultima festival Oslo September 2019

• Evind Seljeseth ALT NÅ, Oslo 2019

2018/2017

• Orfee Schuijt Shaking the Libidinous, premiere at Mad House festival, Helsinki

• Orfee Schuijt, Kim Myhr og Eirik Blekesaune Thing-Power, Oslo

• Orfee Schuijt, Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden Every day Libido Commission exhibition at Henie Onstad, Oslo

• Jenny Hval , Øya Festival and European tour

• Heine and Yukiko Avdal Unnannounced, premiere at Kai Theater Brussels

2017/2016

• Heine and Yukiko Avdal Silence (working title), Premiere Kai Theatre Brussels

• Soile Voima and Orfee Schuijt The hand is a hole is an eye, premiere Helsinki

• Orfee Schuijt Who´s afraid of red, yellow and blue, premiere at Blackbox theatre, Oslo

• Heine and Yukiko Avdal The other room, premiere at Ultima festival, Oslo

• Jenny Hval Blood bitch, Premiere at Ultima festival Oslo, European tour

• Francesco Scavetta/Wee company Hardly ever, Japan tour

• Jenny Hval Apocalypse girl, Australian tour

2014/2015

• Francesco Scavetta/Wee company Hardly ever, Performances Dansenshus Oslo, Bucharest

• Own work Mapping, performance/showing at Åpen Scene, Trondheim Avant garden

• Heine and Yukiko Avdal As if nothing has been spinning around for something to remember, Opening of Ice hot festival Oslo

• Francesco Scavetta/Wee company The Surprised body project, Kyoto, Zagreb

• Mapping Solo project, research at Critical Path Sydney

• Improvisation at Sound Out festival, Canberra

• Keren Levi The dry piece, Performances in Amersfoort, Bern, Amsterdam.

2012/13 • Francesco Scavetta/Wee company On the moon and the day after, Premiere at Dansenshus Oslo. Tour 2013/14

• Mapping, Collaboration with musician Kim Myhr, showing in Beijing

• Keren Levi The dry piece, Premiere in Utrecht. European tour 2012/13.

2010/11 • Francesco Scavetta/Wee company The Surprised body project International tour, Norway, Bulgaria, India, South America, Amsterdam, Palestine, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Croatia, Iceland • Solo project Residency at Espacio Lem, Buenos Aires • Vladimir I’ll be back, Trio performance, With Soile Voima, Riina Kalmi, Vaasa • Arno Schuitemaker Tide, Over het ij festival Amsterdam • Poro collective Vladimir I’ll be back, premiere Vaasa • Arno Schuitemaker Safe, The Netherlands • Sanne Myllylahti Closer to heaven • Almonds of the night, with Raoul de Freitas, Bruno Isakovic, Amsterdam 2010

2009/08/07 • Itamar Serussi Phenomena, Tilburg, Eindhoven • Guilio D’Anna Dark chocolate, Kikker theater Utrecht • Anouk de Groot and Guilio D’anna Unpolitely close • Jihai Ko Relationship project, Berlin, Amsterdam • Keren Levi The sun of the rising house, Amsterdam. • Pedro Jorge Garcia Orfee’s head, Amsterdam • Kenzo Kusuda Maouht, Amsterdam • Greta Stanciauskaité Howling dog, Short dance film, Denmark

Teaching Mtd department, Theaterschool of Amsterdam. Teatro del pero, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Danza comun, Bogota, Colombia. Proda, Oslo, Norway.

Assistant choreographer /repertoire For Francesco Scavetta: Surprised body project repertory. Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Iceland, Japan, 2013/2014