LOCKDOWN! Presentation of the contemporary dance work “Presence <> Absence”

The Bulgarian Cultural Institute London is happy to invite you to the presentation of the contemporary dance work “Presence <> Absence”, on March 20, 2021, in the “Sofia” Gallery.

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.

Presence <> Absence is a contemporary dance work created by the Bulgarian choreographer Stephanie D. Handjiiska and the Polish composer Michał Kawecki.

The two artists explore the topic of how music provokes creates physical movement through presence and absence.

Music enters as a storm and spreads through the membrane of our ears throughout every inch of our body.

And when it leaves, the body acts as a wave of non-existent sound in space.

Michał Kawecki is a Polish, London based composer pianist and teacher.

In 2020 he graduated with a distinction his Master’s degree in Composition at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, mentored by Malcolm Singer. He is currently continuing his education at the Master’s course in Opera Making & Writing (Composer Pathway) in the Royal Opera House and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Michał is involved in electronic music and contemporary vocal composition. For the last couple of years, he has been strongly interested in the musical reflection of extreme emotional states and mental diseases.

More about his work here: https://www.michalkawecki.pl/.

Photo Credit:

Camila Greenwell

Adriana Yankulova