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EDUCATION
Latvian Academy of Culture. Master's degree in Audiovisual and performing arts. Specialisation in choreography. (2024) Latvian Academy of Culture. Bachelor's degree in Contemporary dance choreography. (2015) RECOGNITION
The show TWONESS ("Divotne") won the Latvian National Dance award 2017-2018 "Contemporary dance performance" and was nominated for "Contemporary dance choreographer" (Rūta Pūce, Anna Novikova). In 2021 TWONESS was included in the “40 winks” section of the “Springback magazine” and was selected for the pitching section of the Baltic Dance Platform 2019. Rūta Pūce (alongside her colleagues Olga Žitluhina, Anna, Novikova and Dmitrijs Gaitjukevičs) was nominated for the Latvian National Dance award 2019-2021 in category "Investment in dance" for developing the professional high school programme "Contemporary dance" in Riga Ballet school. On-line project "Dance thinks: how to perceive, understand and write about dance" in Journal Dance.lv. (curator: Rūta Pūce) was nominated for the Latvian National Dance award 2019-2020 in category "Surprise in dance". The show ENTRAILS ("Iekšas") was nominated for the Latvian National Dance award 2023-2024 in three categories: "Contemporary dance choroegrapher" (Rūta Pūce), "Contemporary dance performance" and "Youth award". The show TILL DEATH DO US PART ("Līdz nāve mūs šķirs") has selected for the pitching section of the Baltic Dance Platform 2026. |