ABOUT

Anna Lea Ourø (DK) and Amalia Kasakove (FIN/SWE) form the artist duo A Ourø / A Kasakove that resides in the field of dance and choreography. They have both received a Bachelor in Dance and Choreography from The Danish National School of Performing Arts (2017). Kasakove holds a MFA in Choreography from Stockholm University of the Arts (2022) and Ourø is currently involved in indepth study of somatic practices. They are co-founders of Dance Cooperative; a venue and dance studio for intersectional practices, work and performance organised by 16 professional artists in Copenhagen. Their work has been situated at places such as Warehouse9, Ställbergs Gruva, Aaben Dans, Dansehallerne, MARC, HAUT, Koncertkirken, DANSEatelier, CPH STAGE and Dance Cooperative.

SELECTED PROJECTS, RESIDENCIES AND TEACHING:

DRAMA
Performance by Anna Lea Ourø and Amalia Kasakove
Costume Design by Lærke Valum
2023 Aaben Dans
2023 Milvus Artistic Research Center
2023 Dance Cooperative
2022 Ställberg’s Gruva
2022 Performing Arts Forum

JUST OK
Performance by Anna Lea Ourø and Amalia Kasakove
2022 IPAF Warehouse9, Copenhagen
2021 Aaben Dans, Roskilde
2020 Gallery Jennifer, Gothenburg
2020 TNEC in Ställbergs Gruva, Sweden
2019 Y-Choreography at HAUT, Copenhagen
2019 Mrs. Phink's House, CPH STAGE

SURE
Performance by Amalia Kasakove and Anna Lea Ourø
2021 Koncertkirken, Denmark
2021 TNEC at Ställbergs Gruva, Sweden
2019 Thecarrierbag festival at
DANSEatelier/Dansehallerne, Copenhagen
2019 Bådteatret, Copenhagen
2018 Le Regard du Cygne, Paris

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
By Amalia Kasakove, Anna Lea Ourø and Naya Moll
2018 Cité Inter­­na­­tio­­nale Des Arts, Paris
2017 The Danish National School of Performing Arts, Cph

AKA. ANTELOPES
By Amalia Kasakove, Anna Lea Ourø and Karin Bergman with Anna Holmberg
2016 Dansehallerne, Copenhagen
2016 Performance Feast, DANSEatelier, Cph
2016 The Danish National School of Performing Arts, Cph

2023 THE DANISH NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
Teachers of Collaboration and Composition workshop for Bachelor in Dance and Choreography students

2022 Facilitators at SUMMER UNIVERSITY REBOOT at Performing Arts Forum, France

2020 Curators and organizers of AABENT RUM Micro Festival Aaben Dans, Roskilde

2020-2023 DANCE COOPERATIVE - Co-Founders of the intersectional feminist studio and venue

2020-2024 EN MESSE - For Krop, Lyd og Landskab
by Naya Moll Olsen - A dance performance and sound installation choreographed for hospices’, Denmark

2020 - 2023 Affiliated artists at WAREHOUSE9, Copenhagen

2019-2020 AABEN DANS - 1,5 year Choreographic Research Project and research grant

2019 Teaching Professional Training at DANSEHALLERNE in connection with The Carrierbagfestival, Copenhagen

2019 - 2023 Affiliated artists at THE NON EXISTENT CENTER at Ställbergs Gruva, Sweden

2018 LAWS OF MOTION
Film by Jeppe Lange, Performance and Choreography by Amalia Kasakove and Anna Lea Ourø
Winner Young Directors Award 2018, Cannes Lion

2018 ONLY ONE OF MANY / DD Dorvillier
Stage Assistant at Centre Pompidou, Paris

2018 RØST AiR Artist in residence and internship Lofoten, Norway

2018-2023 PERFORMING ARTS FORUM, France