surdce dance collective

🥀 SAMODIVA 🪬27th - 30th August🪬 @ Proposition Gallery new immersive dance work by @surdce.dance ✨Tickets at www.surdce.dance/tickets Meet the wild women of the Balkans in the heart of London. Where will you meet them next? Choreography @marchela.vasilenaa Dancers @ninatomlinson13 @noemigunea @theart.dance @stephaniehandjiiska @marchela.vasilenaa @lily.armah Music @dan.hibbert Costumes @freyathomastaylor Set @abiwood Producer @lydwharf @ellanataliahopkins @stephaniehandjiiska Samodiva is realised with the financial support of @aceagrams Arts Council England

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🦋AUDITION NOTICE new London immersive dance performance by @surdce.dance Choreographer: Stephanie Handjiiska @stephaniehandjiiska 🦋ABOUT THE SHOW Peperuda is a new immersive dance show inspired by the Bulgarian rainmaking dance and singing ritual. It is a communal show searching for hope — centred on young people and the reinvention of ancient ritual. The work asks urgent questions: how can we act more as a community? How can we create our own contemporary rituals to cope with the events of our time? How can we find communal hope? AUDITION DETAILS- By invitation only 📆Saturday 9 May 2026 ⏰ 1:30pm – 3:30pm 📍 Hackney, London 📆PRODUCTION SCHEDULE Rehearsals October 2026 - 3 full weeks, 5 days per week, 1/2 days, Central London Premiere 5-7th November 2026, Central London venue Fees All rates paid in accordance with Equity UK / ITC standards WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR We welcome applications from London-based professional dancers of all genders, ages, and backgrounds. ✍️ HOW TO APPLY Please submit the following two videos, along with a brief bio, to [email protected] by 30th April 2026. Applicants will be invited for a live audition by 2nd May 2026. 1. Short video of you clearly identifiable dancing in a live show — ideally alone / duet 2. Dance / performance CV 3. Short video from a studio or rehearsal space showcasing your technique and/or improvisation 🇬🇧All applicants should have the right to work in the UK. Looking forward to meeting you in London! ✨ #Audition2026 #AuditionLondon #Peperuda #Community #Ritual

❤️‍🔥surdce touring season 2026 dates are here! We are excited about our upcoming shows in London, Paris and Sofia - book your tickets and meet our dancers in person 👀 🇬🇧 17th July - London, ZAEK at @jacksons_lane 🇧🇬9-11th Sept - Sofia, Samodiva at @toplocentrala 🇫🇷18-19th Sept - Paris, Samodiva at @maisonlekinff Tickets via Jackson’s Lane theatre, Toplocentrala and Surdce.dance. Dancers @lily.armah @theart.dance @ninatomlinson13 @stephaniehandjiiska @marchela.vasilenaa @xenia.bakalova @bibliq @pafilincho @emiliaradicheva @nikola_ivanovvv @jasminavvulchevaa #Tour2026 #surdce #EuropeTour

surdce is happy to have performed an excerpt of our immersive dance work “Samodiva” at a London Borough of Culture event celebrating Maslenitsa 2026! ✨ Curated by @izbaarts Our dancers Thea & Stephanie presented the Healer and the Whirlwind from Samodiva, and held a dance workshop on communal rites welcoming Spring! 🌷 Choreographed by Marchela Merchant, @marchela.vasilenaa , meet our immersive dance show Samodiva in Sofia, Paris, Rotterdam or london in autumn 2026 🍂! #Samodiva #surdcedancecollective #LondonBoroughofCulture2026 #IzbaArts Costumes by @freyathomastaylor

Meet our Samodivas in Wandsworth this Saturday, celebrating Maslenitsa Festival & the beginning of Spring! 🌷 ✨ Our dancers will be at the festival, dancing and delivering a free Family Dance workshop outdoors in the RAM quarter, curated by @izbaarts . 📆 21st March ⏰ 11:30 am 📍RAM Quarter, Wandsworth 🎟️ Free, booking link in bio. #Spring #Samodiva #Wandsworth #londonboroughofculture #surdcedance

We’re thrilled to welcome @surdce.dance , a female run Bulgarian dance collective, to Maslenitsa Festival 2026. ✨ They will present an excerpt from Samodiva and lead a free community Family Dance Workshop for all ages. 🌿 Join us at Ram Quarter in Wandsworth on 21 March 2026 at 11:30. Free entry and family friendly! 💛 Link for free festival tickets in bio 👉🏻 Supported by Wandsworth Council as part of the London Borough of Culture programme 🌸 Festival official partners: @welcometowandsworth @dropin.work @ramquarter #izbaarts #festival #dance #maslenitsa

✨Samodiva by @surdce.dance is coming to Maslenitsa Festival 2026, a new festival celebrating culture from the former Eastern Bloc by @IzbaArts 🌀 📆Save the date: 21st March 2026 @ 11:30 📍RAM Quarter in Wandsworth 🎟️ Free entry 🧈Maslenitsa festival is a traditional celebration saying goodbye to winter and welcoming in spring, taking place in Wandsworth 20-22 March and featuring free workshops, performances, talks, art and food. 🌀Join dancers from @surdce.dance for an excerpt from the immersive dance show Samodiva, celebrating living as one with nature, femininity, Eastern European heritage and mythology. 💃Dancers from the company will also be delivering a Family Dance workshop - for children and their parents / carers. This project is run with the support of Wandsworth Council as part of the London Borough of Culture programme. @wandsworth_council @londonboroughofculture #Maslenitsa2026 #Ecology #LondonBoroughOfCulture #SurdceDance

Окриляващо преживяване в света на танца и театъра! Искаме да изразим огромната си благодарност към невероятните Стефани Ханджийска и всички артисти от @surdce.dance за вдъхновението, което ни подариха! 💃✨ 24 февруари премина с интензивна и зареждаща работилница по съвременни танци, водена от Стефани Ханджийска, Емилия Радичева и Жасмина Вълчева. Беше истинско удоволствие да се потопим в движението, да изследваме границите на тялото си и да обменяме енергия с толкова отдадени професионалисти. 🎭 Магията на сцената Вечерта завърши по най-добрия възможен начин благодарение на @theatre.gabrovo Драматичен театър - Габрово / Drama Theatre - Gabrovo. Благодарим за предоставената възможност да гледаме безплатно спектакъла „Заек“ 🐇, под режисурата и хореографията на Стефани Ханджийска! Това беше един чудесен и смислен завършек на деня - представление, което ни остави замислени и развълнувани. Благодарим на целия екип за гостоприемството и за това, че поддържате пламъка на изкуството жив! Тръгваме си окрилени и изпълнени с нови идеи.🕊️ #ContemporaryDance #GabrovoTheater #СтефаниХанджийска #Заек #ТеатърРачоСтоянов #СъвремененТанц #Вдъхновение

ZAEK, our winter dance tale on male rite of passage, is coming back with a European mini tour! ✨ 📅 10th Feb - 📍Sofia, @toplocentrala Toplocentrala 📅 24th Feb - 📍Gabrovo, @theatre.gabrovo Drama Theatre 📅 17th July - 📍London, @jacksons_lane Jackson’s Lane Theatre Tickets 🎫 directly on all 3 venues websites! ZAEK is a work created to speak on young individuals in the context of family and tradition. How do we balance who we are with who our family wants us to be? We also explore Bulgarian & Eastern Europe mythical creatures in this work, through a dance perspective. Creative team: Choreography, direction @stephaniehandjiiska Dancers @bibliq @___monsy___ @emiliaradicheva @nelitoneli @jasminavvulchevaa @pafilincho @nikola_ivanovvv @xenia.bakalova Music @minstrell.xyz Producer @surdce.dance @manwithahatfoundation Costumes & set @_mayamateva DOP @ivantsutsumanov Graphic design @lokumcreative ZAEK’s European tour is created with funding by the “Touring” programme of Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria in 2026. Разпространението на спектакълът “ЗАЕК” 2026 св осъществява с финансовата подкрепа на програма “Разпространение” на република България. #Zaek #surdcedance #Tour2026 #ЗАЕК #Bulgaria

❤️‍🔥surdce dance collective is looking for a Producer for an Arts Council England new dance production to take place in London in fall 2026. Topics of the work: - Community, communal hope in times of desperation, Does this time belong to us?, Eastern European heritage, audiences participatory dance experience Choreographer @stephaniehandjiiska . This is a paid role. 👀 We are looking for a passionate about dance & community practice individual that has a great understanding of the dance ecosystem, is proactive and alive. 👀We are interested in meeting new producers in our industry, expanding our roster of producers - collaborators and potentially expanding this into a long term working relationship. 💌 Please email your CV and a short introduction to [email protected]. We will meet with everyone by the end of February 2026 for an initial chat. #Producer #LondonDance #CommunityDance #DanceRitual #ArtsCouncilEngland Peperuda is created with the financial support of @aceagrams within the National Lottery Programme Grants scheme.

❓What is the invisible dance of mothers in the night? Where do mothers’ dancers go after they become mothers? How does their dance look like? ❤️‍🔥surdce dance collective is searching for mothers that are interested in our ongoing research between dance and early motherhood. We’re looking for mothers that want to move and dance with us, mothers that want to talk to us and potentially give us interviews on record. 🔜We will be announcing a large-scale project on this topic in fall 2026, but we’re already looking for people that want to go on this journey with us, as well as other creators that are captivated by this topic. 💌If this topic speaks to you, please email us at [email protected] with a short intro of who you are and how you’re interested to participate. Yours, Stephanie and Marchela X. #EarlyMotherhood #DancingMothers #NewMothers #Identity #MothersIdentity #MigrantMothers #UKMothers #surdcedance #FirstTimeMom #FTM ❓Some additional questions: What is the dance of the body between instinct and intuition to create? What is the rhythm of care labor, humming lullabies, breastfeeding little creatures? What music is playing for your dancing body when the whole world sleeps and you’re the only one awake in a dimlit room?