Edward Lloyd is a dancer and choreographer based in Amsterdam.
Education
2012 BA in Ballet and Contemporary Dance with Honours, Rambert school, London, (UK)
Further Education
2023 Art of Individuation, In Search of the Rebel Body, Centre of Applied Jungian Studies
2022 BAK- basis voor actuele kunst Online Studies, Art as Politics
2021 Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Queer Art and Queer Curating
2020 Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Documenting, Archiving and Preserving Ephemeral Art
2019 Keio University, Exploring Japanese Avant-Garde Art through Butoh
2019 Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Theoretical Thinking and Writing in Art
2018 Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Art Criticism and Writing
Dance Company Engagements
2021- 2022 Ballet National de Marseille, Marseille (FR), Artistic Direction- (LA)Horde, including repertoire by: Lucinda Childs, Tania Carvalho, Lasseindra Ninja, Oona Doherty, (LA)Horde, Alexandre Roccoli
2014- 2021 ICKamsterdam, Amsterdam (NL), Artistic Direction- Emio Greco & Pieter C. Scholten, including repertoire by: Emio Greco, Robyn Orlin, Nacera Belaza, Emanuel Gat, Kris Verdonck, Matej Keizar
Engagements as a performer in collaboration with other artists
2024 Marina Abramović Retrospecive, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL). Re-performance of the following works; ‘Imponderabilia’ (1977), ‘Work Relation’ (1978), ‘Luminosity’ (1997), and ‘Counting the Rice’ from the Abramović Method.
2024 On-going research collaboration with choreographer Clarinde Wesselink.
2024 Collectief Imprography Co-Sessions (NL). An ongoing series of improvisational performances organised in collaboration with Miri Lee.
2023 Ore to a Forward March, Origin Festival Cultural, Riom, (CH). Choreography by Thiago Bordin.
2023 Still Shifting Mother Field, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (NL). Series of performances created in collaboration with visual artist Jennifer Tee choreographer Miri Lee.
2023 Manuela Benaim’s Solo Show Opening, DOOR Open Space, Amsterdam (NL). Performance choreographed in collaboration with visual artist Manuela Benaim.
2022 Mat(t)er, BAU Studio, Amsterdam (NL). Direction and Concept by Tchelet Pearl Weisstub.
2022 Kaiserin Irene, Origin Festival Cultural, Riom (CH). Direction and Concept by Giovanni Netzer.
2020 Relay, Why Not Festival, W139, Amsterdam (NL). Choreography and Concept by Ula Sickle.
2016 As I Collapse, Danish Tour (DK). Choreography and Concept by Recoil Performance Group/ Tina Tarpgaard.
2013 WhiteSpace, International Tour. Choreography by Henri Oguike.
ChoreographicWork
2023 De School, Amsterdam (NL) Solo performance in dialogue with Boris Acket’s audio-visual installation ‘Einder’.
2023 Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam (NL) Solo performance commissioned by De Wallen Festival.
2022 Bach Festival Dordrecht Opening Concert, Energiehuis, Dordrecht (NL) Created in collaboration with Thiago Bordin, Music Temprana and Vouw Studio.
Teaching in Professional Contexts
Henny Jurriens, Amsterdam (NL) Classical Ballet Professional Training, 3-8 April 2023 Improvisation Professional Training, 20-24 November 2023
ICKamsterdam, Amsterdam (NL) Double Skin Double Mind Open Class, 2018-2022 Company Class, 2018-2021
Dansehallerne, Copenhagen (DK) Classical Ballet Professional Training, 10-12 April 2017 Classical Ballet Professional Training, 21-25 November 2016
Danish Dance Theatre, Copenhagen (DK) Company Class, 7-11 August 2017
Dance City, Newcastle (UK) Classical Ballet Professional Training, 4-6 January 2017
Danscentrum Syd, Malmö (SE) Classical Ballet Professional Training, 5-9 September 2016 Classical Ballet Professional Training, 10-14 September 2016
Teaching in Higher Education
Amsterdam University of the Arts, Amsterdam (NL) Teaching Classical Ballet to third year students on the Expanded Contemporary Dance BA, Block 1, September-November 2023
Fontys Academy of Fine and Performing Arts, Tilburg (NL) Teaching Classical Ballet to second and third year students on the Dance- Arts in Context BA, Block 1 and 2 September 2023- April 2024
University of St. Gallen, St Gallen (CH) A week long workshop in collaboration with the University of St. Gallen and Origen Festival Cultural. This was a practice-based workshop with students from Business, Economics and Leadership trajectories in which we explored ways of embodied listening, November 2022
Artez University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL) Transmission and Rehearsal Direction of Emio Greco’s repertoire to third year students for their end of year performance, May 2022
KABK- Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL) The Fluid Body: embodiment in the digital age. A series of research labs organised in collaboration with artist Lyndsey Housden with a focus on experiences of embodiment and how that can inform their various artistic practices, May 2019
Residencies
Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio, Yokohama (JP) Training Butoh methodologies with Yoshito Ohno, September 2019
Danscentrum Syd, Malmo (SE) In residence 4-17 July 2018
Further Knowledge
2023 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate. Delight Yoga, Amsterdam (NL)