I mostly work solo, alone in the studio, and I’d like to share some of the practices I’ve developed to stay focused. These include ways of breaking out of autopilot, cultivating attentiveness to form through warm-up practices, and stepping outside oneself into new territory. For me, working with the voice is central. Massage also forms part of the sessions.

Steffi Lund was educated at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, School for New Dance Development (1984–1988). She is based in Oslo and on Nesodden. Since completing her studies, she has been in continuous production of her own work. As of 2022, she has created approximately 40 original works and has been co-responsible for a similar number of collaborative projects.

The solo format is her primary medium. She works in an intimate, chamber-scale format, spanning the full range from improvisation to fully composed works, often incorporating experimental use of voice and, in recent years, her own stage texts. Her work moves fluidly between dance, theatre, and performance, and includes several explicitly queer projects. On some occasions, she has worked as a co-creating performer.

She is a recipient of the Norwegian Government’s ten-year grant for established artists and received the Performing Artists’ Fund Honorary Award (Rolf Gammleng Prize) in 2015.