What is Jorunn Kirkenær?
[[File:Jorunn Kirkenær danser ca 1955.jpg|right|200px]] '''Jorunn Kirkenær''' (4 May 1926 – 22 January 2021) was a Norwegian [[ballerina]] and [[choreographer]]. She was born in [[Oslo]]. She performed for the [[Malmö City Theatre]], [[National Theatre (Oslo)|Nationaltheatret]], [[Det Norske Teatret]] and [[Norwegian National Opera and Ballet|Den Norske Ballett]]. Her works as choreographer include ''[[Reisen til Julestjernen]]'' and ballet versions of the children's operas ''[[Little Red Riding Hood (opera)|Little Red Riding Hood]]'' and ''[[Ma mère l'Oye]]'' for television with the [[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]. She was awarded the [[King's Medal of Merit]] in gold in 1996.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jorunn Kirkenær |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Edda |last=Espeland |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Jorunn_Kirkenær | language=no |access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jorunn Kirkenær |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jorunn_Kirkenær |language=no |access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref> Kirkenær died on 22 January 2021 in Oslo, aged 94.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jorunn Kirkenær er død |url=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/jorunn-kirkenaer-er-dod-1.15344768 |access-date=January 25, 2021 |work=NRK |date=January 25, 2021 |language=no}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkenaer, Jorunn}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:People from Oslo]] [[Category:Norwegian stage actors]] [[Category:Ballerinas]] [[Category:Choreographers]] {{bio-stub}}