Lu/Lulu Munteanu, is a 24 year old artist based in New York City. Originally from Seattle, Washington they began training in ballet and modern dance at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School,  including a year in their Professional Division Program. Here they were under the guidance of teachers such as: Peter Boal, Eva Stone, Kiyon Ross, and Le Yin. Following this they attended the Alonzo King Lines Training program in San Francisco. Here they began to flourish their creative mind being influenced by the vast knowledge of teachers such as: Christian Burns, Maurya Kerr, Keelan Whitmore, David Harvey, and Erik wagner. Then coming back to Seattle to continue exploring as a freelance dancer and choreographer. 

While in Seattle they worked with companies such as Spectrum Dance Theatre and Olympic Ballet Theatre. This era of growth as a dancer was supported through being a part of processes by choreographers such as Donald Byrd, Norbert De La Cruz III, and Price Suddarth. In addition, at this time they were also introduced to Butoh, a dance style with a large focus on improvisation and immersion. 

During summer off seasons Lulu has also founded and directed Ancient Lakes Dance Festival for two years (2020,2021). While under their directorship, codirecting with Chloe Sonnet Brown they presented 11 new works, collaborated with 7 new choreographers, and worked with 25 dancers.

Lulu is currently based in New York and has been a part of the founding cohort of Gesture Theater, a trans-led movement theater company. Initially they were brought in for the project “Waiting/Pointing” under the direction of Lou Sydel. Alongside this Lulu has focused on their own choreographic voice setting work for Waxworks (Triskelion Arts) and Greenspace (Fertile Ground). The project they have been working on through these performances is “Before I was an egg I was a chicken”, a look into how we view different versions of the self deeply informed by Lulu's gender transition. 

As a choreographer they strive to cultivate a space for exploration and evolution through physicality. This is achieved by layering in improvisational tasks and techniques while maintaining a push for the uncanny, awkward, and strange. In addition to this they look to treat all collaborators with kindness and create a nurturing environment as well as one of deep exploration. Subjects that intrigue them exist in the space where there is dissonance between who we are and our understandings of the world and people around us. This includes interpretations on gender (being a transgender individual), perception, and absurdity.