Lukas Malkowski

Biography 

Lukas Malkowski(he/they) is a CODA(Child of Deaf Adult), performance maker and Aquarius based between Germany/Canada. He has performed in John Wick 4, CTM Festival(Berlin), Babylon Berlin, Rodeo Festival(Munich), FestivalTransAmérique(Montreal), and the Schrittmacher Festival(Holland). Lukas’s work is shaped by the embodiment of physics, voice, and Sign. He’s choreographed ambient sets, music videos, and films for Sam Slater(Joker OST), LBT, and 7th Plain(Luke Slater), winning an audience choice award at the biennial dance: made in canada festival for his solo: Microphone Controller. Flowmentum: his teaching practice is driven by social dialogue and physics embodiments through sight and touch. He has taught and performed at festivals/companies/schools across Canada, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Mexico City. Since attaining his BFA in Dance Performance at Toronto Metropolitan University, he’s worked with James Kudelka, Naishi Wang, Ceren Oran, Guillaume Côté, Robert Lepage, Toronto Dance Theatre, Wang Ramirez, Staatsballett Berlin, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Jasmine Ellis, Diane Borsato, Adelheid, Kate Hilliard, Mocean Dance, and Deaf Spectrum. Lukas has received a Dora Mavor Moore Award(2024), dance: made in Canada audience choice award(2023), the Recherchestipendium Darstellende Kunst(2022), the Tanzpraxis Emerging Artist scholarship(2022/3), and the Hnatyshyn Developing Artist Grant(2016).