Lau Lukkarila (Wien)

Bild zeigt Lau Lukkarila
Foto: Moritz Zangl
Bild zeigt Lau Lukkarila
Foto: Moritz Zangl

Biography:

Lau is a choreographer and performer born in Oulu, Finland. They studied theatre and contemporary dance in Finland and Spain between 2008-2013. Since 2016 they are based in Vienna. In 2018 they received the Austrian Federal Chancellor’s Office’s START scholarship and the danceWEB Scholarship at ImPulsTanz Festival. In 2019 Lau was granted a Training Scholarship and they performed the solo work Trouble at Rakete Festival in Tanzquartier Wien. In 2020 they premieres the solo NYXXX at imagetanz with brut Wien.

Freischwimmen project:

KNEADING TO THE 3RD MILLENNIA is a possibly emotional expedition that begins as a research in 2020 an escalates to a performance in 2021. The title is inspired by the feline energy field dynamics described in Dancing with Cats (2014) by Burton Silver and Heather Busch. The project research starts from the from notion of emotional body in the act of dancing and performing, following a core research question: How acutely and fully can we feel in the doing? (Audre Lorde, 1978).

Statement:

FREISCHWIMMEN enabled me to work internationally and move my work and research outside of Vienna. My time with FREISCHWIMMEN was prolific and exciting and it offered me momentum to professionalize my working structure.

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Invitations and residencies:

Invitations

2021 brut, Vienna
2022 HochX, Munich
2023 LOFFT – DAS THEATER, Leipzig

Residencies

2020 Sophiensaele, Berlin
2021 Gessnerallee, Zurich
2021 Sophiensaele, Berlin

Freischwimmen is currently supported by the network funding of the Fonds Darstellende Künste.

Freischwimmen was funded in 2020-23 by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media via the "Promoting Connections" program of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e.V.

Freischwimmen was also supported by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council.