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- dancer, choreographer, managing director

"Marits dance was absolutely fabulous!" Farsund Avis (newspaper)

Marit began her career with Jorunn Kirkenærs children's ballet school and company and within a 10 year period performed both on television and on stage. She completed her education at the National Academy of the Arts in 1986.

Marit began her professional career with a flurry of musicals, amongst them: "The Merry Widow (The National Theatre), "Sweet Charity" (Chateau Neuf), "Anything Goes" and "Pal Joey" (Oslo New Theatre), "The air is for everyone" (Chat Noir). Marits talent as a dancer, actress and singer led to her performing leading roles in musicals such as "Junglebook" (Bryggetheatre), "Dames at sea" (Fredrikstad) and "The Ragged Doll" (Centraltheatre, Rikstheatre and Norwegian television). In the same period Marit worked with a number of free groups and choreographers such as Gilbert Parsons, Kjersti Alveberg, Un-Magritt Nordseth, Torill Bernatek.

Marits career took a new turn when she was offered a position of lead dancer with the group Dans and Toner, of which she is now the managing director. With 10 productions and over two thousand performances on tour with Dans and Toner, Marit has become a guiding light for many aspiring dancers. She has choreographed the performances "You and I and the two of us", "Mozart", "Munch - a journey through dance, music and pictorial art" and "Twisted", as well as the short ballets "Intermezzo" "The future", "Birds", "Flames", "Summerflirt" and "Tango on point". She has also choreographed several commercial shows.

She has been the consultant for Peter Lodwick in the creation of the CDs Music for Ballet Class, Vol 1 and Music for ballet Class, Vol 2.

Deemed by many to be a workaholic she was also, for 9 years, the editor of Norway's only dance magazine, which is published by the Norwegian Ballet Union. During the years she has received many scholarships and awards.

Marit has taught classical ballet for professional dancers at Proda (training for professional dancers), both in Norway and Sweden, Ballet Academy, Stockholm, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Kirkenær Ballet school. Several workshops, courses in jazzdance and classical ballet all over Norway. She is now working at Bårdar Academy in Oslo.

 "The audience experienced shivers of ecstasy when Marit glided over the stage, bathed in sunlight. It was miraculous."      Tvedestrandposten (newspaper)

"In a delicate and innocent point shoe dance, Marit Krogeide impressed us all and revealed the beauty of ballet."       Eidsvoll Blad (newspaper)