About

Mara Vivas is an independent dance artist based in London with roots in Venezuela and Colombia. She works in the fields of dance, choreography and therapeutic movement. Mara has an MA with distinction in Choreography and Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Dance Studies from The Place - London Contemporary Dance School. She has performed around the world as a member of European, South American and US dance companies. Mara has developed work for film and the stage as well as site specific work. She is interested in collaborating across media to enrich and challenge her practice. Mara creates detailed intimate performances, bringing a sense of awareness to the whole and the unseen. She devices work that invites reflection and introspection, and builds community. Mara is member of Young Blood Initiative artists collective.

‘I responded quietly but quickly to Mara’s work - its delicacy and level of detail, the depths gradually revealed, and the tight yet also somehow intuitive construction. She probes softly into her themes but with a real determination. Her dances have sensitivity and spine. Like the pop song says, there's 'poetry in motion' in what she does - and emotion, and thought.’

— Donald Hutera