Jo Lloyd

Jo Lloyd creates, performs and teaches dance. A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Jo has taught extensively in Australia and overseas for Akram Khan Company, Jacobs Pillow, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Bangarra, ADT, Tasdance, Dance North, and regularly at Chunky Move, VCA and Lucy Geurin Inc. Jo has presented work in Japan, Hong Kong, Dance Massive, Melbourne International Festival, Liveworks, the MCA and PICA. Her work OVERTURE (Arts House 2018 and Melbourne Festival 2019) received three Green Room Awards and a Helpmann Award nomination. She recently created; Archive the Archive for the National Gallery of Australia’s exhibition Know My Name. In 2019 she created; DOUBLE DOUBLE with Deanne Butterworth, Tina Havelock Stevens and Evelyn Morris, which was presented at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, Liveworks and Mona Foma. Other works include; CUTOUT in the Melbourne International Festival at ACCA, LIVE JUNK (2018 + 2019), Garden Dance for the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Confusion for Three (Arts House and PICA) and Mermermer, with Nicola Gunn for Chunky Move’s – Next Move 2016. Jo has worked extensively as a performer in the works of Choreographers Shelley Lasica, Sandra Parker and Gideon Obarzanek (with Chunky Move 2003-2008). Jo has collaborated with artists; David Rosetzky, Stephen Bram, Alicia Frankovich, Speak Percussion and Liza Lim, Ranters Theatre and Back to Back Theatre. Jo received two Asialink Residencies (Japan 2004-5), was the Dancehouse Housemate (2008), was Resident Director of Lucy Guerin Inc. (2016) and received an Australia Council Fellowship (2018). She is a current Resident Artist at The SUBSTATION.