Terese Hoibye holds a BFA in dance education from the Norwegian Ballet College. After college she continued her dance studies in New York at Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and Peridance Center. She started dancing when she was 7, performed extensively since the age of 10, and has appeared on Norwegian National TV and at the Norwegian National Theatre. She spent four years in New York where she danced with Jodi Liss Dance/Ideas and produced Dancing Planet International Dance Festival.

Since moving to the Bay Area, she danced with Anima Mundi Dance Company, The Lively Foundation, HerPic Performances, and performed and presented her own work at the Norway Day Festival in San Francisco. She recently performed in Mariposa Studio’s Cassandra at Mission Creek and The Labyrinth Project, Women on the Way festival with HerPic Performances, and was commissioned to choreograph for Argentina Dances by Tango and More. Summer of 08 she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with HerPic Performances.

Terese has taught for over 10 years in Norway, New York and the Bay Area. Her teaching experience ranges from young children through adult in both Ballet and Contemporary. She served as program director and Ballet Mistress for CTA in Walnut Creek for three years and has taught for California Academy of Ballet in Martinez and DLOC in Pleasant Hill. She is currently teaching at Conservatory of Classical Ballet in San Leandro, Fitness In Transit, and ODC Youth Program in San Francisco.

This year, Terese brings students from ODC Youth Program to perform at Norway Day.