Kristin Danielsen (born 1972) is a Norwegian dancer,

choreographer Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...

and cultural administrator. She was born in

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

. She was trained as dancer at Den norske balletthøgskole in

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and the Broadway Dance Centre in

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, and graduated as Master of Arts Management from the

City, University of London City, University of London was a public university from 1966 to 2024 in London, England. It merged with St George's, University of London to form City St George's, University of London in August 2024. The names "City, University of London" an ...

. After a career as dancer and choreographer, she assumed various administrative positions. From 1999 to 2001 she was manager of the in Oslo, and she was producer at the ''Danse- og teatersentrum'' from 2001 to 2002. She further held administrative positions at ''Ny Musikk'' (2006–2010), Det Norske Teatret (2010–2011), ''MIC Norsk musikkinformasjon'' (2011–2013), and Oslo Public Library (2014–2016). She was appointed Director of the

Arts Council Norway The Arts Council Norway (, often shortened to ''Kulturrådet'') is the official arts council for Norway. Based in Oslo, it is a Norwegian state institution created in as a result of a parliamentary decision in 1964. Arts Council Norway's admini ...

in 2016.

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1972 births Living people Alumni of City, University of London People from Arendal Norwegian female dancers Norwegian women choreographers Norwegian choreographers Norwegian ballerinas Ballet choreographers Norwegian expatriates in England Norwegian expatriates in the United States Directors of government agencies of Norway Sportspeople from Agder {{Norway-gov-bio-stub