Festivalteam 2024
Mikkel Rasmussen Hofplass
(Artistic director & Visual identity)
Mikkel has his education from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design with a bachelor's degree in visual arts, and a bachelor's degree in acting from the Norwegian Theatre Academy in Fredrikstad. He is an artist and curator that works at the intersection between performance, installation art, sculpture and performing arts, with focus on the space and installations in the meeting with the performative. Among other things he has been part of the theater company Talking Timber and in 2019 he established Treskeverket Kulturproduksjoner in collaboration with Thea Færden Bringsværd. He has worked as an art consultant for different projects in Vestby kommune. At Sånafest he is also in charge of the visual identity and decor for the festival.
Thea Færden Bringsværd
(Administrative Manager & part of the artistic council)
Together with Ingvild Isaksen, Thea created the very first three days long Sånafest in 2014 called Sånafestivalen. At Sånafest she works with the artistic program together in close collaboration with the artistic director and as the administrative manager. She has her education from Norges Dansehøyskole with a BA in Contemporary Dance (2008) and a MA from Nordic Master of Arts in Dance studies at NTNU (2015). She had the privilege of choreographing for and working with Epic Encounters, South East Asia's first and only inclusive dance company, as part of her MA thesis. She works as a freelance producer, dance artist and teacher, most recently for Østfold Internasjonale Teater and as dancer in the productions “Trille” and “Rulle” of WicheLevinsen Productions. In collaboration with Hofplass she established Treskeverket Kulturproduksjoner in 2019.
Andrea Wasrud
(Producer/marketing/volunteer coordinator)
Andrea has her acting degree from Norsk Skuespillerinstitutt in Oslo. In 2014 she graduated with a Masters degree in international acting at East 15 Acting School, UK. Her acting career has been based in Oslo within different companies, but also through an all female theatre company based in Berlin named Blauhauch. She started the concept Værsågod in 2015. An ongoing event to promote, support and motivate actors. The concept was nominated for Frilansprisen in 2019. Her career also involves teaching, producing, marketing, coordinating and managing projects. She has a background from Nordic Black Theatre and worked several years at Norsk Skuespillersenter, where she ended up working as the manager.
Ingvild Isaksen (I permisjon)
Ingvild is a performance-maker whose work investigate chosen surroundings through scores, fiction and multiple ways of participation in collaboration with the audience.
Besides Sånafest she makes performances with Masako Matsushita under the name A MasIng Productions and regularly perform with Theater F.
Ingvild recently graduated with an MA in Scenography from the Norwegian Theatre Academy in Fredrikstad (2020), and holds a BA in Dance Theatre from Trinity Laban(2012) as well as a 2-year curatorial study in fine arts and design from the College of Oslo(2009). See more at ingvildisaksen.com.