Gun Lund (born 1943) is a

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

and

dancer Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoi ...

based in

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. She is one of the pioneers of Swedish contemporary dance, and has produced and performed over fifty original works since 1978. In 1987, she established the Atalante dance theatre, together with two other choreographers, Eva Ingemarsson and Gunilla Witt. Gun Lund is the director of the dance company E=mc2 Dance, where she has made productions combining dance with natural sciences. She holds a master's degree in art and technology at

Chalmers Institute of Technology Chalmers University of Technology ( sv, Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international leve ...

in Gothenburg. She is also the initiator and artistic director of 24kvadrat, a venue with a scene 24 square metres (approximately 258.3 square feet) large, and seating for an audience of 15 people. She has been involved in the international project Dance Across Borders for several years. In 2005, Gun Lund was awarded the Dance Prize of Swedish Theatre Critics.

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E=mc2 Dance24kvadrat
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Gun Swedish choreographers Swedish women choreographers Swedish female dancers 1943 births Living people