Luke Garwood
Luke Garwood designs hybrid media, dances, and choreographs. Luke is based in Toronto, Canada and has collaborated with companies/individuals such as: Toronto Dance Theatre, adelheid, Sore For Punching You, Human Body Expression, The Dietrich Group, Tiger Princess Dance Projects, Citadel + Compagnie, Valerie Calam, Sashar Zarif, and Christoph Winkler. Luke has received six Dora Mavor Moore nominations, including a win for best ensemble in Heidi Strauss’ what it’s like. Luke also attained a B.Des in Digital Futures from OCAD University, receiving the Dr. Eugene A. Poggetto, and Dorothy Hoover awards. As a maker in new media, Luke investigates digitally translating the body by combining performance with AR, VR, and motion capture. Luke has also given lectures on AR in the context of art, archives, and activism at OCAD University, York University, Transart Institute, The Orillia Center for the Arts, and Arts Etobicoke.