Luke Jessop

Dancer

Luke trained in the UK at the University of Bedfordshire, and then went on to work with UK based companies 2Faced Dance (In The Dust) and Southpaw Dance Company (Carousel). In 2012 Luke moved to Brussels to work with Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus, creating and performing in the works; ‘booty Looting’, ‘Talk to the Demon’, ‘Spiritual Unity’, ‘FEAR NOT’ and ‘In Spite of Wishing and Wanting’ (Revival). In 2018, Luke founded Ion Tribe, a dance-theatre company with a focus on promoting scientific literacy through artistic productions. As of 2017 Luke is the artistic director of the movement festival, ConnectLAB, held each year in Brussels. When he is not creating, performing or teaching he is studying for his Bachelor’s degree in biology.

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