Indra Lorentzen (born 17 August 1956 in

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with family roots on the mother's side, in

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Biography

Lorentzen started dancing at four years old in

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. She studied dancing at the ''Opera Ballet School'' in

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, and became a member of the ballet ensemble of the ''Norwegian National Ballet'' in 1973, soloist in 1977. With her background as a half Indonesian, half Norwegian, she is in contact with a different culture of human relations also through body gestures. She debuted as a choreographer for the Norwegian National Ballet in 1998 with the Sami-inspired ''Flettede stier'', and has since choreographed several productions in

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'', and also dance films like ''Skårungen'' and the ''Radioballetten''. Lorentzen has danced an impressive list of roles in the Opera Ballet. It is like a list of highlights in recent Norwegian scene dance. She was awarded the Critics prize for the title role in ''Månerenen'' by

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(1981), an immensely demanding role with hefty leap in savagery and pain. In ''Volven'' (1989) by

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, a piece created over Norse creation myths, she was elevated and strong, sometimes almost motionless, yet the center point that the show revolved about. The term dance theater got a new meaning in her representation of the mother in the family drama ''Tango'' (1987). She could visualize abstract sounds like in the figure 'Miranda' from ''The Tempest'' (1980). Moreover, she added the physical surplus that classical roles need in dance theatre. Her farewell performance in the Opera Ballet in 1997 was also ''Tango''. Lorentzen is a living example of the wisdom of an

n statement: "A bad dancer showcases herself, the best dancer showcases dance". In this statement you find the wisdom that music, as the mystery of life, is all around us at all times. We don't create it, but we can borrow it from a universal source and make it visible. The music is in the Universe.

Honors

* Kritikerprisen (Norwegian Dance Critics Award) 1981, for the title role in ''Månerenen'' by

References

External links

Indra Lorentzen Biography
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