boundaries of contemporary dance in Norway. NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting) writes: JAMSIIS, Hallgrim Hansegårds new production, is the most exciting I have seen here. It’s very exciting to see traditional dance in dialogue with contemporary dance. Hansegård is branching out and opening up new territory here. He has come down a path that I think is very important to go. That Hansegård is a dancer with strong will to do his own thing and blessedly uninhibited as far as exceeding boundaries is concerned is something the Norwegian dance community should be happy about… At the same time that he approaches contemporary dance, he opens doors. If he succeeds in making contemporary dance accessible to a wider audience than today’s, the genre of contemporary dance should learn to endure a ‘halling-roundkick’ or two. In 2009 Hansegård directed Tidarå, an outdoor full night dance performance under a waterfall with 22 dancers and musicians. The production collected contemporary and traditional dancers in a research for a unique contemporary dance technique. "Tidarå" is part of FRIKARs ecosophical productions. Hansegård directed also Yr in 2009 together with violin virtuoso Ragnhild Hemsing, premiere at the Bergen International Festival. In 2008 Hansegård was censored by the Roman Catholic Church in Naples for his non conventional interpretation of Peer Gynt, NRK: Bukkerittet. In the years 2005 to 2007 Hansegård directed "Undergrunnsfargo", "Isolations", "Laus", "Kruk", "The snuff grinders" and "Bastard". He also participated in Dansefeber, the Norwegian version of So You Think You Can Dance, in 2006. In 2008, his dancing was digitalized for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Choreographies / productions "AP" (2010) "JAMSIIS" (2010) "Wall dance" (2010) "TidarÅ" (2009) "YR" (2009) "Fairytale" (2009) "Mjølk" (2009" "Bukkerittet" (2008) "THE SNUFF GRINDERS" (2007) "KRUK!" (2007) "Bastard" (2007) "LAUS" (2006) "Isolations" (2005) "Undergrunnsfargo" (2005) Critiques “Wildly Inventive, thrilling performance.” National Geographic “Maybe the most outstanding and inspiring artist at Bergen International Festival…” Bergens Tidende “New-thinking choreographer with a strong will to do his own thing and blessedly uninhibited as far as exceeding boundaries is concerned” Dance critic Karen Frøsland Nystøyl, The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation “Natural talent.” Sidsel Pape, free-Lancer dance critic “About to obtain a solid name in the world of dance – well deserved!” Nordlys “Hallgrim Hansegård brings to contemporary dance a fresh and slightly rough expression.. Innovative, playful and experimental.” Dance critic Silje Birgitte Folkedal, Bergens Tidende Awards Hansegård has been