About

Lukas Malkowski (he/they) is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adult), performance maker and Aquarius working in Canada and Europe. Embodying physics, voice, and Sign, he has choreographed theatrical and site-specific dance works, installations, ambient sets, music videos, and films. Notable collaborations include Sam Slater (Joker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), DJ Luke Slater, John Wick: Chapter 4, Babylon Berlin, Jessie Murph’s SEX HYSTERIA THE END, CTM Festival (Berlin), FestivalTransAmérique (Montreal), and the Schrittmacher Festival (The Netherlands).

Lukas’ solo choreography has been supported and presented by dance: made in Canada, SummerWorks, and The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance in Toronto; and by b12 festival and ada Studio’s neworks series in Berlin. He has taught and choreographed for Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) — Performance Dance, Dance Arts Institute, and Rosedale Heights School of the Arts (RHSA) in Toronto; and Staatsteater Kassel, Staatsballett Berlin, Marameo, Dock 11, Tanecno Festival, and Tanzfabrik in Germany. His teaching practice, Flomentum, is driven by visual, tactile embodiments of flight momentum.

His artistic recognitions include a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance (2024), the dance: made in Canada Audience Choice Award (2023), Recherchestipendium Darstellende Kunst (2022), the Tanzpraxis Emerging Artist scholarship (2022/23), and the Hnatyshyn Developing Artist Grant (2016).

Currently, Lukas is performing in touring productions by and with Guillaume Côté, Robert Lepage, and Jefta van Dinther, in addition to creating and performing his own choreographies. He is a proud graduate of the dance programs at RHSA and TMU (BFA ’16)