Photographer: Anna Novikova
RŪTA PŪCE
Rūta Pūce (1989) is a latvian freelance contemporary dance artist. Her work focuses on the body as a material and a site of research, placing great emphasis on bodily experiences—sensations, memories, and preserved moments that leave their mark on human habits and choices.
“I approach the body as an archive. It helps me to overcome binary thinking and not separating body from mind, dance from choreography and art from life. I can be analytical and creative, mother and non-mother, ready to fight and preach peace at the same time, because all of it is within me and my body.”
Puce made her debut in the professional contemporary dance industry with the contemporary dance show “Twoness" (2017), which explores the role of a woman-mother in society (Choreography: Rūta Pūce and Anna Novikova). The solo "Until Death Do Us Part" (2023) examines the relationship between a person and their body in the context of society's gaze, the contemporary dance performance “Entrails” (2024, Ģertrudes Street Theater) uses the body as an archive in the artistic research to talk about the Latvian contemporary dance industry.
Puce works in the Contemporary Dance Department at the Riga Ballet School and as an editor for a dance magazine "Dance.lv". She is a member of The Choreographers Association and LAUKKU.
“I approach the body as an archive. It helps me to overcome binary thinking and not separating body from mind, dance from choreography and art from life. I can be analytical and creative, mother and non-mother, ready to fight and preach peace at the same time, because all of it is within me and my body.”
Puce made her debut in the professional contemporary dance industry with the contemporary dance show “Twoness" (2017), which explores the role of a woman-mother in society (Choreography: Rūta Pūce and Anna Novikova). The solo "Until Death Do Us Part" (2023) examines the relationship between a person and their body in the context of society's gaze, the contemporary dance performance “Entrails” (2024, Ģertrudes Street Theater) uses the body as an archive in the artistic research to talk about the Latvian contemporary dance industry.
Puce works in the Contemporary Dance Department at the Riga Ballet School and as an editor for a dance magazine "Dance.lv". She is a member of The Choreographers Association and LAUKKU.
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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) AWARDS
Latvian Dance award 2017-2018 "Contemporary dance performance". For the performance TWONESS (DIVOTNE). Choreographers: Rūta Pūce and Anna Novikova. Nominations: - Latvian Dance award 2023-2024 "Contemporary dance choroegrapher" for the performance "Entrails" ("Iekšas") - Latvian Dance award 2023-2024 "Contemporary dance performance" for the performance "Entrails" ("Iekšas") - Latvian Dance award 2023-2024 "Youth award" for the performance "Entrails" ("Iekšas") - Latvian Dance award 2019-2021 "Investment in dance". For developing the professional high school programme "Contemporary dance" in Riga Ballet school in collaboration with Olga Žitluhina, Anna, Novikova and Dmitrijs Gaitjukevičs. - Latvian Dance award 2019-2020 "Surprise in dance". For currating the project "Deja domā: kā uztvert, saprast un aprakstīt deju" ("Dance thinks: how to perceive, understand and write about dance") in Journal Dance.lv. (www.dance.lv) - Latvian Dance award 2017-2018 "Contemporary dance choreographer". In collaboration with Anna Novikova for the performance "Twoness" ("Divotne"). |
