In 2001, Peter Jasko graduated from the J. L. Bella Conservatory of dance, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. He continued his higher education at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava, for a year before entering the international school of dance P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels (2002), under the artistic direction of Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker. He has been involved in the dance community in different parts of the world as a performer, choreographer and teacher for over 20 years. His professional experience includes dancing/collaborating/choreographing with/for international artists and companies such as Company Roberto Olivan from Spain, the Belgian Eastman Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Circus Eloize, Bill Coleman, Petr Forman, Roberto Magro, Peter James, EDCM, Concordia University and many more.
Since 2001, he has also collaborated with David Zambrano as both a performer and as assistant in his classes and workshops.
In 2006, Peter cofounded Les Slovaks Dance Collective and launched their first creation: Opening Night. This experience (a creative process that lasted one year) laid the cornerstone for a collective way of working and democratic decision-making. Les Slovaks began to develop common skills: composing while performing, finding a gestural language, establishing the rules for relating to each other and to the public while performing, and using dance, music and singing. Extensive touring ensued.
In 2009 Peter Jasko created and danced Solo 2009.
In 2014 he began to collaborate and perform with Montreal dancer Clara Furey. His latest collaborations are linked to the names such as Peter James, Luka and Atom Jasko (his children). For the past 20 years, he has taught in about forty-six countries around the world. Peter Jasko became a TransFormation Programming Associate for the workshop dance festival in Montréal, QC, Canada (2023). Since 2024, Peter Jasko became certified Massage therapist (Swedish therapeutic massage and SMFT™ – Structural myofascial therapy, level 1).
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