Artist
Laura Arís Alvarez (BE/ES)
Laura Arís was born in 1977 in Barcelona (Spain). She followed dance and choreography training at the Instituto del Teatre in Barcelona where she was awarded with the Prize for Extraordinary Student in 1996. Between 1996 and 1999 she was part of Lanònima Imperial Dance Company (awarded with the prize Lladró to the Best Performer at Festival de Valencia 1999) and associated with General Electrica collective in Barcelona (Spain).
Since 1999 she lives in Brussels and has been a member of Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus for the creations and touring of: Inasmuch as life is borrowed, Scratching the Inner Fields, Blush, What a body does not remember (reprise 2002), Sonic Boom, Puur, Spiegel, Menske and in the dance films: Blush, Here After and the short film: Inasmuch as Life is Borrowed.
She regularly teaches workshops related to the Ultima Vez dance vocabulary and contemporary technique lessons worldwide.
In 2009 she founded the artistic platform Ember together with Jorge Jáuregui, an artistic platform that holds their works and collaborations.
www.emberprojects.blogspot.com
Photo: Laura Arís Alvarez © Monica Arús