Luz Arcas founded the company La Phármaco in 2009. She has degrees in choreography from the Higher Conservatory of Madrid and stage management from the Royal School of Dramatic Arts. Among its productions, the following stand out: Psicosis 4.48, in co-production with Teatro Español (June 2023); Mariana (XXII Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla, in co-production with Teatros del Canal and MA scène nationale - Pays de Montbéliard, October 2022 - April 2023); Todas las Santas(FIT de Cádiz, in co-production with Teatro de la Abadía, November 2022), and Trilla (duo with composer Le Parody, Museo Thyssen Málaga, April 2022), among others.
She explores non-theatrical works such as Y qué más da, todo es gracia (Picasso Museum of Malaga, Picasso-Calder exhibition, 2019), Habitación con mi alma fuera (Picasso Museum of Malaga, Bruce Nauman exhibition, 2019), La errancia (Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque, Garden State, 2018), Chacona (Pompidou Centre of Málaga, 2015) and "Embodying what was hidden" (King Juan Carlos Centre of New York, 2015).
She is currently working on her next dance piece, Bordo Poniente, for a performance that will take place in Guadalajara (Mexico). Coproduced by the University of Guadalajara, the work is to premiere in November at the Experimental Theatre in Jalisco. She recently choreographed the opera Rigoletto at the Teatro Real in Madrid and has coproduced works for the Teatro de la Maestranza of Seville, in Bilbao and at the Israeli Opera. She has done choreography for the North American-Peruvian Cultural Institute (IPCNA, Lima, Peru, with choreographer Luz Gutiérrez), for the National Company of El Salvador (Dolorosa, 2019 and La Anunciación, 2021) and the Víctor Ullate Ballet (Los hijos más bellos, 2018). In addition to this, she is involved in other kinds of artistic and teaching projects such as Mundo y lenguaje (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 2016) and Tú que tienes la luz (National School of Drama de Nueva Delhi, 2016).
She has performed in many countries and taught projects in Europe, Africa, America, and Asia. She authored Pensé que bailar me salvaría, which was published in October 2022 by the firm Continta me tienes.
Her work Mariana won the II Godot Award 2023 for the best dance work, and she was among the finalists in the category of best feminine interpreter of dance in the Talía Awards 2023 and the Max Awards in 2017 and 2022. She also won the Ojo Crítico de Danza Award in 2015, the award for best female dance performer at the Lorca Awards in 2015 and the Injuve and Málaga Crea awards in 2009.