performers
LAURA ARÍS
(Spanish, 23/02/1977)
Laura Arís followed dance and choreography training at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. Between 1996 and 1999 she was part of the Lanonima Imperial dance company (Barcelona), for the creation and performances of Identificación de un Paisaje (1996) and Cuerpo de Sombra y Luz (1998). Also in Barcelona, she was also associated with the General Eléctrica arts centre, where she collaborated on various productions by Tomas Aragay. Since 1999 Laura Arís has been a member of Ultima Vez. She was involved in the creation and touring of “Inasmuch as Life is borrowed…” (2000), Scratching the Inner Fields (2001), Blush (2002), Sonic Boom (2003) and PUUR (2005) and danced in the revival of What the Body Does Not Remember during the KLAPSTUK festival in January 2002. She also regularly leads Ultima Vez workshops.
ELENA FOKINA
(Russian, 03/05/1977)
Elena Fokina followed dance training at the University for Culture and the Russian Academy for Theatrical Arts in Moscow. From 1997 to 2001 she danced with the Russian Chamber Ballet Moscow. After an audition in Moscow in October 2001 she began working with Ultima Vez for the creation and tour of Blush. In January 2002 Elena Fokina also danced in the revival of What the Body Does Not Remember. She also participated in the creation and touring of Sonic Boom (2003) and PUUR (2005).
ROBERT M. HAYDEN
(American, 07/06/1971)
Robert began his studies in movement and theatre at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in 1991. Between 1995 and 1996 he was invited to work with the Mexican company UTOPIA Danza-Teatro (art. dir. Marco Silva and former Ultima Vez dancer Vivian Cruz). Robert continued his training throughout these and the following years with a multitude of divergent disciplines, workshops and forms (yoga, aidkido, contact improvisation, capoeira, crisis negotiation, massage therapy...). Work with various companies and independent choreographers include Bill Evans (Albuquerque,) Keshet Dance Company (Albuquerque), Zack Fuller and Co. (New York), Trajal Harrell (New York) and Q-staff under the artistic leadership of Richard Van Schouwen (Albuquerque). Prior creations with Ultima Vez include Blush (2002), Sonic Boom (2003) and PUUR (2005).
GERMÁN JAUREGUI ALLUE
(Spanish, 09/10/1972)
From 1995 to 1998 Germán Jauregui Allue followed theater training in Bilbao. During his studies he participated in A menudo en el bosque by Loïc Touze (Bilbao). At the same time he was active for two years with Jóvenes Coreografos Vascos, a grant program for young Bask choreographers. In 1998 Germán Jauregui began working for Ultima Vez after an audition. He performed in In Spite of Wishing and Wanting (1999), “Inasmuch as Life is borrowed…”(2000), Blush (2002), Sonic Boom (2003) and PUUR (2005), and was the movement assistant during the creation of Scratching the Inner Fields (2001). Germán Jauregui also danced in the revival of What the Body Does Not Remember during the KLAPSTUK festival 2002. In that same year he collaborated with his brother Jorge Jauregui and Idoia Zabaleta for the performance El Rato de José.
JORGE JAUREGUI ALLUE
(Spanish, 11/08/1974)
Jorge Jauregui Allue started dancing in 1997. He worked with the collectives Moare and Ikutu in Vitoria, Basque Country. In 2001 Jorge moved to Barcelona, where he participated in several productions by Damian Muñoz Danza (Las mantiras del entusiasmo, Ansia, 79 pasos - 2001, Lecciones de tinieblas, Tres tristes stripteases - 2002, 34 negro- 2003). Together with Idoia Zabaleta and Germán Jauregui Allue, he created the trio El rato de José in 2002. In the summer of 2003 Jorge moved to Brussels to work with Jordi Galí for the project The song of silence and you. He joined Ultima Vez in 2004 for the revival - in collaboration with the Portuguese Companhia Instável - of Wim Vandekeybus’ second piece Les porteuses de mauvaises nouvelles. In 2004 he also participated in the creation of Mujer, a performance by Giovanni Scarcella and Lisa Da Boit/Giolisu. Jorge was also member of Ultima Vez for the creation and tour of PUUR (2005)
MALA KLINE
(Slovenian, 22/04/1977)
Male Kline has been involved with contemporary dance as well as performance art since 1995 - as a dancer, performer and choreographer but also as a thinker, author, editor and pedagogue. During her studies she came in contact with, among others, Joseph Nadj, Lloyd Newson, Jan Fabre, Meg Stuart... She collaborated with Iztok Kovac in the En-Knap Dance Company, performing in several of his dance and video works. Mala has choreographed several of her own performances (in collaboration with Maja Delak), which were also produced by En-Knap. In 1999, Mala joined Ultima Vez for the creation of ‘Inasmuch as Life is Borrowed...’ and has returned to the company for Spiegel.
THI-MAI NGUYEN
(French, 11/12/1980)
From 1995 to 1999 Thi-Mai Nguyen studied contemporary dance at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris. During and after her studies she participated in a number of projects and performances by various choreographers and companies in France. In June 2000 she participated in a project by Nadia Bekani in Instanbul. She was accepted at P.A.R.T.S. in September 2000. Shiver, a duo by Johan Thelander and Thi-Mai Nguyen, was performed during the Festival d’Automne in Paris in October 2001. Thi-Mai Nguyen joined Ultima Vez in 2002 for the creation and touring of Blush. She participated in the creation and touring of PUUR (2005) and also assisted Wim Vandekeybus for several youth- and video projects.
MANUEL RONDA
(Italian, 25/02/1977)
Manuel Ronda studied Industrial Design at the University of Architecture in Genova and modern theatre and dance at the Theaterschool in Amsterdam. From 1994 to 1998 he worked as an actor for the children’s theatre Teatro del Piccione in Genova (I). In 1998 he collaborated with Lindsay Kemp and David Haughton for the opera The magic flute. He performed the solo CYP 17, choreographed by Canadian born Andre Gingas, at several venues throughout Europe, in India and Canada. In 2004 he collaborated again with Andre Gingras for The Lindenmayer System. From 2001 until 2003 he worked for Charleroi/Danses Plan-K. More recently he was involved in the creation and touring of Zero Point by Angélique Wilkie and Andre Gingras. He joined Ultima Vez for the creation and touring of PUUR (2005).
HELDER SEABRA
(Portuguese, 30/04/1982)
Helder Seabra studied dance at the Ginasiano Dance School in Portugal and at P.A.R.T.S in Brussels. Apart from his formal education, he has followed several workshops, mainly in Belgium and Portugal. While studying at Ginasiano Dance School, he performed in different projects (amongst others by Marcelo José, Ana Figueira, Cristina Moura). Between 2000 and 2003 he was involved in projects with Pedro Carvalho (As Aventuras), Ronit Ziv/Companhia Instável (Undress) and Javier de Frutos/Companhia Instável (Wade in the water). Helder Seabra joined Ultima Vez in 2004 for the revival of Wim Vandekeybus’/Ultima Vez’ second creation Les porteuses de mauvaises nouvelles and PUUR (2005).
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