In the roles of: The choreographer: Iskra Sukarova/ The performer: Viktorija Ilioska
In this process manipulation is put as the major choreographic tool to create movement language. The means of manipulation are established between the choreographer in the role of the dance maker versus the performer/dancer. The audience is a witness to the relations between the established roles of “the choreographer” and “the performer”, looking at their different interpretative modes as part of the process. More precisely the choreographer in the role of the one that gives the task and the performer the one that executes it. The process will eventually lead to defining new performative aspects of the choreographic tools in relation to the dance itself as an independent integral form, existing in the same space.
Iskra Sukarova accomplished her ballet education in the state ballet school in Skopje. She finished her contemporary dance studies at the National Conservatorium Superior in Lyon, France, and in 2002 obtained her Master’s Degree at the Laban Center in London, UK. She has completed numerous dance trainings with established artists. Sukarova’s pieces have toured regionally and internationally. She has been honoured with many fellowships such as Arts Link and DanceWeb. Sukarova was a principal soloist in the Macedonian Opera and Ballet since 1991-2010. In 2009 the Artistic Director of the Choreographic Centre Josef Nadj honoured Sukarova with an residency to co-create the piece Formula which toured internationally from 2009-2011. She is one of the founders of Lokomotiva - Centre for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture since 2003. Since 2008 she is the co-founder and co-programer for the contemporary dance festival Locomotion in Skopje. She is also one of the founders of the Balkan Dance Network and the NOMAD Dance Academy project. Since 2010 Sukarova is employed as professor at the state faculty for Music - department of Dance pedagogy in Skopje. In February 2014 she obtained her PhD at the state faculty of Theatre Arts in Skopje.
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