Stephanie Handjiiska ...
… is a Bulgarian choreographer and dance artist based between Sofia, Bulgaria, and London, UK. Her work revolves around themes of femininity, migration, and identity and has been curated by prestigious organizations such as Dance Umbrella Festival, Arts Council England, Resolution festival at The Place center for contemporary dance in London, Rambert Dance, ImPulsTanz festival in Vienna, Antistatic, Moving Body, and ACT Festival in Bulgaria.
Stephanie holds a master’s degree in Contemporary Dance from the London Contemporary Dance School, as well as degrees from NATFA “Krastyo Sarafov” in the “Dance Theater” BA program and from NBU in the “Anthropology” BSc program. She was a company dancer with ballet “Arabesque” from 2014 to 2016 and a finalist at the XI International Choreography Competition “Margarita Arnaudova” in 2023.
Her work spans...
… contemporary dance, socially engaged dance, and dance film. Since 2016, Stephanie has served as the Chairwoman and Program Director of the “Man with a Hat” foundation, a Bulgarian non-governmental organization dedicated to developing dance and dance film in Bulgaria. Since 2022, she has also been the Program Director of the Bulgarian platform of ACT Festival. Stephanie is the creator of the program “Фокус Кино Танц” for dance film, which was awarded by the Municipality of Sofia with the award for outstanding achievements in the field of culture in 2022 and the special award “IMPULS” in 2023. Since 2023, Stephanie has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Guild for Contemporary Performing Arts at UAB (Union of Bulgarian Artists), where she aims to develop the ecosystem for contemporary arts in Bulgaria.
For more about Stephanie’s work, visit: www.stephaniehandjiiska.com
PROJECTSpart of Move for Change
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