Luke Birch

Luke began training at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and completed his BA Hons degree at Laban. In 2009 he joined post graduate dance company Edge at London Contemporary Dance School. 

Professionally he has performed for a variety of companies (Punchdrunk, Flexer and Sandiland, Janine Harrington) internationally alongside working with visual artists (Florence Peake, Yvonne Rainer) performing in galleries (Tate, Hayward Gallery) 

His choreographic work has been shown at Canterbury Festival, Saddlers Wells (Damn Fine Dance at Elixir Festival), The Place, Siobhan Davies Studios, Move it 2016 and Arts Depot. He has been commissioned to create work on Loop Dance Company, Damn Fine Dance, Intoto Dance Company alongside making repertoire for student performances. 

 Luke also has a passion for teaching and has delivered classes and workshops with Rambert, The Place, Independent Dance, Laban, London Studio Centre, Salzburg Academy of Experimental Dance, Shobana Jeyasingh and Candoco. 

Class will comprise of elements of experiential anatomy, somatic practice and improvisation alongside complex and challenging exercises and movement sequences. This approach aims to marry feeling with form, aiming to keep the felt embodiment and experimentation of improvisation within the clarity and technical awareness of set material, and vice versa. The class aims to be thoughtful and explorative as well as energising and empowering.