Leah Landau is an Australian dancer/choreographer, living and working between in Stockholm and Gadigal land Sydney. She seeks to borrow roles, hierarchies, and time-based structures from domains beyond dance, using them to create choreographic frameworks in which she can actively participate.
Leah has presented her work at SITE (Stockholm); Critical Path (Sydney); Readymade Works (Sydney); Atalante (Göteborg); moment:teater (Stockholm); Fylkingen (Stockholm) ImpulsTanz Festival (Austria); Skeppsholmen Studios (Stockholm); Hallen i Farsta (Stockholm); Dans Mässan (Stockholm); Danscentrum (Stockholm); Lucy Guerin Inc. (Melbourne); Arts House (Melbourne); Dance Massive (Sydney); Performing Arts Forum pa-F (France); and Dancehouse (Melbourne).
She has won awards: Best Dance and Best Experimental Work, Melbourne Fringe (AUS) and Best Spatial Design, Green Room Awards (AUS); received scholarships and grants: Konstnärsnendum International Travel Grant (2022; 2023), Ian Potter International Travel Grant (AUS), ImpulsTanz ATLAS Choreographic Program Scholarship (2022); and has been artist in residence at: DansPlatsSkog (SWE), Lucy Guerin Inc. (AUS), Arts House (AUS), MDT (24 hour residency, SWE), FOLK i Skärholmen (SWE) and Bergen Dansesenter (NOR).
Leah regularly performs in the works of other artist including Luke George (AUS) for RISING Festival Melbourne, Dance Massive and Keir Choreographic Award; QUATRO (SWE) for MDT/Dansenhus/DOCH; Louise Ahl a.k.a Ultimate Dancer (SWE/UK) for Baltic Circle for Contemporary Art Newcastle; and Carima Neusser (SWE).
Since completing her MA in New Performance Practices at Stockholm University of the Arts in 2021, Leah teaches workshops and class at Lucy Guerin Inc., ﴾Melbourne﴿; La Manufacture ﴾Switzerland﴿, Stockholm University of the Arts and PRODA ﴾Bergen﴿.