Cases

From the room.

Over 200 companies and organisations since 2001. Here is a selection, marked by which of the three movements they touch: Arts and culture, business and community development.

Sentralen

What do you do when you have arrived?

Process · 2026

Process leader for the movement and the people in the house's long-term plan towards 2035, together with the leadership team.

Insight: A vision is not a point far ahead. It is an instruction to the body today.

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Oslo Philharmonic

The Philharmonic Moves

Production · 2015 to 2024

Direction, choreography and hosting. Around 30,000 in the audience up to 2019, and almost 7,000 schoolchildren in 2024 with The Cultural Schoolbag. Winner of the YAMA Awards 2024.

“This way of working is necessary for symphony orchestras as an institution to survive in today's society.”Ingrid Røynesdal, CEO, Oslo Philharmonic
Kilden and the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

Kilden med det rare i

Production · 2011 to 2015

A concert performance with dance and symphonic music, on tour in southern Norway while the concert hall was being built. Around 35,000 experienced it.

“This performance has become so unique and fantastic thanks to one man who has led it: Kyrre Texnæs.”Bentein Baardson, Managing Director, Kilden Performing Arts Centre
Aker Solutions

A dance company in an industrial group

Process · 2008 to 2011

A dance company for employees, process teaching for global leaders, and a staff seminar and leadership gathering in Subsea. Nominated for the Culture and Business Award 2009.

“What Kyrre Texnæs showed us sums up everything I try to achieve as a leader.”Lars Christian Alsvik, Managing Director, Aker Solutions Subsea
Civil Aviation Authority

Into a new building

Process · 2011

A strategic workshop and the process around moving into the new building in Bodø, together with Future Fields.

“The opening of the building went without a hitch, and the whole thing has become a happy story.”Heine Richardsen, Director General, Civil Aviation Authority of Norway
Telenor

From relocation to a leadership lift

Process and workshop · 2002 to 2018

The move to Fornebu together with Mellomrom architectural psychology, the Lederløftet programme for leaders, and a shared choreography at a large gathering.

Insight: You can only experience a room by walking into it.

Norwegian Coastal Administration

How does the Coastal Administration navigate forward?

Keynote and workshop · 2015 to 2019

Gatherings for the head office, where the values forward-looking, engaged and reliable were turned into movement.

Insight: Values only become real when they can be felt in the body.

Canon

Balance in the body and balance in business

Keynote · 2013

A keynote built around Canon's philosophy of kyosei, living and working together for the common good.

“What you say about balance in the body and balance in business hits me right in the heart.”Erik Mikaelsen, CEO Canon Norge
Coloplast

The game in the gap

Workshop · 2011

Six hours at Dansens Hus. Fifteen exercises in communication and collaboration became one shared choreography.

“We got direct feedback on how our group dynamics work, and we built a stronger bond.”Inger-Stine Anseth, Coloplast
NRK Master Class

Movement and interplay

Workshop · 2012 and 2013

For NRK's selected programme makers, in the same programme as Morten Krogvold, Robert McKee and Erik Poppe.

“This knowledge is incredibly important when meeting people and for creating genuine staging on TV.”Gry Molvær, presenter, NRK
Kick off, a camp with meaning

Rooms where the quietest start to speak

Workshop and production · 2010 to 2012

A summer camp for struggling young people, with Sørlandet Hospital, Barns Beste, Kilden dialog and the Red Cross. The young people made music videos and performances.

Insight: Sørlandet Hospital wanted to consider it as a permanent offer because of the results.

“You create a room where everyone relaxes. The very quietest start to speak and contribute in a whole new way.”Therapist at the camp
Ministry of Children and Families

Language and consciousness

Keynote · 2011

A contribution to the Plain Language project, on how language and consciousness are connected.

“You have given us new input in the work on the Plain Language project. We are very pleased!”Ragnhild Samuelsberg, Director, Ministry of Children and Families
Hydro

The leadership team in motion

Workshop and coaching · 2014 and 2023

An HR summit for Hydro, and gait analyses and coaching of the leadership team at Hydro Aluminium Metal.

Insight: The way you move is the way you lead.

AFF and the Solstrand programme

Movement as a shared language

Workshop · 2022 to 2026

Leadership development in several programmes, including with leaders in Istanbul, where movement became the language across cultures.

UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Music Conservatory

Musicians who meet the room

Production and coaching · 2015 to 2021

Rehearsing with symphony musicians before concerts. The Norwegian Academy of Music researched the method in 2018.

“You move people in every sense of the word. It doesn't get better than this.”Charlotte Thingelstad, Assistant Professor
Qvisten Animation

Characters that move

Coaching and choreography · 2012 and 2015

Choreography and movement for the characters in animated films, including Hakkebakkeskogen.

Insight: The way a character moves tells who it is.

Making Waves

Human encounters in a digital agency

Keynote, workshop and coaching · 2013 to 2019

Keynotes and workshops for technologists and consultants, and coaching of leaders before important client processes.

Orkester Norden

Young musicians on tour

Production · 2012 and 2013

Choreographer for the orchestra's concert performances in Helsinki, Denmark and Germany.

“We have decided to cut down on all other speakers and workshop leaders to make as much room as possible for Kyrre Texnæs.”Anne Hilde Hals, Orkester Norden
Sinfonietta Innlandet

A concert for the King and Queen

Production · 2017 and 2018

Direction and choreography, and a tour with the orchestra.

“Gjøvikhallen almost boiled over with enthusiasm.”Aagot Meyer, Sinfonietta Innlandet
Norwegian Armed Forces Music

From a gait reading to a concert

Keynote and production · 2014 and 2026

It began with a musician volunteering on stage, and continues with the concert performance Uniform.

Insight: Trust is not built by promising something. It is built by seeing something right, once.

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Deichman

Deichman moves

Keynote and workshops · 2026

Workshops for everyone who meets the public at Deichman Bjørvika, with rules of thumb for body language and communication.

Insight: When you see how uniquely you move, you see how uniquely you meet others.

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The Hospital Pharmacies

Three keynotes on moving forward

Keynote · 2026

For three cohorts of a leadership programme at a public health provider.

The KaosPilots

Creative leadership

Programme · 2005 to 2009

Helped establish the KaosPilots in Norway, with 30 workshops made for creativity and leadership, and co-responsible for the curriculum.

HÅG

Chairs thought through movement

Design · 2003 to 2006

A movement philosophy and three concept chairs, in collaboration with industrial designer Martin Fougner.

Arts & Business Norway

Kreatør ArtLab

Programme · 2010 to 2013

Artists trained to use their skills in business and organisations.

Citykonferansen

Double applause

Keynote · 2011

A keynote for the property and urban development industry.

“You have just received twice the applause ever given in the history of the City Conference.”Andreas Borch-Nielsen, CEO, NæringsEiendom
Norconsult and Nexans

Inspiration for engineers

Workshop · 2010s

Workshops for consulting engineers and an industrial company in a changing market.

“This workshop is one of the best I have taken part in. Very professional.”Siri Hustad, manager, Norconsult

Clients over the years

A selection of the organisations I have worked with, through keynotes, workshops, processes, productions and coaching.

Business

Aker Solutions, Aker BP, Aleris, Aspelin Ramm, Atea, Bouvet, Canon, Capgemini, Coloplast, Coop, COWI, Deloitte, DNV GL, Egon Zehnder, Elkjøp, Enonic, Front, G4S, Gaz de France, GE Healthcare, Handelsbanken, Hydro, IBM, Itera, Kia, Making Waves, McCann, MSD, Nexans, Norconsult, Nordea, Norlandia Care, Rambøll, Regnskap Norge, Salesforce, Schibsted, Statkraft, Statoil, Telenor, Verisure, Vinmonopolet.

Public sector and society

Akershus University Hospital, the Ministry of Children and Families, City of Bergen, Bedriftsidretten, Deichman, DSB, the Norwegian Armed Forces, the County Governor of Oppland, the Norwegian National Rail Administration, the Coastal Administration, the Civil Aviation Authority, NAV, NITO, the Norwegian Parkinson's Association, City of Oslo, Oslo University Hospital, the Police, the Red Cross, Sentralen, the Public Roads Administration, the Hospital Pharmacies, the Union of Education Norway, the Water and Sewerage Agency, Vestre Viken.

Arts, culture and media

Arctic Philharmonic, Arts & Business Norway, Barratt Due, Dagbladet, Det Norske Teatret, Norwegian Armed Forces Music, Jo Strømgren Kompani, Kilden, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Arts Council Norway, Norwegian Film Institute, NRK, Orkester Norden, Oslo Philharmonic, Norwegian PEN, Qvisten Animation, Riksteatret, Sinfonietta Innlandet, Talent Norge, Ultima.

Education and innovation

Creative Business Cup, Elvebakken Upper Secondary School, Forsker Grand Prix, Oslo and Akershus University College, Impact StartUp, Innotown, the KaosPilots, the Norwegian Academy of Music, TEDx, University of Oslo, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.