© Alexander Evtimov-Shamancheto
Muzotanz Live: Moments
At the end of 2016, Ina Gerginova initiated a project named “Muzotanz” in partnership with BigBanda, an independent contemporary music label. “Muzotanz” (which later became known as “Muzotanz Live: Moments”) became the foundation of the dance company, also named Muzotanz.
“Moments” is an interdisciplinary project, a collaboration between musicians and dancers who create completely improvised performances, here and now, in the presence of the audience. The dramaturgy, movements, and sound spontaneously emerge in front of the spectators, based on the principle of instant composition (more info about IC), centred on a theme previously chosen by the artists.
Dancers: Ana Miteva, Ina Gerginova, Mariana Kapoustyanova and Hristo Ushev
Musicians: Alexander Evtimov-Shamancheto, Dimitar Gorchakov, Rosen Zahariev and Konstantin Kuchev
For further dates on which you can watch all active productions of the company, follow: Muzotanz Dance Company
Ina Gerginova
Idea and realization
Ina Gerginova is a choreographer, dancer, actress, and teacher. She is interested in interdisciplinary and experimental art forms. Ina is the founder of Muzotanz Dance Company, which focuses on social engagement in the arts. The main tool of expression in her work as a choreographer is contemporary dance. In her last two performances (“Plast-tonia” and “Differsonalities”), she explores the use of dance dramaturgy, large-scale scenography, and cinematic approaches in theatre. Ina also practices playback theatre and works as a voice-over artist.
In 2022, she directed her first short dance film, “Inner Room,” which received a nomination for IMPULS (Annual awards of the professional dance community in Bulgaria). Ina Gerginova graduated from NATFA “Krastyo Sarafov” with a BA in Dance Theatre in 2013. Since then, she has worked with many Bulgarian and foreign choreographers and participated in numerous workshops with world-renowned teachers such as David Zambrano, Francisco Cordova, Rob Hayden, Marion Sparber, Alan Fuentes-Guerra, and Fighting Monkey, among others. She takes part in prestigious international forums and festivals. In 2022, she received a scholarship for the largest international dance festival, ImPulsTanz, in a training program for choreographers – ATLAS.
Ina created the platforms Muzotanz: Live (a series of improvised dance performances with live music), M.U.T.E (laboratories for experimental collaboration between artists from different fields), and the online platform for socially engaged contemporary arts – Move for Change. In 2022, Ina also created the interactive dance format Danceperimental.
Ina has been involved in playback theater for 10 years (as an actress and a conductor). She is the co-founder of the Storycatchers Association. Her master’s degree in Artistic Psycho-Social Practices and Psychodrama enriches her creative vision, knowledge of group dynamics, and management of artistic processes, and develops her interest in psycho-social work with art. She creates and conducts various seminars for professional artists, amateurs, people interested in theater and dance, and groups with different needs. Ina is inspired, motivated, and driven by the belief that art is for the people, it should be accessible, and it should “speak” about things that usually remain unspoken.