Guro Nagelhus Schia

Guro Nagelhus Schia graduated from Norway's leading national conservatoire for dance KHiO in 2000. In 2001 she joined Norway's national contemporary dance company Carte Blanche, where she performed with the company for eight years. During her time at Carte Blanche, Guro worked with choreographers including: Ina Christel Johannessen, Amanda Miller, Ingun Bjørnsgaard, Sharon Eyal, Eva Cecilie Richardsen and Ohad Naharin. As a freelancer Guro has danced for a large repertoire of companies including: Zero Visibility Corp., Kreutzer Kompani, Hooman Sharifi, Oslo Dance Ensemble and Anoushka Shankar. Guro Nagelhus Schia met Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui in the summer of 2009 and by December the same year was invited to join Larbi's company- Eastman. With Eastman, Guro has performed: Rein, Das Rheingold at Teatro alla Scala, and at Staatsoper in Berlin, Tezuka, 4D, Shellshock and Rigor Mortis. Several of these productions have toured worldwide. During her time with the company, Guro also worked as Ch