Described by Dance Aotearoa New Zealand as ‘a creative tour de force’, Loughlan Prior is an award-winning choreographer and creative director working between stage and screen. He is the Artistic Director of Lo|Co Arts and Choreographer in Residence at the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Following his training at the New Zealand School of Dance, Loughlan joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2010 and rose to the rank of Soloist, performing landmark works by Forsythe, Balanchine, Kylián, Cranko, and Ekman. Established as an emerging voice in 2015, he became the first recipient of the Ballet Foundation of New Zealand’s Harry Haythorne Choreographic Award and received Creative New Zealand’s Tup Lang Award in 2016.
Prior’s cinematic and unifying approach to music, choreography, concept, and visual storytelling is a key feature within his works. Notable productions include Hansel & Gretel (2019, RNZB), The Appearance of Colour (2019, Queensland Ballet), Transfigured Night (2021, Chamber MusicNZ, BalletCollective Aotearoa), The Firebird (2021, RNZB), Cinderella (2022, RNZB), Half | Life (2022 Lo|Co Arts) The Sound was our Ocean (2022, Singapore Ballet), Inklings (2022, Ballet Unleashed – Australian Ballet School, New Zealand School of Dance, Canada’s National Ballet School, The Ailey School) and Woman of Words (2023, RNZB).
Loughlan has produced a number of dance/art films which have enjoyed screenings at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival, New Zealand International Film Festival, Film Society of Lincoln Center, BalletX Beyond, #60secondsdance Denmark and the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival.
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