Julia Laport
Julia Laport is a Galician performer and creator based in A Coruña. She began her training in performing arts in her hometown as a child, and in 2011 she moved to London, where she immersed herself in urban culture, absorbing disciplines such as Popping, Hip Hop, Vogue, House, and Waacking for five years. Over the past seven years, she has specialized in the club dance style Waacking, traveling to cities such as Seoul, Paris, Milan, Porto, and Madrid to train and participate in events related to this discipline. In 2017, she formed the company Elahood with Sabela Domínguez, with which she produces, directs, and performs shows for theaters and unconventional spaces, touring different cities and festivals across the country. In 2021, they were awarded the first prize and the critics’ prize at the 35th Madrid Choreographic Contest and the award for best show at the Diálogos Contemporáneos Platform of the DZM Festival with the piece Intempestiva.
In addition, Julia also works as a performer for other companies such as Elefante Elegante and Tirabeque Ka’avo, and co-directs the collectives D’Elas and Punto y Waack, with which she was a finalist in the Compostela Choreographic Contest in 2021 and 2022. She combines her stage work with her teaching role, giving courses in different cities and organizing events within the urban and club dance community; notably producing and directing the Waacking Wonderland event in the 2019 and 2022 editions in the city of A Coruña.
