Janne-Camilla Lyster (b. 1981) is a Norwegian dancer, choreographer and writer. She has worked in the field of contemporary dance since 2006, and in 2019 she completed her artistic doctoral project at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts: Choreographic Poetry: Creating literary scores for dance. Lyster has published several collections of poems, a collection of choreographic scores, a play and two novels. Her work has been presented nationally and internationally.
She is the editor of Dansekunst, a Norwegian journal for dance. From 2021 she is an associate professor in choreography at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
Contact:
jannelys[at]online.no
CALENDAR
2024
11/04 Library of gestures, new work to be premiered at Dansens Hus (NO)
TBA TRIO (working title), premiere
Choreography by Deborah Hay, performed by Christopher Roman,
Karl Jay-Lewin and Janne-Camilla Lyster
2023
03/06 Embroidered Gestures, Vitlycke Performing Arts Centre (SE)
(Two performances)
03/06 Book launch: Being a chair. Essays on choreographic poetry
published by Varamo Press
07/03 Choreographic Toolbox #1, publication, launch
2022
25/10 Double nature, book launch
25/09 Time and solitude, Norrköping Konstmuseum (SE)
24/09 Time and solitude, Norrköping Konstmuseum (SE)
18/09 Time and solitude, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
12/06 Workshop in creative writing at Elephant, Stavanger (NO)
11/06 Workshop in creative writing at Elephant, Stavanger (NO)
2021
11/12 News, movement choir (new work),
Dramatikkens Hus, Oslo
13/11 Beauty, Göteborg International Biennial for
Contemporary Art / 3:e Våningen
12/11 Beauty, Göteborg International Biennial for
Contemporary Art / 3:e Våningen
06/11 Metamorphoses version III, MAD, Firenze
22/10 Metamorphoses, version II,
Le Regard du Cygne, Paris
16/10 Beauty I-IV, Båthallen, Bodø
15/10 Beauty I-IV, Båthallen, Bodø
18/09 Metamorphoses, Black Box Teater, Oslo
17/09 Metamorphoses, Black Box Teater, Oslo
16/09 Metamorphoses, Black Box Teater, Oslo
She is the editor of Dansekunst, a Norwegian journal for dance. From 2021 she is an associate professor in choreography at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
Contact:
jannelys[at]online.no
CALENDAR
2024
11/04 Library of gestures, new work to be premiered at Dansens Hus (NO)
TBA TRIO (working title), premiere
Choreography by Deborah Hay, performed by Christopher Roman,
Karl Jay-Lewin and Janne-Camilla Lyster
2023
03/06 Embroidered Gestures, Vitlycke Performing Arts Centre (SE)
(Two performances)
03/06 Book launch: Being a chair. Essays on choreographic poetry
published by Varamo Press
07/03 Choreographic Toolbox #1, publication, launch
2022
25/10 Double nature, book launch
25/09 Time and solitude, Norrköping Konstmuseum (SE)
24/09 Time and solitude, Norrköping Konstmuseum (SE)
18/09 Time and solitude, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
12/06 Workshop in creative writing at Elephant, Stavanger (NO)
11/06 Workshop in creative writing at Elephant, Stavanger (NO)
2021
11/12 News, movement choir (new work),
Dramatikkens Hus, Oslo
13/11 Beauty, Göteborg International Biennial for
Contemporary Art / 3:e Våningen
12/11 Beauty, Göteborg International Biennial for
Contemporary Art / 3:e Våningen
06/11 Metamorphoses version III, MAD, Firenze
22/10 Metamorphoses, version II,
Le Regard du Cygne, Paris
16/10 Beauty I-IV, Båthallen, Bodø
15/10 Beauty I-IV, Båthallen, Bodø
18/09 Metamorphoses, Black Box Teater, Oslo
17/09 Metamorphoses, Black Box Teater, Oslo
16/09 Metamorphoses, Black Box Teater, Oslo
Photo: Antero Hein