18/06/2026
On 🗓 May 24, the artists of ❤️🔥 HOT BODIES #5 visited one of Sofia's newest spaces dedicated to dance and choreographic research 👉 BAZA - space for choreographic research .
During their visit, they had the opportunity to meet the artists participating in the Trilateral Dance Artist Exchange, a program that brings together dance artists from 🇺🇸 Philadelphia (USA), 🇭🇺 Budapest (Hungary), and 🇧🇬 Sofia (Bulgaria) to share methods, questions, and choreographic practices across different cultural contexts.
The participants attended an open sharing presentation as part of 🔥 GWYN - Get What You Need, a platform dedicated to artistic process, feedback, and exchange. Through witnessing works-in-progress and engaging in conversations with the artists, they gained valuable insight into different approaches to creation, collaboration, and international artistic exchange.
Experiences like these are an essential part of ❤️🔥 HOT BODIES #5, creating opportunities for participants to connect with diverse artistic communities, expand their professional networks, and encounter a wide range of choreographic practices.
🔥🔥🔥 Thank you to BAZA and the Trilateral Dance Artist Exchange artists for welcoming our participants into your process.
Photos: Nikola Gyulmezov
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HOT Bodies #5 is produced by ICC / Imaginative Choreographic Center, Garage Collective, and ZONA - Organization for Cultural Practices.
The project is realiсed with the financial support of the Национален фонд „Култура“/ National Culture Fund, Bulgaria, Program Debuts, the Culture Fund of Община Бургас, Столична община - programme "Culture” - “Development of Cultural Organiсations and Artists in Sofia” and programme "Mobility ’26”, Столица Култура, ArtSofia, and the Austrian Culture Forum, Sofia
HOT Bodies #5 is organiсed in partnership with DANCE FRAME Collective, iIDance, Gothenburg, Драматичен театър "Адриана Будевска", Amrita Center, Burgas, Топлоцентрала, BAZA - Space for Choreographic BAZA - space for choreographic research , Studio MIRA, Derida Dance Center, Sito Studio, Bobbina Cultural Space, Sofia, and One Dance Festival.