Lara Vejrup Ostan (she/her)
lara.ostan@gmail.com
https://laravejrupostan.com
+45 60537157
Lara is a Slovenian / Danish choreographer and dancer based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
In her artistic practice Lara investigates notions of dailiness, exploring how motion contributes to the creation of everyday contemporary mythologies. These explorations lay ground for world building, choreographing and challenging perceptual frameworks we use to navigate reality. She works with dancing as material and immaterial expression. Other mediums, such as film and text, are used in her artistic practice to mold and carry, or further develop logics of dancing.
Her primary training is within the sphere of contemporary dance and improvisational practices, but has extensive experience in other ballet, ballroom and improvisational theatre as well as acting. She is currently finishing her education as a Somatic Movement Educator in Body-Mind Centering®.
In the past years she has worked as an artistic research mentor, dramaturgical assistant, performer and co-creator with (amongst others): Recoil Performance Group (MASS: Bloom Explorations), Marina Dubia (Desabar - to fall over), Lena Bondeson (Something Else Matters). Most recent residencies have been at HAUT, hosted by RAS Sandnes, Norway, UP in Copenhagen, Denmark and Nau Ivanow in Barcelona, Spain.
She is chairwoman of VA11a interdisciplinary office collective in Copenhagen.
CURRENT AND UPCOMING WORK
DRIVER choreographer at Dansehallerne co-production, Copenhagen (DK) 2024
New Nordic Poling choreographer in collaboration with Lena Bondeson at Sydhavn Teater (DK) 2024 /2025
Moving identities choreographer and researcher, Nau Iwanov (ES) / Daavi (NO) / UP (DK) 2023 / 2024
Prolonged exposure choreographer curated by Karin Hald, exhibition at Rundetårnet (DK) 2024
WORK (selected)
2023 The other time plan choreographer at HAUT (DK) and RAS (NO)
2023 Performance & Soup producer at Tårnby Park Studio (DK)
2023 DESABAR to fall over performer for Marina Dubia, at Overgaden, CPH Art Week, Copehagen (DK)
2023 RIPE BODY producer October 2023 at Åben Dans Roskilde (DK)
2023 Tårnby Park Performance Festival producer June 2023 at Tårnby Park Studios (DK)
2023 9 – 5 published author at HAUT with Joana Öehlenschäeger and Nadja Buonenni
2023 Body Maintenance vol 2 choreographer, January 2023 at VA11a (DK)
2023 SONG OF SONGS choreographer in collaboration with Katrien Van der Velden and Ida Mariboe at Bådteateret, May 2023 (DK), November 2022 at Åben Dans, Roskilde (DK)
2022 THE SWIMMER choreographer in collaboration with Max Schwidlinski, Johanna Forsehag and Moritz Nahold, premiere in June 2022 at Sydhavns Teater P44, CPH STAGE (DK)
2022 HIKE published author at the International Center for Knowledge in the Arts, Copenhagen (DK)
2021 SOMETHING ELSE MATTERS choreographer-researcher for Lena Bondeson at Teaterøen (DK)
2021 DIES IRAE performer for Eriko Makimura, Julian Juhlin and Christian Albrechtsen at SORT/HVID (DK)
2021 Body Maintenance vol 1 choreographer with Agnes Grelinger at Beboerhuset (DK)
2021 MASS - bloom explorations performer and facilitator for Recoil Performance Group (FO)
2021 SUKA movement facilitator for adults with mental and physical disability (ongoing)
EDUCATION AND COURSES
2024-2026 The Danish National School of Performing Arts / DK
MA in Choreography
2021-2024 Leben Nuova / IT Somatic Movement Educator in BMC®
2016-2020 The Danish National School of Performing Arts / DK
BA in Dance and Choreography