Eva Lundqvist has been the leader of free dance in Sweden for more than a quarter of a century. She is one of the real innovators, whose style cannot be confused with anything else. She developed in her choreography a new relationship between the dancer and time and built her productions on an organic form, which grows out of a core consisting of a small number of fundamental movements. This form has been able to integrate strong stage sets and musical elements without giving up its distinctiveness. Instead of exposition, her productions create with the help of movement an allegorical terrain - a place at the same time elusive and very concrete and that gives each choreography a unique content.  

- Horace Engdahl -

The technique that Eva Lundqvist has developed since the 1970's, and in which many Swedish dancers have been trained, is the only complete modern technique that has been developed in Sweden in modern times. It is especially interesting today, when the dance world is finally ready to accept it.  

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CV Choreographer, dancer Eva Lundqvist

 Eva Lundqvist studied dance at Ballet Academy in Stockholm and at the London School of Contemporary dance between 1968 and 1970. Eva also studied for Merce Cunningham in New York in 1973 and for Viola Faber and Dan Wagoner. Eva was a member of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre between 1971 and 1972 and then pursued her own studies under the guidance of Birgit Åkesson between 1974 and 1976. She received an artist's salary for life from the Swedish government in 1992. The Swedish Academy gave her an artist's award in 2005.

Windwitches

 Eva Lundqvist co-founded the group Vindhäxor - Windwitches - in 1977 and worked there as choreographer and dancer between 1977 and 2006. 30 productions were created during this period, among others Islands, Cloud Paths, Crow field and Time travels unknown - wild. All of the productions with original music mostly performed by the musicians and composers themselves. Windwitches have toured extensively in Sweden, Europe and the USA.

Composers who have written music for these works are Jonas Lindgren, the Fleshquartet, Mats Persson, Per-Henrik Wallin, Lubomyr Melnik, Goran Kajfes, Dror Feiler, Ebli Alvares and others.

Eva was a co-founder of the dance theatre Glashuset in 1981 and was the artistic leader of Glashuset between 1981 and 1992.

Later productions

River, Dansens Hus, Stockholm, 1994
Catfish Road, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, 1996
Man at Sea, the Modern Museum, Stockholm, 1999
The CD Dalila Soberana, 2000
Light Divers, Glashuset, Stockholm, 2002
Where Angels Land - Fog-horn, Glashuset, Stockholm, 2004
Light Divers adaptation for 10 dancers - Dansens Hus, Stockholm, 2005
Rain Rainbow Rain - Night Wind, Glashuset, Stockholm, 2005

Dance teacher

Eva Lundqvist is also teaching professional dancers. During her years as a dancer and choreographer, Eva has been interested in the development of contemporary dance and she has created a complete training system for contemporary dancers.

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