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Laura Arend is a French-Luxembourg choreographer, performer and Artistic Director of LAC, whose work combines physical virtuosity, visual storytelling and a deeply human approach to contemporary dance.

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Trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon, she continued her development at the Merce Cunningham Studio in New York before joining Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Israel. 

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As a choreographer, Arend has created an extensive repertoire including YAMA, FIVE, ANNA, YIRO, MIDAS, LEONand her latest work, IARA. She has also created works for artists including Paris Opera Ballet étoiles Marie-Agnès Gillotand Alice Renavand, and has received commissions from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Kammertballetten Copenhagen, the Jeune Ballet Européen, Jeune Ballet d’Aquitaine and Conservatoire d’Amiens. 

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Her artistic world extends into film, fashion and visual art. She has collaborated with LA HORDE for Isabel Marant during Paris Fashion Week, appeared in Valérie Donzelli’s film Notre Dame, and has been a face of Repetto and Birkenstock. 

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Arend’s creations have been presented internationally across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Her work explores identity, femininity and human connection, creating a choreographic language that moves between intimacy, elegance and explosive energy. 

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She is also the founder of GALA HOPE, a charitable dance gala.