Guro Nagelhus Schia,Guro was born in Norway. She was educated at the Art Academy in Oslo (KHIO) 1997-2000. And was engaged with Carte Blanche Dance Theater, The Norwegian National Contemporary Company from 2002-2009, where she worked with choreographers such as Sharon Eyal, Ohad Naharin, Amanda Miller, Ingun Bjørnsgaard and Ina Christel Johannessen, among others.