Australian dancer Lloyd Newson was born in 1957. Brought up in
Albury,New South Wales,he graduated from the University of Melbourne in
1978 with a degree in social work and psychology but had long wanted to
pursue a career in dance and joined the Impulse Dance Theatre,touring
Australia with them as both a dancer and choreographer. After winning
a scholarship he came to London in 1981 and five years later set up his
company DV8 Physical Theatre, a project-based company with which he has
subsequently toured internationally.
He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to contemporary dance. He is the founder and director for DV8 Physical Theatre.