Born and raised in Ladysmith, British Columbia (Canada), on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, Clara Urquhart started dancing at the age of 8. Fascinated by the movement of others on stage since childhood, Clara aspired to train in as many styles as she possibly could, dedicating her preliminary years in dance to styles such as Graham, Contemporary, Classical Ballet, Jazz, Theatre, and Tap. Diving into the contemporary world in 2017, Clara joined Dancestreams Youth Company and then continued her training in Vancouver with the programs Harbour Dance Centre and Modus Operandi Link. Moving to Montreal in 2022 to attend Ecole de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal, Clara has had the opportunity to work and learn from companies like Ballet BC where she performed and toured Bolero X by Shahar Binyamini, as well as has performed works by Ohad Naharin, Sofia Nappi, and Catherine Gaudet, further inspiring her to explore the complex diversity of contemporary dance.
Having nurtured her ambitious and versatile dance practice at intensives such as Arts Umbrella ISDI, Transformation, and Orsolina 28 Clara is now exploring the vastness of contemporary dance, and developing her personal practice of finding the harmony between dynamic technicality and intuitive movement.
