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
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where he danced for three years under
Jean-Christophe Maillot. From 2000 to 2010, he danced at the Dutch contemporary dance company
Nederlands Dans Theater
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in
The Hague
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, where from 2002 he was one of the leading dancers. At the NDT he worked on new ballet creations by choreographers like
Jiří Kylián
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Life
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Wiliam Forsythe,
Mats Ek
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Life and career
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Paul Lightfoot &
Sol Leon
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Hans van Manen
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He studied under Sonia Gaskell and Françoise Adret. Van Manen wrote many ballets. He worked for the Dutch National Ballet from 1973 to ...
,
Ohad Naharin
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,
Crystal Pite
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among others.
From 2001 he started choreographing. Most of his works since 2004 are in collaboration with designer
Peter Bilak, 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.
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