Elke Luyten, originally from Hasselt, Belgium, lives and works in Newburgh, NewYork. 

In October 2023, Elke Luyten re-performed Marina Abramović’s, 12 day durational work, The House with the Ocean View at Royal Academy of Arts in London. The performance process consisted of a 12-day day fast and living on three raised platforms in the museum. Drinking only water with no other distractions other than dealing with quotidian tasks and performing/interacting with the public for the 10 to12 hours a day during museum hours. October 5th to October 16th.

In 2015, Luyten created the choreography for, and performed throughout David Bowie’s short film “Blackstar.” Luyten also performed in Bowie’s final music video, “Lazarus.” In 2010, Luyten re-performed in several of Marina Abramović’s pieces at the exhibition “Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present” at the MoMA. She also performed in Robert Wilson’s work, “The Life and Death of Marina Abramović”, which has toured internationally. Luyten curated the International Summer Fellowship program at the Stiftung Insel Hombroich in Germany in 2013. Luyten teaches workshops that focus on the dramatic presence of the performer. She has taught at the Department of Drama at New York University in New York, Pomona College in California, Theatre of Yugen in San Francisco, Hippocampe Centre d’Etude du Mouvement in Paris, Kyoto University of Art and Design, and many other places. She is a regular guest teacher at Notafe’s International Dance School in Estonia and at the Paris Summer Academy for dance. Her work has been showcased internationally at the REDCAT in Los Angeles: the International Conference on Performance Art Theory in Mexico; the Dream Shot Festival in Belgium; the NOTAFE International Dance Festival in Estonia and Honen-in Temple in Japan. In New York, her work has been presented at Movement Research at the Judson Church, AUNTS, Dixon Place, Dance New Amsterdam, FLICfest, CAVE, BKSD, Danspace Project, and Dance and Process at The Kitchen. In her most recent project, she worked with director Johan Renck and Adam Sandler.