THE STAGE SPEAKS: MIROSLAVA ZAHOVA
She would dance her autobiography with a giant smile at a techno party, and the soundtrack of her soul is the sound of nature – the sea, the sky, the river... She works as a freelance artist. Over the years she has participated in dance performances such as Medea and Leda and the Swan, as well as in plays such as TRAEVREMENE. In 2017, her show Madame Kiflà opened at the Etude Gallery.
She would dance her autobiography with a giant smile at a techno party, and the soundtrack of her soul is the sound of nature – the sea, the sky, the river... She works as a freelance artist. Over the years she has participated in dance performances such as Medea and Leda and the Swan, as well as in plays such as TRAEVREMENE. In 2017, her show Madame Kiflà opened at the Etude Gallery.
Beloved movement
I've been wanting and interested in doing some kind of movement since I first walked into rhythmic gymnastics practice and saw a girl throw a bright red ball high into the air, roll over several times, get up off the ground via a back walkover and caught the ball between her legs. I was seven at the time, and I realized that the body can do anything you teach it. People dance before they learn to walk.
"Requiem for two foxes and one piano" by Miroslav Yordanov I Photographer: Joro Aranjoro
Contemporary dance...
... offers many different directions and kinds of expression. It asks a lot from the viewer. It puts viewers in uncomfortable and extreme situations, in unusual spaces, presents shameful topics or social problems, plays with the senses, with existence, with nudity, with bodies. Above all, a dance artist must be highly adaptable.
Here...
Our dance culture is quite minimal and limited, but there is a small light in the tunnel. Audiences are made up of very specific and small social groups, mostly colleagues, people from other fields of art and our friends. In recent years, because of various interdisciplinary projects, there was an expansion of the audience, but this only lasted for a moment. The best strategy is a personal invitation.
"Requiem for two foxes and one piano" by Miroslav Yordanov I Photographer: Joro Aranjoro
Projects with a capital P
My projects with Miroslav Yordanov have had the greatest impact on my development as an artist. They gave me a variety of perspectives on how to use dance on a stage and how the body behaves, on working with concepts, with objects, with colors and set design, dealing with time and tempo.
In the future
I intend to become an expert in my field. I want to study more, I am interested in aesthetics and anthropology. I will continue to work on stage, but I am becoming more interested on performance – it gives you more opportunities. I am about to do Before the End of the World with Iva Sveshtarova, Willy Prager and Nathan Cooper at DNA, and a theater project based on The Seagull with director Valeria Valcheva in the M. Tabakov space for sound and form.