Rūta Pūce
Horeogrāfe, pasniedzēja un dejotāja
Choreographer, teacher and performer
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Rūta Pūce ir ieguvusi maģistra grādu Latvijas Kultūras akadēmijas programmā “Audiovizuālā un skatuves māksla” ar speciālizāciju horeogrāfijā. Pūce strādā kā pedagoģe ar topošajiem profesionālajiem laikmetīgās dejas dejotājiem Rīgas Baleta skolā un aktīvi iesaistās Latvijas Dejas informācijas centra un “Dance.lv Žurnāla” darbībā. Ir Horeogrāfu asociācijas un LAUKKU biedre.
Rūta Pūce (1989) is an independent contemporary dance artist - choreographer, dancer and teacher, who made her debut in the professional contemporary dance industry with the contemporary dance show “Twoness" (2017, Choreography: Rūta Pūce and Anna Novikova-Tilčika), which explores the role of a woman-mother in society. The performance won the Dance Award 2017-2018 in the category "Contemporary Dance Production or Event" and was included in the "40 Winks" section of "Springback Magazine" in 2020. Puce's interest is the body in the socio-political context - how the body becomes a means of expression, what it represents and how it incorporates the chosen work methods into the artistic process. The solo "Until Death Do Us Part" (2023) emphasizes the human relationship with one's body and the contemporary dance performance “Entrails” (2024, Gertrudes Street Theater) uses the body as an archive in the method of artistic research to talk about the Latvian contemporary dance industry. Puce also works interdisciplinary, where the body and dance in the work of art cross the boundaries of genres, as in the audiovisual installation "Active Void" and the opening performance of Iveta Gabaliņa's exhibition “Roll Roll Morning Dew".
Rūta Pūce has obtained a master's degree in the "Audiovisual and performing arts" program of the Latvian Academy of Culture with a specialization in choreography. Puce works as a teacher with future professional contemporary dancers at the Riga Ballet School and is actively involved in the activities of the Latvian Dance Information Center and "Dance.lv Journal". She is a member of the Association of Choreographers and LAUKKU.