Loughlan Prior
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Loughlan Prior is a dancer and choreographer. 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]