Luke Schaufuss, born in Camberley, Surrey, trained at the Royal Danish Ballet and joined the Sarasota Ballet in 2019 as a principal dancer. He represents the third generation of the Schaufuss dance dynasty, with grandparents Mona Vangsaae and Frank Schaufuss being prominent figures in the Royal Danish Ballet. His parents, Zara Deakin and Peter Schaufuss, are renowned international ballet stars, and his sister, Tara Schaufuss, is a talented dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet.

Growing up in the theatre, Luke began dancing full-time at the age of six, joining The Royal Danish Ballet School. As a child, he performed in many productions, including the roles of Prince William in Diana The Princess and in Charles the Prince, "The boy" in H.C. Andersen, "Childhood" in the Michael Jackson production of Michael I'm Bad, and parts in Kermessen in Brügges, Harald, and the Beatles' She Loves You. He also participated in West End productions like Rolling Stone's Satisfaction and Divas. At 16, Luke created the title role in the British rock band The Who's legendary production Tommy.

At 16, Luke became an apprentice at The Royal Danish Ballet and eventually joining the corps de ballet, performing the full repertory, including soloist roles in traditional Bournonville classics such as Napoli, La Sylphide, A Folktale, La Ventana, and Kermessen in Brugges. His international repertoire includes A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lady of the Camelias, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, La Bayadere, and Etudes, with choreography by John Neumeier, George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Peter Martins, and Harald Lander. He toured the USA with The Royal Danish Ballet, performing coast-to-coast in cities like Orange County, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and New York, and at the Paris Opera. He also guested with the Peter Schaufuss Ballet in "The Tchaikovsky Trilogy" at the London Coliseum in 2012 during the olympics.

In 2013, Luke danced the title role in Sir Frederick Ashton's legendary Romeo and Juliet on a national tour of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to great critical acclaim. In November 2013, he joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet, where he performed in productions like Sir Peter Wright's Nutcracker and Swan Lake, John Cranko's Card Game, Balanchine's Slaughter on 10th Avenue and Theme and Variations, Sir Kenneth McMillan's Elite Syncopations and Romeo & Juliet, David Bintley's Prince of The Pagodas, Beauty and The Beast, Sylvia, and The King Dances, Alexander Whitley's Kin, and Sir Frederick Ashton's Façade, Les Rendezvous, Dante Sonata, and La Fille Mal Gardee.

In August 2014, Luke danced his first James in La Sylphide at the prestigious 6th Bournonville Festival in Biarritz, France. In January 2015, he was named a rising star of dance by The Observer and The Guardian. In 2015, he guest-starred with the Los Angeles Ballet in their world premiere of Sleeping Beauty and as James in the Olivier Award-winning production of La Sylphide with QLD Ballet in Brisbane, Australia, and at the Coliseum in London. He appeared with Darcey Bussell in "Darcey's Ballet Heroes" for a BBC Television program in December 2015. In 2016, Luke danced the role of Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet as a guest with Los Angeles Ballet, a role originally created by Sir Frederick Ashton for his grandfather Frank Schaufuss at the Royal Danish Ballet in 1955. He then staged and guested in La Sylphide for Birgit Keil's company in Karlsruhe. Luke joined Scottish Ballet as a Soloist on July 4, 2016, performing lead roles in Ivgi & Greben's Each Other, Scottish Ballet's Rite of Spring, and A Streetcar Named Desire, which toured the USA. He also danced the prince in both Cinderella and Peter Darrel's Nutcracker.

Since joining Sarasota Ballet, Luke has performed lead roles in many ballets, including Ricardo Graziano's Shostakovich Suite, Murcia, and Weightlessness, George Balanchine's Theme and Variations and the fourth movement of Western Symphony, Robbins' Fancy Free, lead roles in Les Rendezvous and Dante Sonata by Sir Frederick Ashton, McMillan's Dance Concertante, Solo man in Dominic Walsh's I Napolitani, ‘Letter V’ by Mark Morris, Albrecht in Sir Peter Wright's production of Giselle, and in the original cast of Sir David Bintley's new production of A Comedy of Errors.

In 2019 he was a guest star with Marcia Haydee’s company in Chile.

In 2020 during the pandemic, Luke also became a teacher and co-director of the Edinburgh Festival Ballet & School.

During the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Luke served as both the rehearsal director and played Horatio in the production of `Hamlet` alongside Sir Ian McKellen. The show was a massive success, selling out all 32 performances.