PRAXIS TRONDHEIM

ABOUT US

W H A T I S P R A X I S T R O N D H E I M ?

PRAXIS Trondheim is an initiative by Trondheim-based dance artists who organise movement-based classes, workshops, open stage and conversations in different genres of the performance arts. Our goal is to move, play and inspire each other with people with a wide range of backgrounds and movement experiences. PRAXIS Trondheim wants to give movement practitioners and performance artist the opportunity to share their practice with others.

W H O C A N J O I N ?

Everybody interested is welcome to join!

All bodies are welcome!

If an event has a specific target group or requirements you can read about that in the description.

If you have any questions, want to know more about our current program or want to find out about the accessibility of the different locations send us an email to praxistrondheim@gmail.com

H O W M U C H D O E S I T C O S T ?

We are using the sliding scale system which allows you to pay according to your financial situation.

Join a 2 hour event for 50-250 nok and a 4 hour workshop for 150-500 nok.

P R A X I S I S …

….trying something new.

…broadening my horizon.

…a meeting point for performance artist.

…a place where you could meet your next collaboration partner for an interdisciplinary project.

..a place to move together with people from all different performance and movement backgrounds.

…the best start into the day.

… being inspired and inspire others to move.

H I S T O R Y

PRAXIS Trondheim is an initiative by Trondheim-based dance artists, inspired by Praxis Oslo. Project initiator Anna Thu Schmidt invited local dance artists Karoline Bergh Ellingsen, Nina Wollny and Gunhild Løhre, to start PRAXIS Trondheim as a pilot project in spring 2021, supported by FFUK. In dialogue with PRAXIS Oslo which started in 2013, we were inspired to gather the performing arts field in Trondheim, as we feel there are few opportunities to gather across disciplines/backgrounds in a training context. Andrea Wisnes joined the team from fall 2023 - vår 2025. Since 2025 the project is run by Karoline Bergh Ellingsen, Nina Wollny and Anna Thu Schmidt. PRAXIS TRONDHEIM is supported by Kulturrådet and DansiT and has received support by Fond for utøvende kunstnere and Trondheim Kommune in the past.

M O T I V A T I O N

PRAXIS Trondheim established the successful concept of PRAXIS Oslo in Trondheim with the motivation to create collaboration between the professional environments in both cities, to expand the boundaries and learn from each other.

With PRAXIS Trondheim, we want to create a space for sharing artistic practices for performing artists as well as other movement enthusiasts in Trondheim and beyond. In form of weekly classes, workshops, artist talks, open stage or other formats, we offer a platform for exchange and discussion with movement as a foundation. We want to open up for an interdisciplinary exchange, where performing artists and movement enthusiasts with different backgrounds can share and learn from each other. By inviting local, national and international guest teachers, we aim to increase the offer of movement practices and create a broader professional performing arts community in Trondheim.

Anna Thu Schmidt

Anna Thu Schmidt is a dance artist with a focus on dance improvisation, interdisciplinary projects, site-specific work and integrated dance. She is based in Trondheim after living in Germany, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. She holds a B.A. in Dance in Education from ArtEZ (NL) and M.A. in Dance Studies from NTNU.

Her work is inspired by the connection and communications between humans and nature. Her artistic work navigates around questions of accessibility in dance. Themes such as inclusion and exclusion in interaction with the audience are explored in a variety of performance formats through a multisensory approach explored in projects as 'How to read water', 'UNFOLD' or 'ØYA ~ lydstrømmer'.

Besides Praxis Trondheim she also started up Ecstatic Dance in Trondheim and the annual Contact Impro Festival. She leads ImproDans Trondheim and Samtidsdans for voksne Trondheim. She is a certified yoga teacher and offers sound meditation and sound massages on the feeltone Monochord.

Anna is passionate about creating safe spaces where everyone can freely express themselves through dance. With PRAXIS Trondheim we offer an open space for connection, experimentation and exchange for the professional field and the movement community in Trondheim.

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Karoline Ellingsen Wheeler

Karoline has a BA in Dance with integrated pedagogy from the University of Stavanger, and a one year pre-study in dance from Spin Off Oslo. She runs her own company; Kompani Morell, which aims to make relevant performances for youth and young children. She is a part of the PRAXIS Trondheim team, which offers a space for sharing movement practices for artists and other movement enthusiasts. And has a long teaching experience from young amateurs to professional dancers, currently with a permanent position at Trondheim Kulturskole. She is also working freelance for the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo, among others.

Karoline has worked with Cirka Teater for several productions and is currently working with Teater Fot, Improdans Trondheim and in her own written/produced work FORELSKA! of Kompani Morell, which has toured in DKS since 2021.

She is interested in the physical body, how to train in a sustainable way and practise adaptability, in life in general and as an artistic practise. PRAXIS Trondheim is an amazing arena for just that, being open to new artistic expressions. Dare to be open, and then be able to find new pathways within your own being, despite your background and personal interest.

Nina Wollny

Nina Wollny has been a professional dance artist for over 25 years. After being based in the Netherlands, now based in Trondheim. Currently working with Mia Habib Productions, BodyCartography Project, Trondheim Jazz Orchester, Improdans Trondheim, Rannei Grenne among others. She is also creating her own projects that are rooted in prioritising process and care as well as exploring intense physicality.

Nina teaches dance since 2004 for various dance companies, universities and dance studios for professional dancers abroad and in Norway such as currently Proda Trondheim, Scottish Dance Theater, MaCode at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Frankfurt, Skånes Dance Theater and Norrdans in Sweden, and Dansehallerne in Copenhagen.

Nina’s motivation for being part of Praxis Trondheim is the opportunity to help make possible and join all the amazing classes and workshops Praxis Trondheim is offering. She enjoys the vulnerability and excitement of physically experiencing something new or unfamiliar and the diverse community of movers joining Praxis Trondheim regularly.

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