Lukáš Timulak (born 9 May 1979) is a
Slovak dancer and
choreographer
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, working in the Netherlands.
Early life and education
Lukáš Timulak studied at the Dance Conservatory in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Academie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace in Monaco.
Career
In 1997 he joined
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo (The Monte Carlo Ballet) is a classical ballet company established in 1985 by Caroline, Princess of Hanover, the Princess of Hanover in accordance with the wishes of her mother, Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco. I ...
where he danced for three years under
Jean-Christophe Maillot
Jean-Christophe Maillot (born 1960) is a French dancer and choreographer born in Tours.
Early life and education
He studied at the dance conservatory in Tours before enrolling at the École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, ...
. From 2000 to 2010, he danced at the Dutch contemporary dance company
Nederlands Dans Theater in
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
, where from 2002 he was one of the leading dancers. At the NDT he worked on new ballet creations by choreographers like
Jiří Kylián
Jiří Kylián (born 21 March 1947) is a Czech former dancer and contemporary dance choreographer.
Life
Jiří Kylián was born in 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to his father Václav who was a banker and to his mother Markéta, who was as a ...
,
Wiliam Forsythe,
Mats Ek,
Paul Lightfoot
Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT; literal translation Netherlands Dance Theatre) is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the ''Amare'' building in The Hague. NDT also performs at other venues in the Netherlands, including Amste ...
&
Sol Leon,
Hans van Manen,
Ohad Naharin,
Crystal Pite
Crystal Pite (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer. She began her professional dance career in 1988 at Ballet BC, and in 1996 she joined Ballett Frankfurt under the tutelage of William Forsythe. After leaving Ballett ...
among others.
From 2001 he started choreographing. Most of his works since 2004 are in collaboration with designer
Peter Bilak
Peter may refer to:
People
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* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a su ...
, who co-authors the concepts of the dance performances. Together they were subject of an exhibition ‘InLoop/EnTry’ in Stroom, Centre for Art and Architecture.
In 2010, he collaborated with Ruben van Leer on ‘Instrument’, a short dance movie which premiered during Cinedans festival in Amstardam. In 2011, he choreographed popular iPhone/iPad app Dance Writer.
Works
* 2011: ‘A Place Between’, Dantzaz Konpainia
[ Dantzaz Konpainia]
* 2011: ‘Masculine/Feminine’, Nederlands Dans Theater 2
* 2010: ‘Eroica, Gothenburg Ballet
* 2009: ‘Urtanz, TODAYSART
* 2008: ‘Real Time’, Slovak National Theater
* 2008: ‘Offspring’, Nederlands Dans Theater 2
* 2007: ‘Bodily writing’, C-Scope, Regentes Theater, The Hague
* 2007: ‘Oneness’, Nederlands Dans Theater 2
* 2006: ‘I SAW I WAS I’, NDT 1, UpComing Choreographers
* 2005: ‘Due a Due’, C-Scope, Regentes Theater, The Hague
* 2005: ‘Twenty’, NDT 1, UpComing Choreographers
* 2004: ‘Dear Reader’, C-Scope, Regentes Theater, The Hague
Personal
Lukáš is married to Italian ballet dancer
Valentina Scaglia
Valentina may refer to:
Entertainment Film
* ''Valentina'' (1950 film), a 1950 Argentine film
* ''Valentina'' (2008 film), a 2008 Argentine film
Television
* ''Valentina'' (1993 telenovela), a 1993 Mexican telenovela
* Valentina (2013 telenov ...
.
References
External links
Lukáš Timulak's websiteLukáš Timulak at ndt.nlSteven Heller, Dancin' Machine
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1979 births
Male ballet dancers
Slovak male dancers
Living people
Contemporary dancers