La Ribot
b. 1963
La Ribot, performer, dancer, choreographer and visual artist, develops her first choreographic Works in Madrid in the 80’s. Together with Blanca Calvo she founds in 1986 « Bocanada Danza », one of the first independent contemporary dance companies in Spain. Her work is internationally acclaimed since the early 90’s, when La Ribot starts to produce the Distinguished Pieces – short solos presented in series. Solitary and long, this project brings her since 1993 to work on several media and to question the place of dance and of the dancer in the cultural and economic context of the arts. Put on sale and purchased by art collectors, the Distinguished Pieces, ephemeral Works of art, will be presented in 2003 under the title of Panoramix – a meta-performance which combines the 34 solos produced until than – at the Tate Modern in London, at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid and at the Centre Pompidou in Paris among others. Established in London between 1997 and 2004, La Ribot consolidates her relationship with the visual arts and becomes a figurehead of Live Art. From England she organizes in Madrid “Desviaciones” (1997-2001), a festival which brings together most of the personalities th…
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