Stephan Laks is a Canadian dance artist working with Eastman / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui as an artistic associate. Formerly, Stephan was the artistic manager of Ballet Vlaanderen, at the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, and was a member of the curating council for Dansens Hus (Sweden’s International Scene for Contemporary Dance) in Stockholm. Before this, he was a frequent collaborator with the choreographers Alan Lucien Øyen, Fernando Melo, and Stijn Celis. Before this, he worked as rehearsal director with the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, and for shorter periods with the Royal Swedish Ballet, Sasha Waltz & Guests, and the Staatsballett Berlin. From 2016 to 2018, at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada, Stephan was the Program Head for the Creative Gesture dance program, in close collaboration with former artistic director of dance at the centre Emily Molnar. He lives with his family in Antwerp.