Lukáš Timulak

After the study at Dance Conservatory in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Academie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace in Monaco in 1997 Lukas joined Les Ballets de Monte Carlo where he danced for three years under J.Ch. Maillot. During those years he danced pieces from choreographers like J.Ch. Maillot, G. Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Nacho Duato.

In 2000 he joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT) and two years later Nederlands Dans Theater 1, where he works until now. In NDT 1 he has a possibility to work on new creations or ballets from repertory from choreographers like Jiří Kylián, Wiliam Forsythe, Mats Ek, Paul Lightfoot/Sol Leon, Hans van Manen, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite among others.

Since he came to NDT he started to choreograph. Since 2001 he did regularly short pieces for NDT choreographic workshop. For the project C-Scope in Regentes Theater in The Hague he made ‘ Dear Reader ’ (2004), ‘Due a Due’ (2005), ‘Bodily writing’ (2007). For NDT 1 he made ‘Twenty’ (2005) and ‘I SAW I WAS I’ (2006) as part of UpComing Choreographers project. For NDT 2 he made ‘Oneness’ which was premiered during Holland Dance Festival 2007 in The Hague. For Slovak National Theater in Bratislava he made ‘Real Time’ (2008). His latest creation for the NDT2 is ‘Offspring’ (2009), which was premiered the day his daughter Zoe was born.

His Latest creations are 'Shortcut' (2010) duet in collaboration with Francesco Nappa. 'Instrument' (2010) a short dance movie in collaboration with Ruben van Leer premiered during Cinedans festival in Amstardam 'Eroica' (2010) his longest piece was created for Gothenburg Ballet in Sweden, and 'Masculine/Feminine' (2011) for Nederlands Dans Theater 2.

Most his works since 2004 are in collaboration with designer Peter Bilak, concerning new concepts for contemporary dance.

He danced in theaters in New York, Paris, London, Tokyo, Singapore, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Shanghai etc.