Zornitsa Stoyanova

I am an interdisciplinary performance maker.   As an immigrant and a mother, my body holds a plethora of identities that shape the content of my work.  I commit to devised performance and the multiplicity of self.  I commit to research of personal truth and honesty as a political act against mind control and polarization. 

As a choreographer, I use text, song, man-made materials, and movement to create performances. I am drawn to themes of otherness, womanhood, feminism, power dynamics, and vulnerability. My work is influenced by surrealism and science fiction and I often engage with my audience by inviting them on stage or choosing a non-traditional venue and format for my work. I also write occasionally for thINKingDANCE.net.

I run BodyMeld – a new dance platform based between Sofia, Bulgaria, and Philadelphia, USA with which I produce my work and offer programs that help continue the conversation about dance making. 

www.bodymeld.org