Luca Braccia
Luca joined Lîla in 2019 for the R&D and creation of Lîla’s outdoor production MY BIT.
Originally from Italy, Luca is a London-based dance artist and academic. He performed works by Merce Cunningham, Jiri Kylian, Shobana Jeyasingh, Adriana Borriello, Tony Adigun, Mauro Bigonzetti, Allen and Karen Kaeja, Carl Portal, Giovanna Velardi and others. Furthermore, he worked with Lîla Dance, Akademi, Fuora Dance Project, Dora Frankel Dance and Creative People Dance Places. Luca performed during the international tour of EDge17 directed by Jeanne Yasko, founder of Norrdans.
In 2015, he founded BARBERDANCE / lucabraccia&Co. and staged his works in China, Italy, Portugal and the UK. Moreover, his teaching portfolio includes organisations such as Trinity Laban, The Place, Dance City, The Scottish School of Contemporary Dance and Newcastle College. Currently, Luca is FreeSpace Programme curator at Studio Wayne McGregor and Course Leader at the University of Suffolk in partnership with Dance East, in Ipswich. Together with Leila McMillan, Luca hosts and curate the first-ever Passing Through Jam series in London.
Photo Credit: Amy Morvell
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