Edward Lloyd (they/them) is a performer and artist-researcher whose practice unfolds at the intersection of choreography, writing and visual art.

Their work uses embodied practices to investigate the labour of managing contradictory identity positions, exploring how bodies navigate, accumulate and resist demands placed on them by institutional and social structures.

Current research includes Fluxing— an investigation that uses autoethnography and dance improvisation to articulate knowledge about the labour of managing multiple identity positions, and BODYBODYBODY— an ongoing research into how collective somatic practice generates situated knowledge of queer embodiment.

Their work has been published in Apria (ArtEZ) and supported by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, AMMODO, and Stichting Jaap Harten.

Edward has performed and developed work with Marina Abramović, LA(HORDE), Ula Sickle, Boris Acket, and Jennifer Tee, among others. Their most sustained collaboration has been with Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten at ICKamsterdam, where they toured extensively and worked as Rehearsal Director.

They have taught at several artistic institutions including Amsterdam University of the Arts, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Fontys Academy of the Arts, Royal Academy of Art The Hague, and University of St. Gallen.

Edward is currently collaborating as a performer with Amsterdam-based choreographers Clarinde Wesselink and Elisa Zuppini.