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Laura Victoria Ward is a maximalist artist, choreographer, somatic movement educator, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, teacher, musician, and painter. She is the artistic director of Octavia Cup Dance Theatre, plays in the punk rock band Dick Pinchers, and is the choreographer for The Glam Rock Cabaret.
Movement, awareness, equanimity, expression, and radical self-acceptance are foundational elements of Laura’s somatic work. She draws from many systems, including Laban/Bartenieff, Emilie Conrad’s Continuum, multiple forms of breathwork and integration, meditation, hands-on bodywork, and experiential anatomy. Laura’s playful curiosity springs from a sense of the infinite wonder inherent in existing in a human body here on planet Earth. She has studied with Gil Hedley, Mary Abrams, Michael Taft, Tim van der Vliet, Liz Koch, and many others. She earned her CMA in 1996 at LIMS, and has a BA in Dance, Theatre, and Movement Studies from SUNY Empire State. Laura trained in the Meisner acting technique with Michael Harney. In 2024, she received a Choreographer’s Initiative Grant through NYS Dance Force and NYSCA with mentor Paul Lazar. She has won several KCACTF awards for shows at Ramapo College in New Jersey. Laura teaches movement on YouTube, privately, and in group settings. She has been offering Movement for Meditators at Michael Taft’s retreats in recent years. |