Espen Giljane

Espen Giljane (born 28 February 1962 in Oslo) is a Norwegian ballet teacher and dancer. He is the head of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet.

Giljane has held the post of head of the ballet since August 2002. He is now part of the administration of Den Norske Opera & Ballet.

Giljane trained under Eva Haalke, with Den Norske Opera's ballet school (1976–78) and then at the School of American Ballet. From 1981–95 he was a dancer with the New York City Ballet. From 1994, he has been a teacher.

I 2009, he won the Anders Jahres kulturpris with Mari Boine.