Shifting Realities – Surreal screendance by Zornitsa Stoyanova
Following the steps of Maya Deren, Award winning choreographer Zornitsa Stoyanova will share her experimental approach to filming movement – in the body, as a moving camera and as over imposed special effects.
Thursday October 22
01:00PM ET (NYC)
19:00 CET (Berlin)
20:00 EET (Sofia)
Videos will be up for 4 days only!
You will see:
Chrysalis – 3m 47s – 2015
Dark Matter – 8m – 2015/16
featuring: Christina Gesualdi , Zornitsa Stoyanova and Nicole Bindler
Geometries of Time – 4m 40s – 2017
Elsewhere – 7m26s – 2016/19
featuring: Christina Gesualdi, Nicole Bindler, Aleksandrina Dimitrova and Evgenia Taneva.
Zornitsa will answer all comments and questions on Facebook during the screening!
Statement:
My work (comments both stage and digital) centers around themes of otherness, womanhood, feminism, power dynamics and vulnerability. I am influenced by surrealism and science fiction and often engage the audience by inviting them on stage or choosing a non-traditional venue and format for my work. Mylar reflective material and custom lighting are integral part of my most recent stage, video, and photography work. I research gesture and emotion in the body seeking potential for meaning. I’ve performed for Eiko & Koma, Boris Charmatz, Cie. Willy Dorner, Lionel Popkin, Group Motion and others.
My dance films have been shown across the U.S. and in Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Bulgaria, Ireland and Bangladesh. I am also a supporter for a sustainable dance community and am deeply invested in helping further conversation and collaboration. I teach improvisation technique for performance, dance on camera and composition and have done so in Philadelphia, France, Hungary and my native Bulgaria. I also write occasionally for thINKingDANCE.net.
