Loughlan Prior is a dancer and choreographer based in New Zealand. He creates theatre, film and multimedia projects, and has had his work presented in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Hong Kong, Germany and the United States. [1]
He was appointed choreographer in residence at the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2018. [2]
Prior was born in Australia. [3] He started ballet when he was five, and continued through high school going to the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. [3] Moving to New Zealand after that, he attended the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington and graduated in 2009, when he joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet. [3]
Prior developed his choreographic practice while he was dancing at the Royal New Zealand Ballet, retiring from his dance role in 2019. [2]
In 2014, Prior became the creative director of Prior Visual, a project-based film collective, and in 2020 started a company Lo | Co Arts, with composer Claire Cowan. [4]
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