Joseph Lau

is an independent performer, choreographer and facilitator. He works in areas of artist led development, arts entrepreneurship and is a board member / advisory group member for several arts organisations and is a founding Strategic Committee member of Manchester Dance Consortium. Joseph's career spans Australia, the UK & Europe and he is currently based in Manchester, England. He has performed with various Australian and UK companies, including imitating the dog, Opera Queensland, Buzz Dance Theatre, Dance North, Willi Dorner, Eleni Edipidi, Sluglow, Wendy Wallace, Jean Tally, Bridget Fiske and Barking Gecko Theatre Company. Joseph has created and performed solo works 'Staff ID 5201' and 'The Age Of Ledger'. Joseph's choreographic work includes: 'Viva…' as part of the Dance Channels multi EU country exchange project, 'Deeper Than All Roses' for the FascinatE multimedia project between the BBC, Technicolour, University of Salford and various EU partners, 'PIIGS…Italy' as a Moving Dance Forward inaugural artist, the fine art and dance collaboration 'Drawn Together. Drawn Apart' and the 2010 TURN Prize work 'Abandoned Things'. Joseph has worked on many grassroots community engagement projects and currently lectures in Dance at University of Salford.