Anton Lachky
was born Slovakia, and 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, 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 a member of Akram Khan Company in March 2004 and toured “MA” for two years. He also is co-founder of Les SlovaKs Dance Collective. They created their first piece “Opening Night” in 2006, then Journey Home (2009) , Fragments (2011). In three creations, the collective acquires a planetary fame.
Anton founded his own company in 2012. “Mind a Gap” (2013) was his first autonomous creation, followed by « Side Effects” and « Cartoon » (2017) . This first creation for young public earned him the Price of the Culture Minister Alda Greoli. All these creations were met with great enthusiasm by the public, the press and the dance community, and toured worldwide. In 2019 he creates the fourth production for his company: “LUDUM”. As a guest choreographer he has created for; Helsinki City theater, Icelandic Dance Company, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, amongst others.
In his class he will work from his a system called Anton Lachky-Puzzle Work. His teaching activities are wide ranging. He has been invited in most of the countries in the world over last 10 years. His class opens the door to endless variety of different combinations inside of your movement possibilities. And so by playing, organizing and reorganizing your body in simple/ complex and many different ways, it allows you to keep playful all the time while dancing.
(How colourful can your dancing be?)
This game of Puzzle Work is a never ending process, a never ending game if we wish or allow it to be. Each body has its balance, logic and its limitations.
“I feel lucky today to be discovering where my balance is and where my limitations are and how I can transform that and integrate that in my dancing.”
Anton Lachky
Leah McIntosh