MEDIATHEK

Bandlien (’75) got his education in his native Norway at Staten Balletthøgskole in Oslo, and at Ballettschule der Hamburgische Staatsoper in Germany. In 1995 he joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in Den Haag with which he toured Europe, USA and South Africa. After 3 years in NDT 2 he started working as freelance dancer and choreographer with Manuel Pelmus, (Punct Fix) Philipp Gehmacher (Mountains are Mountains), Raimund Hoghe (Tanzgeschichten, Young People, Old Voices and Swan Lake, 4 acts), Vera Mantero (Until The Moment When God Is Destroyed By The Extreme Exercise Of Beauty), Antonia Livingstone and Heather Kravas (----------a Situation for Dance and No More Village). He presented his piece O in march 2006, and the piece Still in may 2008 at Dansens Hus in Oslo. He is currently working on a long term project named Romanian Dance History which will be presented in 2011. As a comic book artist Bandlien has published Strimb Life, which was voted the book of the month by Esquire Magazine in march 2010. Bandlien is currently based in Oslo and Berlin. (quelle: http://www.deepblue.be/index.php?type=bio&txt_id=15&lng=eng)