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Online Premiere of contemporary dance piece “Ion (a play on adoption)”
The Bulgarian Cultural Institute London is happy to invite you to the Online Premiere of contemporary dance piece “Ion (a play on adoption)”, on December 10, 2020, at 7 PM, on our Facebook page: BCI London.
Ion (a play on adoption) is a contemporary dance piece that explores the reality of adoption in contemporary Bulgaria.
The performance is based on thorough anthropological field work and articulates interviews from families that have adopted a child, adults that have been adopted as children during communism in Bulgaria and social workers.
The performance is based on thorough anthropological field work and articulates interviews from families that have adopted a child, adults that have been adopted as children during communism in Bulgaria and social workers.
The performance has been nominated for IKAR prize for Contemporary Dance 2017.
Choreographer: Stephanie D. Handjiiska
Stephanie D. Handjiiska is a London based Bulgarian choreographer and dance artist.
Her work explores the topics of femininity, artistic labour and colour through movement and film.
Credits include BBC 2, Michael Buble, Major Lazer, Holly Blakey, MØ, The Place London, Andrew Winghart, London Contemporary Dance School, Nu Boyana Film Studios, ImPulsTanz, Sherihan, Bulgarian National Company for Contemporary Dance, Derida Dance Company, Aerowaves Spring Forward and many others.
In 2020 Stephanie obtained an MA in Contemporary Dance from the celebrated London School of Contemporary Dance with Distinction after staging and performing various works at The Place theatre at Kings’ Cross in London.
More about her work on https://www.stephaniehandjiiska.com
Stephanie D. Handjiiska is a London based Bulgarian choreographer and dance artist.
Her work explores the topics of femininity, artistic labour and colour through movement and film.
Credits include BBC 2, Michael Buble, Major Lazer, Holly Blakey, MØ, The Place London, Andrew Winghart, London Contemporary Dance School, Nu Boyana Film Studios, ImPulsTanz, Sherihan, Bulgarian National Company for Contemporary Dance, Derida Dance Company, Aerowaves Spring Forward and many others.
In 2020 Stephanie obtained an MA in Contemporary Dance from the celebrated London School of Contemporary Dance with Distinction after staging and performing various works at The Place theatre at Kings’ Cross in London.
More about her work on https://www.stephaniehandjiiska.com