Lara Barsacq

Lara Barsacq is a choreographer, dancer and actress. She likes to mix the tracks between archives, fictions, incarnation and documentary. Starting from the story, autobiographical rituals and the material of the real she tries to imagine dances, metaphors and to switch into incarnation.
Trained at CNSMDP in contemporary dance, she joined the Batsheva Company between 1992 and 1996 under the direction of choreographer Ohad Naharin. From 1994 to 2004, she devoted herself to choreography, whether for her projects, at the request of the CNSMDP or professional companies like Ensemble Batsheva. She became a performer of companies Jean-Marc Heim, Alias, Jérôme Bel, Lies Pauwels and Ben Benaouisse, Tristero, Ballets C de la B, GdRA, Benny Claessens, Arkady Zaides, Sarah Vanhee, Cie du Zerep, Danae Theodoridou and Lisi
 Estaras. Since 2004, she is both an actress and a dancer, working from improvisations and texts by authors. She develops her choreographic work
in collaboration with Gaël Santisteva, with whom she founded in 2016 Gilbert & Stock asbl.
After 15 years as a performer, Lara returned to choreography focusing on the personal project Lost in Ballets russes created on April 19th, 2018 in Brussels (Charleroi danse / La Raffinerie), in the frame of Festival LEGS. On October 18th, 2019 she created IDA don’t cry me love, a trio inspired by Ida Rubinstein, in La Raffinerie in the frame of Biennale de Charleroi danse. Her project Fruit Tree has been created on October 15th, 2021 in Brussels, at the Biennale de Charleroi danse.
Lara Barsacq’s fourth project La Grande Nymphe (creation 2023) will première in May 2023 in Brussels.