Bio:

Laisvie Andrea Ochoa is a Colombian-Lithuanian choreographer, inclusive dance expert, and video artist. She leads ConCuerpos, Colombia’s pioneering inclusive dance company, where dancers with and without disabilities collaborate on artistic, educational, and research projects. Currently, she is expanding ConCuerpos to the Netherlands. Trained in Psychology and Multimedia Creation in Colombia, she pursued a Master in Choreography (COMMA) and the Embodied Life Art Program (ELAP), a somatic-based trajectory, in the Netherlands. She trained at Danza Comun Academy in Bogotá and has collaborated with companies like Rover, Tinaninani, Plan D, and Misiconi (Netherlands), as well as La Arenera, La Gata, Tercero Excluido, and Korpe (Colombia).. A member of El cuerpoeSpin magazine, she has co-authored two books on inclusive dance.

 

Laisvie’s work, created across Colombia, Argentina, and the Netherlands, often involves live video projection and addresses political and human issues. Her creative exploration focuses on subjectivity, bodily intelligence, and imaginative freedom. Currently, she researches the aesthetic of access, integrating tools like subtitles, audio description, and Sign Language into her work as artistic means of expression. This research seeks to enable the autonomous participation of people with visual and hearing impairments as audiences while expanding the creative possibilities of performance. At the moment Laisvie moves between Colombia and the Netherlands, continuing her work with ConCuerpos, being a dancer, teacher, and maker.