Ultima Vez Vocabulary
risk, instinct, speed, animality

'The eyes close. Blackout. During the time that the body takes to touch the floor, a series of unique movements occur for the first and last time. Those are the ones that interest us.'

In this workshop I will approach the basis of the work of Ultima Vez from my personal experience with the company. It is about body mechanisms that allow you to reach physical extremes, you yourself or you with others, while protecting the body at the same time. This requires to move out of necessity, to give meaning to the movement. We will work with a mix of ideas and material without focusing on one performance in particular.


Partnering
you are invited to play

This workshop will focus on partner work by exploring different relationships such as the relationships between couples as power, dependency, indifference, protection, combining the physicality of dance with the drama and emotional motivation of theater.
Participants will explore some elements of Ultima Vez but will be invited to play with their own material within this defined context.




Laura Arís Alvarez
Laura followed dance and choreography training at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona where she got the Extraordinary prize to the student 1996.
1996 –1999 she was part of Lanonima Imperial dance company (Barcelona) for the creations of “Identificacion de un Paisaje” and “Cuerpo de Sombra y de Luz”. She was award with the prize to the “best performer” at Festival de Valencia 1999. She was also associated with General Electrica Art Center, where she collaborated on various productions by Tomas Aragay (including the first award winning performance at the Certamen Coreografico de Madrid,1997).

Since 1999 Laura has been member of Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus for the creations and touring of “Inasmuch as life is borrowed”, ”Scratching the Inner Fields”, “Blush”, “Sonic Boom”, “Puur”, “Spiegel”, “Menske”. And the dance films Blush (2005) and Here After (2007).
Laura regulary teaches international dance workshops.