Sara Sandvik Arnestad

Sara (b. 2001) is a dancer born and raised in Nordfjordeid, a village on the West coast of Norway. She moved to Oslo to attend Edvard Munch High School’s national ballet line and went on to study dance, first at Spin Off Forstudium i dans, and then at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO), where she acquired a bachelor’s degree in contemporary dance. During this education she performed in works by Paul Blackman and Christine Gouzelis, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Yaniv Cohen, Roza Moshtaghi and Zsuzsanna Rózsavölgyi.
Alongside her studies, Sara also co-founded and performed in a club-based performance event called «Discothèque», which premiered in 2023. She is also a co-founder and dancer in ØNEST collective. Since graduating she has been working as a freelancer in Norway, performing at various festivals, such as Move Dansefestival and Oslo Jazzdansfestival, as well as creating and performing a Quadruple Bill with PS:dansekollektiv. Currently, Sara is a member of SUB.LAB.PRO the Ensemble Program.

Sara’s artistic practice is characterized by playful improvisation that alternates between being forceful, delicate, alien, human, explosive and minimalist. Sara also enjoys employing theatrical elements and pop culture references into her practice. She has a growing interest in interdisciplinary and site-specific work, as well as relational aesthetics. Artistically, she aims to portray human connections through a physical manifestation on stage, while also experimenting with how to integrate her curiosity for humans, also from a philosophical and historical perspective, into her art.