Mette Edvardsen

Mette Edvardsen is a Research Fellow at the Academy of Dance, Oslo National Academy of the Arts. A renowned choreographer and performer with international experience since 1996, she has collaborated with prominent figures like Hans Van den Broeck and Christine de Smedt, while expanding her practice into video and literary experiments.

• Education: Ecole Internationale de Théâtre J. Lecoq, Ecole Magenia (Paris), University of Oslo

Her research focuses on temporal and spatial dimensions in artistic practice, particularly through:

• Choreographic time structures
• Living archive methodologies
• Text-body relationships
• Intermedia performance formats
• Memory and forgetting mechanisms
• Experimental documentation techniques

Notable scientific achievement:

• 2016 Norwegian Ibsen Prize recipient

Recent artistic research outputs (2019-2021) examine temporal embodiment, magic in performance, and linguistic-choreographic crossovers, often collaborating with artists like Kristien Van den Brande and Matteo Fargion.