Photo by Yaniv Cohen

Photo by Yaniv Cohen

Anna Thu Schmidt (born 1989 in Germany) is a dance artist with a focus on dance improvisation, interdisciplinary projects, site-specific work and integrated dance.

Her work is inspired by the connection and communications between humans and nature. Her interest in the relation of dance to other arts leads to international collaborations and research on the intertwinement of dance and installation art.

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.

Anna is currently based in Trondheim/ Norway after living in Germany, the Netherlands and Indonesia.

c u r r i c u l u m v i t a e

a c a d e m i c   e d u c a t i o n

2017-2019 Master in Dance Studies, NTNU, Trondheim/Norway      

2008-2012 Bachelor of Dance in Education (Dance pedagogy), ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem/Netherlands

f u r t h e r   e d u c a t i o n              

2023- Course in Healing Dance aquatic technique by Alexander George

2015- Monochord course in feeltone Sound Massage & Sound Therapy & Teacher Training, Pulow/Germany

2015-2017 Darmasiswa student at Institute Seni Indonesia: Non-degree scholarship program for foreign students, study of traditional Indonesian dances, Surakarta/Indonesia

2016 Hatha Yoga Teachers Training (200 hours), Balance Yoga Jogja School, Yogyakarta/Indonesia  

2013 Simonson Method of Teacher Training with Lynn Simonson, Dance New Amsterdam, New York City/USA

S e l e c t e d w o r k s:

c r e a t i n g + p e r f o r m i n g

2021- How to read water hybrid dance installation (live performances staged at theaters and galleries, as video and mixed media installation or performed outdoors or as 1:1 ocean walks) with Thea Grant and Mina Paasche at Stillverk 1, Rotvollfjæra, TEKS Trondheim, Heimdal Kunstforening/Meta.Morf Festival Ecophilia, Nils Aas Kunstverksted Inderøy, Stokkøya, Fossekleiva Kultursenter, Mausund, E&G Teater Stamsund/Norway

2019- ImproDans Trondheim plattform for improvisation in collaboration with invited musicians and artists (site-specific performances/Jams/Labs/Open Stage) f.e. ImproStunt performances at RKK, Trøndelag Teater, Havet, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim/Norway

2025 UNFOLD one-on-one sensory journey for people with visual impairments and blindfolded audience Trondheim/Norway

2025 Havet interactive kids performance with Grant, Paasche, Bøyum at Kunsthalll Trondheim/Norway

2025 ØYA ~ lydstrømmer with Øyvind Brandtsegg at Multiplié dansefestival and Only Connect Trondheim/Norway

2023 Kune Kune solo performance during the exhibition of Kanoko Takaya at Semarang Gallery/Indonesia

2020-2022 Quantum Entanglement with Løhre/Guo at Babel visnings room for kunst, in collaboration with Danselaboratoriet & Danseteaterert at 2It International Dancefestival Kristiansund, Trondheim & Stjørdal & collaboration with LIPA students at Museum of Liverpool & Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool/UK

2021 Open site-specific interactive solo performance at Powerhouse Brattørkaia, part of ‘Byen i bevegelse’, Trondheim/Norway

2020 How to exit site-specific interactive solo performance, part of Mørkerommet at Rosendal Teater, Trondheim/Norway

2020 Solur 60/360 co-created/performed with musician Tor Haugerud, Klemenskirken, Trondheim/Norway

2020 I am not there I am here with Aleksandar Isailovic & Georgia Wartel Collins (double-bass), part of Mørkerommet at Rosendal Teater, Trondheim/Norway

2020 Listening to the woods breathing in the dark solo performance with live music by Edythia Wirawan and Lawe Samagaha, Tubaba/Indonesia

2020 Hadap2an Pop-Up Performance with Kalanari theatre movement, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta/Indonesia

2020 Remember the rain solo performance with live music by Galih Naga Seno, Dolly Nofer, Hanom Satrio and Luqmanul Chakimat at Srawung Seni Candi, Candi Sukuh/Indonesia

2018 Across the heavens, above the earth dance theater performance, collaboration theater collective 5toMidnight International, Rumata’ Artspace, Makassar/Indonesia

2017 Jam Karet - perception of time one hour conceptual dance performance in collaboration with the 24h dancers at the World Dance Day at ISI Solo, Surakarta/Indonesia

2017 Durchschaut dance with Otniel Tasman, visual artwork by Kanoko Takaya, shadow theatre and live music, ArtJog at Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta/Indonesia

2016 Mandala perdamaian ritualistic performance intiatied by Ellen Begw Jordan, Surakarta/Indonesia

2015-2017 Performing at Bedog Art Festival (Jogjakarta), International Mask Festival (Ubud), Festival Bantarangin (Ponorogo), Bangka culture wave (Bangka), Ziarah Tambora Moving Festival (Sumbawa), University of Malang (Malang), Closing ceremony Darmasiswa (Jakarta), Pendopo Taman Budaya, Taman Balaikambang, Pendopo ISI Solo, Srawung Seni Sakral, Festival Payung, Srawung Organic Taman Hutan Lemah Putih, Bukan Music Biasa (Surakarta)

t e a c h i n g

2017 - Freelance dance teacher in contemporary dance, dance and contact improvisation for all ages, both amateur and professional, in Trondheim.

Ecstatic Dance events with DJ Hi-Lo, Trondheim/Norway

currently since 2021: Praxis Trondheim (classes and workshops) initiative for and by local dance artists in Trondheim/Norway

currently since 2019: ImproDans Trondheim (ImproJam, ImproLab, Water Contact, Contact Imrpo Festival) in Trondheim/Norway

currently since 2018: Contemporary dance for adults - Samtidsdans for voskne Trondheim indoor at DansiT and site-specific outdoor classes, Trondheim/Norway

currently since 2022: Introduction in Monochord play, Dayretreats with Monochord, Yoga and Dance, Lassan/Germany and Trondheim/Norway

2021-2023: teaching dance artist in the dance companies Danseteateret and Danselaboratoriet

2017 - Dance in an interdisciplinary context, inclusive performance project with Nalitari, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

2012-15 - Dance teacher at Introdans Interactie, ArtEZ Music Theatre, Stichting Kunstbedrijf and various dance schools in Arnhem, Netherlands.

p e r f o r m e r        

2018-2025: Dancer in the integrated dance group Danselaboratoriet, Trondheim/Norway

2025 My Body My Home with Danselaboratoriet & Danseteateret by Daniel Mariblanca/71Bodies at Festpillene Bergen & Heddadagene Oslo/Norway

2022-2025 Risle Rasle & Kom Kom children's performance by Barbro Djupvik at Nils Aas Kunstverksted Inderøy & Rosendal Teater, Kunsthall Trondheim, DMMH, Trondheim/Norway

2022-2023 Circles and Swing! by Nønne Mai Svalholm with Danseteateret at Rosendal Teater Trondheim & with SVALHOLM at Godsbanen in Aarhus & CPH Stage at Dansekapellet Copenhagen/Denmark

2021/2022: Flekk kindergarten tour under artistic director of Yaniv Cohen, Trondheim and Kritistiansund/Norway

2019 Distant Voices by fieldworks/ Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki, Rosendal teater, Trondheim/Norway

2019 Yet, still we rise dance film by fieldworks/ Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki, Trondheim/Norway

2019 All - A physical poem of protest by Mia Habib part of the Isfit festival, Trondheim/Norway

2018 Sweet Dreams Sweet performance art piece by Melati Suryodarmo at Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin/Germany

2016 Walang Kadung by Suprapto Suryodarmo (Amerta movement), Surakarta/Indonesia

2013 Performance Project with Diane McCarthy at Dance New Amsterdam, New York/USA

c h o r e o g r a p h e r

2023 FreiRaum site-specific outdoor performance for stundents of the dance department of ISI Yogyakarta/Indonesia

2022 Tracing Spaces - Leaving Traces performance project as part of the Istanbul International Improvisation Dance Festival, Istanbul/Turkey

2021 Hidden Stories site-specific performance project with LAG MV, Rostock/Germany

2018 Nattens Lys long durational performance initiate by Christina Lindgren + Liv Kristin Holmberg, Trondheim/Norway

2015 Andy ArtEZ Bachelor degree program musical theatre production by Martijn Vorstenbosch, Arnhem/Netherlands

2015 Geheimen site-specific dance theatre performance, Stichting Kunstbedrijf, Arnhem/Netherlands

s y m p o s i u m/ p u b l i c a t i o n s

2023 Lecture on site-specific dance at the International Dance Conference Yogyakarta/Indonesia

2022 Presentation about site-specific dance at the Propellen Symposium: Site-Specific Performing Arts, Rosendal Teater/Norway

2021 +2022 Sted og kropp & Re-think Space Articles for Propellen Teater Fanzine Site Specific vol.2 & Fanzine Site Specific vol.1

l a n g u a g e s

German (mother tongue), English (fluent), Dutch (fluent), Indonesian (fluent), Norwegian (fluent)