Gregory Lau

Biography

Gregory was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He started his training at Mid-Pacific Institute School of the Arts, is a graduate of LaGuardia Arts High School, and attended The Juilliard School, under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. He received additional training from the Alvin Ailey School, French Academy of Ballet, Cedar Lake, Nutmeg Conservatory, and The Canadian National Ballet School. After attending The Juilliard School, Gregory joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 from 2013-2016 and transitioned to Nederlands Dans Theater 1 from 2016-2019. Since 2019 Gregory has been an artist with Crystal Pite's company Kidd Pivot. He was featured in Doja Cat's 2021 VMAS Performance. In 2021 he toured with Mats Ek's duet program Dialogues performing Crystal Pite's duet "Animation". He is a recipient of the NFAA YoungArts Level 1 Award in Modern Dance and Ballet. He has created and performed works by Jiri Kylian, Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Marco Goecke, Paul Lightfoot & Sol Leon, Hans Van Manen, Johan Inger, Edward Clug, Marne & Imre Van Opstal, Medhi Walerski, Alexander Ekman, Jiri Pokorny, Bobbi Jean Smith and Camille A.Brown. Gregory has also created his own works at the annual choreography workshop "Switch by NDT", Bright Steps Gala in Tokyo, and the RGB Gala in Osaka, Japan.