Flomentum, flight momentum - embodies science physics principles to flow like water & fly like the wind. Harnessing gravity to turn falling into flying, this class aims to build dynamic, reactive movement in and out of the floor, flomentum is influenced by contemporary dance, yoga, capoeira, acrobatics and break (breakdance) techniques.
Jumping between functional concepts, grooves and choreographed combinations, participants will unlock their own dynamic flow and harness the power of their own momentum.
Featured Artists
Lukas Malkowski · Performer
Lukas Malkowski (he/they) is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adult) artist, performance maker and Aquarius working in Canada and Europe. Rooted in CODA perspective, his work draws from his Deaf cultural heritage, and challenges hearing perceptions of voice and music. Embodying physics, voice, and Sign, he has choreographed full-length dance works, ambient sets, music videos, and films for Sam Slater/Joker film, LBT, and DJ Luke Slater, at CTM Festival (Berlin), FestivalTransAmérique (Montreal), and the Schrittmacher Festival (The Netherlands), John Wick 4, Babylon Berlin, Jessie Murph’s SEX HYSTERIA THE END, and independent films with Jasmine Ellis Dance Projects and Jacob Jonas The Company.
Lukas has received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance (2024), the dance: made in Canada Audience Choice Award (2023), Recherchestipendium Darstellende Kunst (2022), Tanzpraxis Emerging Artist scholarship (2022/23), and the Hnatyshyn Developing Artist Grant (2015). He obtained his BFA in Dance Performance from Toronto Metropolitan University(2016).
Lukas’ choreography has been supported and presented by Dance Ontario, dance: made in Canada, SummerWorks, and The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance in Toronto, as well as by b12 festival and ada Studio’s “neworks” series in Berlin. A sought-after dance educator, his teaching practice, Flomentum, is driven by visual, tactile embodiments of flight momentum. Lukas has taught and choreographed for TMU, DAI, Rosedale Heights School of the Arts(where he began dancing), Staatsteater Kassel, Staatsballett Berlin, Marameo, Dock 11, Tanecno Festival, and Tanzfabrik. Currently, Lukas is performing in touring productions by and with Guillaume Côté, Robert Lepage, and Jefta van Dinther, in addition to his own choreographies.
Throughout his career, Lukas has danced works by and with choreographers such as James Kudelka, Kate Hilliard, Heidi Strauss, Naishi Wang, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Maxine Doyle. He has performed in theatres, arts centres and festivals across the globe including Théatre Maisonneuve (Danse Danse Montréal), La Chappelle, and Usine C in Montreal; Meridian Hall, The Art Gallery of Ontario (Fall for Dance North Festival) and The Elgin Theatre in Toronto; HAU2, Komische Oper, and dock 11 in Berlin; Marin Scorescu National Theatre (International Shakespeare Festival), in Craiova, Romania, Maison Arts Créteil, and Théatre Sénart in Paris.