Anton Lachky

Born in 1982, Anton started to dance at the age of 5, in the folk dance company Maly Vtácnik. He continued his dance education at the J.L.Bellu Conservatory in Banská Bystrica, where he collaborated with friends and also participated in M.A.P.A. (Moving Academy for Performing Arts).

From there he went on to train at the University of Bratislava in 2001, followed by further training at P.A.R.T.S., headed by A.Teresa de Keersmeaker (Belgium).

Anton became member of Akram Khan Company in March 2004 and followed long international tour of "MA" (48 countries all over the world) for two years.

As a choreographer, Anton Lachky created the pieces: "Blue Moon", "Water in the Mind" and "The Trip", which premiered in Belgium; as well as Twice Read, Heaven is the place,Softandhard

His teaching activities are wide ranging: in Slovakia (Mimikri dance group Prievidza, Conservatory J.L.Bellu Banska Bystrica) Exchange program Birmingham, Theatre Sadlers Vells (London), South Corea dance academy (Seoul), Impulz tanz festival (Vienna). He also teached in France, Spain, Finland, Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, UK and Georgia.

In Belgium, his activities encompass teaching and workshop guidance at DCJ – Dans Centrum Jette (Belgium) at Terpsichore, centrum voor Dans en Beweging (Belgium), among others.

Anton Lachky is co-founder of Les SlovaKs Dance Collective. They created their first piece "Opening Night" in 2006 and premiered it in October 2007.

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