BIO:

Birta Ásmundsdóttir is an Icelandic dancer and choreographer.

Her main interests are using femininity as a tool to connect with the audience, through choreography and vulnerability.

Birta graduated with a BA degree in dance and choreography from the Icelandic University of Arts in spring 2022. Since then she has performed her piece “birta” at Reykjavík Dance Festival in 2022, as well as worked as a movement director and choreographer in various projects shown in Tjarnarbíó and the Reykjavík City Theatre. Recently, Birta has primarily been working in residencies and projects abroad, in collaboration and by herself. For her newest work “when a duck turns 18 a boy will eat her” she had the privilege of doing the research in Kjarvalsstofa in Paris as well as develop the idea further in a residency in Lithuania, a dramaturgy workshop in Cyprus and finalising the piece in Dansverkstæðið in Reykjavík.

For more information, check my website! birtaasmunds.com