Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

Katrín Gunnarsdóttir is an Icelandic choreographer and dancer based in Reykjavík. Katrín studied dance at Iceland Academy of the Arts and choreography at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, graduating in 2008. She received a DanceWEB scholarship in 2007 at the Impulstanz festival in Vienna. She has created Saving History (2014), Macho Man (2015), Shades of History (2016), for which she received the Icelandic Theatre Awards as ‘dancer of the year’ in 2017, and a collaboration with the National Theatre of Iceland called KVIKA (2016). Her work has been presented at numerous venues and festivals in Iceland and Europe. As a dancer and performer, Katrín has worked with Saga Sigurðardóttir, Erna Ómarsdóttir & Shalala, Kris Verdonck, Sander Breure and Witte Van Hulzen among others. She is also a member of the collective Marble Crowd.