surdce dance collective

12/09/2026

Самодивите диво танцуваха 3 вечери под звездите на Открития театър на Топлоцентрала тази седмица.

🌳 За момента техният танц приключи, но гората още ехти от техните стъпки, а зрителите усещат мирисът на билките им и се привиждат техните свободно развети коси.

До нови срещи, Топлоцентрала и София!

Турнето на спектакъла "Самодива" в София се осъществява с подкрепата на програма "Мобилност" на Столична община.

Снимки: Никола Гюлмезов

11/09/2026

🌿 Самодивите ви канят в своята гора за финалната си вечер в Открит театър на Топлоцентрала довечера.

🌀 11 септ, петък - 18:45ч

“Докоснете тревата, помиришете билките и се ослушайте за нашите стъпки…”

Билети www.toplocentrala.bg

Хореограф и режисьор Marchela-Vasilena Dimitrova
Танцьори Lily Armah, Thea Chamberlain, Nina Tomlinson, Francesca Roe, Stephanie Handjiiska - Artist, Marchela-Vasilena Merchant
Музика Dan Hibbert
Костюми Freya Thomas-Taylor
Снимки Nikola Gyulmezov

Турнето на спектакъла “Самодива” в София е част от програма “Копродукции” на РЦСИ “Топлоцентрала” и се осъществява с подкрепата на програма “Мобилност” на Столична Община.

08/09/2026

🌳Тази сутрин нашите артисти Стефани и Лили, заедно с хореографа на спектакъла Марчела-Василена Мърчант, разказаха в ефира на Bulgaria On Air за Самодива тази седмица в ТоплоцентралаТоплоцентрала, София:

Марчела-Василена Мърчант, Стефани Ханджийска и Лили Арма разказаха за магията, женската сила и мистичния свят на спектакъла

10/08/2026

🎈Happy birthday to our co-Artistic Director and director of our debut show Samodiva Marchela-Vasilena Dimitrova!

Marchela is a true leo powerhouse female whose strong intentional energy radiates in every room she walks in.

Marchela is a Trinity Laban and a VardimonJV 2 alumni and an independent dancer and choreographer since 2022.

Her interests in ritual, mysticism and the Bulgarian myths and legends, as well as topics like motherhood are shaping her current artistic exploration.

Besides the dance stage, Marchela is a qualified Pilates teacher and she’s known for her strong, creative and detailed approach to teaching which makes her beloved by many students.

Happy Birthday, Marchela!

14/04/2026

❤️‍🔥surdce touring season 2026 dates are here!
We are excited about our upcoming shows in London, Paris and Sofia - book your tickets while they last!

🇬🇧 17th July - London, ZAEK at Jacksons Lane Theatre
🇧🇬9 - 11th Sept - Sofia, Samodiva at Toplocentrala Топлоцентрала
🇫🇷 18 - 19th Sept - Paris, Samodiva at Maison Le Kinff

Book your tickets via the Jacksons Lane, Toplocentrala and surdce.dance websites.

23/03/2026

surdce is happy to have performed an excerpt of our immersive dance work “Samodiva” at the London Borough of Culture festival celebrating Maslenitsa 2026! ✨

Our dancers Thea & Stephanie presented the Healer and the Whirlwind from Samodiva, and held a dance workshop on communal rites welcoming Spring! 🌷

Choreographed by Merchant, meet Samodiva in Sofia, Paris, Rotterdam or london in autumn 2026 🍂!

16/03/2026

📍Wandsworth, are you & your little ones ready for the Maslenitsa Festival this Saturday?

Meet our Samodivas in Wandsworth this Saturday, celebrating Maslenitsa Festival & the beginning of Spring! 🌷

📆 March 21st ⏰ 11:30 am
📍RAM Quarter, Wandsworth
🎟️ Free admissions - http://bit.ly/3NgHaGF


Our dancers will be perform an excerpt from Samodiva and delivering a free Family Dance workshop outdoors. 💃

See you there! ☀️

29/01/2026

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 Stephanie Handjiiska - Artist.

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 for this project 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.


England

Peperuda is funded by National Lottery Grant Projects by Arts Council England.

19/01/2026

🎉 surdce dance is honored to have received a National Lottery Project Grant by Arts Council England to create a new dance piece, Peperuda - a dance prayer in London, 2026.

🦋Peperuda is a much needed piece about collective desperation & finding hope as the young people of today, inspired by Bulgarian rainmaking ritual with the same name.

🌧️ Peperuda is a rural dance ritual, that women & girls, called peperudarki, perform in the summer draught, in order to bring hope & save the community from a missed harvest.

Peperuda is a flight of the spirit and imagination, about the struggles of the everyday, and a transformation of the communal suffering into communal hope.

🔔 Professional Dancers: We will be holding London based auditions for 4 project-based paid dancer positions in late Winter / early Spring 2026 for the creation of Peperuda.

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Community is at the centre of this project, and this is why for the first time, we invite Community dancers to join us.
We will be donating 11 live dance workshops to the dancing communities in London, completely for free.

🔔There will be Community Auditions, and a selected number of non-professionals will get the opportunity to train in dance with us at the dance company completely for free.
Our work together will conclude with a London-based community dance performance, choreographed by surdce.

🤍Creative Team:
Choreography & creation: Stephanie Handjiiska - Artist
Assistant choreographer: Marchela-Vasilena Dimitrova
Music composition: Michał Kawecki

With gratitude,
Stephanie x Marchela
surdce dance collective
London, January 2026

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