Performing Artist:
Between 1996 and 1999, she was part of Lanònima Imperial dance company under the direction of Juan Carlos García in Barcelona for the creations of:
- Identificación de un Paisaje (1997)
- Cuerpo de Sombra y de Luz (1998)
- dance films Inquieta (1997), Cuerpo de Sombra y de Luz (1999)
She was also associated with the General Electrica collective, a platform that fostered artistic cross-pollination and experimentation in theatre and dance, participating in the creation and tour of various performances directed by Tomás Aragay:
Cruza Cuando el Hombrecito esté en Verde (1997)
Night (1998)
John Kovack (1999)
Between 1999 and 2009, Laura was a member of the renowned Belgium Company Ultima Vez under the artistic direction of Wim Vandekeybus. She participated in the creations and touring of:
Scratching the Inner Fields (2001)
Blush (2002)
What a body does not remember (revival 2002)
Sonic Boom (2004)
Puur (2005)
Spiegel (2006)
Menske (2007)
What’s the Prediction (2007 - 2010)
Carte Blanche (music event) 2007
Scattered Memories (2022), a slice of future - 35th Anniversary Ultima Vez.
Laura also performed in dance films directed by Wim Vandekeybus: Here After (2005), Blush (2004), and the short movie Inasmuch as Life is Borrowed (2000).
Creative work
From 2009 to 2014, she founded the artistic platform EMBER projects with Jorge Jáuregui Allue.
Together, they created and performed:
La Era de los Cosmonautas (2009)
Cola de Gallo (2010) and Double Track (2011), an artistic collaboration with the Spanish company La Macana
Impostura (2011)
Microacciones (2011)
Laura has been the artistic director of the performances:
2009, Surprised By Joy, guest choreographer at Taller Nacional de Danza-El Barco, Costa Rica.
2010, El Buit, commissioned by Centro de las Artes de San Luís Potosí, Mexico.
2011, Under the Eyelids, guest choreographer at ZPA, Zagrebacki Plesni Ansambl, Zagreb, Croatia.
2012-1013, Cities of Delusion, As Long A There Is Us, and The Anatomy of Broken Things, as the Artist in Residence at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (2012 - 2014)
2013, A-Part & Open Wound, solo microAction.
2014, Cualquier Mañana, collaboration with the Spanish dancer Álvaro Esteban (still on tour).
2017, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, solo stage performance, Premiere in April at Sismògraf Festival in Catalonia (still on tour).
2018, One Day Three Autumns, commissioned dance work for MAPDANCE company, Chichester, UK.
2018, Línea y Contorno de Un Abismo commissioned work for FIAVL - Festival Internacional de Artes Vivas de Loja, with the collaboration of CND - Compañía Nacional de Danza del Ecuador.
2020, El Aliento de las Estrellas Habita mi Cuerpo (sketches), La Faktoria Choreographic Center, Navarra, Spain.
2022, Geometry of Breath, commissioned dance work for Zagreb Dance Company (still on tour).
Other creative work
2011 - MicroAcciones EMBER (laura Aris/ Jorge Jáuregui): A dance intervention project taking place in museums, art galleries, and unusual spaces to create an organic dialogue between the body, the visual arts, and the spectator outside the context of the theatre.
2014 - Guest artist at Guerilla Project, during Art Basel-Hong Kong at Chai Wan Mei, Hong Kong.
2014 - Improvisation Land 48, an artistic gathering organised by Y-Space and curated by Victor Choi Ma, Hong Kong (2014)
2014 - Writing with Bodies, a lecture presented at the National Taiwan University of Arts (2014).
2016 - Cualquier Mañana film, a screen adaptation of the artistic collaboration between dance artist Álvaro Esteban and Laura Aris. A production of DAR-Dance Academy Russia in collaboration with Kim.Video, and supported by Art Area, Kinoestudia, Lennauchfilm, and Tkachiin, St.Petersburg (Russia).
2017 - Coach and choreographer's assistant for Richard Strauss's Salome, directed by Ivo Van Hove and the conductor Daniele Gatti (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra), with choreography by Wim Vandekeybus, at Dutch National Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam.
2017 - Choreographer's assistant for the revival of the dance production PUUR (2005) by Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus at the Royal Swedish Ballet.
2019 - Choreographer’s assistant for the creation Die Bakchen - Last Uns Tanzen, directed by Wim Vandekeybus, a coproduction between Residenz Theatre (Munich) and Ultima Vez (Belgium).
2019 - Opera Elektra, coach and choreographer's assistant for Électre / Oreste, directed by Ivo Van Hove, with choreography by Wim Vandekeybus, Comédie Française, April, Paris.
2019 - Writing with Bodies at VITLYCKE - Centre for Performing Arts (2019).
2021 - Choreographer’s assistant and movement coach of Age of Rage, under the artistic direction of Ivo Van Hove for ITA - Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, with choreography by Wim Vandekeybus.
2022 - Guest performer at Noche Barroca, a dance project of Marta Coronado where improvisation marks the point of union between three performers, and sensual, dynamic, and dramatic baroque music (all female voices) is the common thread and the main reason for this friendly encounter.
2023 - Starring at the multi-awarded music clip DANTE by Brussels-based orchestral ensemble Echo Collective.
2024 - Rehearsal director for the revival PUUR (2005) of Ultima Vez company under the direction of Wim Vandekeybus for and with Ballet the Flanders.
Relevant teaching experience
Her teaching expertise has shone through for over twenty years as she passionately shares her knowledge and artistry with students worldwide. Her teaching journey includes engagements with prestigious institutions and festivals like:
Impulstanz Vienna in Austria (from2006 to 20024)
P.A.R.T.S. Performing Arts Research & Training Studios in Belgium (from 2009 to 2024)
Rosas/Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker
La Faktoria, Pamplona, Spain (from 2018 to 2024)
State School of Athens (2002)
Korean National University of Arts, Seoul (2003 and 2009)
Charleroi-Danses in Belgium (2006 to 2010)
CID Centro Internazionale della Danza in Rovereto, Italy (2007, 2009, and 2020)
La Caldera in Barcelona (2008)
Conservatorio El Barco, Costa Rica (2009)
TLPTI, Terence Lewis Professional Training Institute, Mumbai, India (2009, 2017)
Delfos Dance Company, Mexico (2010)
Centro de la Artes de San Luis Potosí, Mexico (2010)
Deltebre Dansa, Spain (from 2010 to 2019)
Studio 303, Montreal (2010)
Institut del Teatre, Barceloa (2011, 2017, and 2018)
Kalamata International Dance Festival (2011)
Atelier Transformation, Montreal (2011 and 2016)
HKAPA - Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (2011, 2012, Artist in Residence 2012/13 and 2013/14, and 2016)
SEAD, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (2011–2012)
Duncan Dance Research School, Athens (2011)
Iceland Academy of Arts (2011)
CCU - Chinese Culture University, Taiwan (2013 and 2016)
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (2013, 2014, and 2020)
Circuit Est, Montreal (2014, 2018, and 2024)
Stavanger University of Arts, Norway (2014 to 2017)
LA BIENNALE DI VENETIA, Italy (2015,2016)
DAR, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2015, 2016, and 2020)
Proyecto Ruta 2016, Quito, Ecuador (2016)
CND - Compañía Nacional de Danza del Ecuador (2018)
Riga-ON, International Contemporary Dance Workshop Festival (2018 and 2020)
Festival Cielo Abierto, Quito, Ecuador (2019)
PUCP, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Facultad de Artes Escénicas) (2019)
Vitlycke Performing Arts Center, Sweden (2019)
EVC Kick Off’ 19, Lisbon, Portugal (2019)
SICW, Seoul International Choreography Workshop (2020)
Partner Dance Festival, Jaipur, India (2024)
Ballet de Lorraine, France (2024)
Awards
Award of Excellence: Prize for Extraordinary Student, Institut del Teatre de Barcelona (1996-97).
Lladró Award to the Outstanding Dancer at Festival de Valencia (ES) in 1999.
First Prize at the XI Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid, 1997 — Co-creation and tour of the awarded dance performance Cruza Cuando El Hombrecito esté en Verde, directed by Tomas Aragay.
Prix d’Auteur de los Rencontres Choreographiques Internationales de Seine-Sant-Denis, 1999 — Co-creation and tour of the awarded performance Jonh Kobach, directed by Tomàs Aragay.
Nominees at the Hong Kong Dance Awards 2014 for the performances As Long As There is Us and The Anatomy of Broken Things.
Academic and professional qualifications
Professional Degree in Performance and Choreographic Practices — promotion 1996-97 (Escuela Superior de Danza y Coreografía. Institut del Teatre de Barcelona).
In addition to her artistic practice, Laura is pursuing a Bachelor's in Humanities at the online Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (ES).
©Thibault Gregoire