Written by Zornitsa Stoyanova and performed by automatic generated voice by Kindle. *Note that punctuation format is choreographed based on the way the automatic voice recognizes pauses and inflections. _____________________________________________________________________________ We are we are the same I live inside you. Or do you live inside me? Who are you? When are we? Your eyes in my skull A different you… Read more →
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LOVE Park Through New Eyes
Originally published on thinINKgDance.net on September 19th, 2019.
As I walk up to the newly rehabbed LOVE Park, I am greeted by nostalgia—the selfie sticks and posing tourists remind me of the time I first moved to Philadelphia. When did I forget to see my home city with the excitement of a tourist?
Un-seen – text from performance
written by Zornitsa Stoyanova and performed by automatic voice generator (which is also the reason for the formatting) Out there above us, a beacon of peace watches. The international space station circles the earth, an image of humanity’s achievement. Astronauts from around the world meeting, working, eating, sleeping, shitting, waking up and meeting again… watching down on us. Orbiting… Read more →
Bulgaria on the map of European Dance – a personal journey in cultural dissociation
BY ZORNITSA STOYANOVA | MAY 8, 2018 | Written and published for thINKingDANCE.net Personal history and context I was born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2002, at age 20, I left everything I knew because of dance. Back then, there was no contemporary dance education or performance in my country. My parents supported me when I applied and… Read more →
Explicit Female – Secret life of the female body (text from show)
Note: Text format and punctuation(or lack there of) is catered to the automatic software that reads the text during performance. It is the most sensual experience… It gives you perspective. It gives you understanding on the durability of the female body. How we have survived… violence… and rape… and birth… and death… and…. and … we are still ….we are…… Read more →
“In the end it comes down to community” – Gus Gscheidle and his 1fiftyone gallery + art space
by Zornitsa Stoyanova for thinkingdance.net 1fiftyone gallery + art space is raw. Situated on the fourth and fifth floor of an Old City building, it is a new home for the experimental—dance, theater, music and performance. Gus Gscheidle, a visual artist, graphic designer, and lover of dance and performance, runs it. I met Gus six years ago through our mutual… Read more →
Zornitsa Stoyanova – full CV
zornitsa@bodymeld.org www.herebegindance.com Education: Intensive Workshop with Faye Driscoll, Philadelphia, PA – Feb. 2012 three day intensive investigating the body as a container for a multiplicity of narratives and movement – “as a vehicle for both creating and debunking meaning.” Falls Bridge Festival, Philadelphia, PA – Jan. 2012 A week long professional development workshops with Ishmael Houston Jones and Yvonne Meier. Perform… Read more →
