Body Text Voice / Тяло текст глас пърформанс и среща със Софи Вераест и Зорница Стоянова
9-и юни, 18:00 часа в галерия “Топлоцентрала”БЕЗПЛАТНО
с участието на Софи Вераест (Белгия)
и Зорница Стоянова (България/САЩ ) 
Присъединете се към нас на 9-и юни от 18:00 часа в галерия “Топлоцентрала” за специално събитие – закриването на изложбата “En-trance: Женски тела в дигитални пейзажи” 
, с финална презентация от писателката и пърформанс артист Софи Врест и хореографът и визуален артист Зорница Стоянова. Това събитие е кулминацията на тяхната артистична резиденция заедно. 
Общият им интерес и приятелство започва след първата им среща през 2022 г. по време на фестивала “Leap Off Page”, организиран от Фондацията Елизабет Костова във Велико Търново. 
По време на резиденцията ще изследват теми свързани с понятието за женственост както в реалния така и дигиталния свят, както и търсенето на чувство на принадлежност към собствените си тела. Чрез техните артистични форми Софи и Зорница имат за цел да дадат глас на реалностите от женското преживяване.
Този финален пърформанс/срещa обещава да бъде представяне на тези теми, като Софи и Зорница ще споделят своите виждания и артистични процес с публиката.June 9th 18:00 at Toplocentrala GalleryFREEwith Sofie Verraest (Belgum)
and Zornitsa Stoyanova (Bulgaria/USA) featuring a final presentation by author and performance artists Sofie Vеrraest and Zornitsa Stoyanova. This event marks the culmination of their week-long residency, which began after their initial meeting in 2022 during the Leap Off Page festival organized by the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation. 
Sofie Verraest writes and performs in English, Dutch, and West-Flemish. Her poetry, fiction, and non-fiction are published in magazines and journals across Europe, the US, and Australia. 
In 2019, Ninth Letter (US) selected her as one of its New Voices in International Writing. In 2020, she made the pre-selection of the Iowa International Writing Program (US). In 2022, she was chosen as up-and-coming talent of Dutch-language writing by the literary review Deus Ex Machina.
She won fellowships and residencies from prestigious organizations like the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation (2018), Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart (2020), Pogon Zagreb (2021), Het Huis van Herman Teirlinck (2022), and Literatuur Vlaanderen (2023), among others. Most recently, European poetry platform Versopolis showcased her poetry cycle @wakingupgoingtosleep (176 poems) in its 2023 Poetry Expo. She published the novella “She Kong” (Failbetter Magazine US, 2023) and its translation “Sji Kong” (Deus Ex Machina 2022), an experiment in multilingual writing. In 2022, she was invited as one of the authors in the Leap Off Page festival in dance and word in Veliko Tarnovo, where Verraest and Stoyanova met.
Currently, she is working on her first novel and a narrative poetry collection.
She teaches literature and creative writing at Ghent University and KASK School of Arts.
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Zornitsa Stoyanova (USA/BUL) is an award-winning performance artist, curator, writer, lighting, and video designer.
Based between Sofia, Bulgaria and Philadelphia, US, she directs her company BodyMeld which, along with presenting her work, focuses on creating programs in support of independent choreographers in both her locales. 
Her stage, video, and photographic work uses the female body as an abstract object revealing ideas of strength in female sensuality and emotionality. On stage, she explores feminist ideas, the power dynamics between dancers and audiences, and personal stories revealing vulnerability and strength.Her group performance, AndroMeda, was commissioned and presented by The Philadelphia Museum of Art (2020), and her solo performance Explicit Female (2016) was awarded a “Rocky” – the Philadelphia contemporary dance award. She is the creator of BodyMeld Performance Research Academy, an international professional delevopment academy in Sofia and Alternative Stage Festival. Her choreographic work has been shown in festivals around the U.S. as well and Bulgaria, as well as France.
Her work with Emergent Improvisation brought her on the cover of “Composing While Dancing” book by Melinda Buckwalter. 
Among her most influential teachers are Deborah Hay, Danny Lepkoff, Meg Stuart, Susan Rethorst, Eva Karczag, and others. 
Zornitsa is also a published writer and editor for thINKingDANCE.net and a mother of two boys. 
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Zornitsa StoyanovaZornitsa Stoyanova (USA/BUL) is an award-winning performance artist, curator, writer, lighting, and video designer. Based between Sofia, Bulgaria and Philadelphia, US, she directs her company BodyMeld which along with presenting her work, focuses on creating programs in support of independent choreographers in both her locales.
Her stage, video and photographic work uses the female body as an abstract object revealing ideas of strength in female sensuality and emotionality. On stage, she explores feminist ideas, the power dynamics between dancers and audiences, and personal stories revealing vulnerability and strength.
Her last group performance, AndroMeda, was commissioned and presented by The Philadelphia Museum of Art (2020), and her solo performance Explicit Female (2016) was awarded a “Rocky” – the Philadelphia contemporary dance award. Her choreographic work has been shown in festivals around the U.S. as well as in Bulgaria and France. As a dancer, she has performed for Eiko & Koma, Boris Charmatz, Cie. Willy Dorner, Group Motion and improvisation companies Emergent Improvisation Ensemble and Graffito Works. Her work with Emergent Improvisation brought her on the cover of “Composing While Dancing” book by Melinda Buckwalter. Her screendance films have been shown in festivals across the U.S. and in Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Bulgaria, Ireland, Germany, and Bangladesh. Among her most influential teachers are Deborah Hay, Danny Lepkoff, Meg Stuart, Susan Rethorst, Eva Karczag and others. Her work has been supported by National Cultural Fund of Bulgaria, Citizen for the Arts Pennsylvania, Pew Center for the Arts (previously Dance Advance) amongst others.
Zornitsa is also a supporter for a sustainable dance community and is deeply invested in helping further conversation and collaboration. Through BodyMeld she has created workshops, residencies, and showcases – most notably her partnership with Movement Research(NYC) and Stary Browar Novie Taniec(Poland) in bringing Polish artists to Philadelphia. She teaches improvisation techniques for performance, dance on camera and composition and has done so in Philadelphia, France, Hungary, her native Bulgaria, and online. Zornitsa is also a writer and editor for thINKingDANCE.net.
