The Meeting II has been scheduled in advance. We know where it will take place, at what time, and who’s going to be there. It’s the stimulus for a chemical reaction, a point of change with limited time.
Common. Unknown. New. Reinventing old languages that everyone understands.
The direction-towards started as soon as the idea-seed was planted. It’s filled with intentions, expectations, ideas and wonder. It’s natural.
Denitsa Dikova, dancer
Graduated in Dance Theatre at the New Bulgarian University, then continued her studies with Isabelle Schad, Julyen Hamilton, Nancy Stark Smith, Benoît Lachambre and Kirstie Simson. She has worked on collaborative projects, both as a dancer and creator, with Julyen Hamilton, Galina Borisova, Yuri Konya, Irina Goleva, among others. Co-founder of Garage Collective. She has received the Scholarship for DanceWEB – ImPulsTanz and the prestigious Ikar Award for Best Contemporary Dance Show 2013. She develops her own instant composition work with Glòria Ros.
Gloria Ros, dancer
Graduated in classical dance at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona, then continued her studies at Cannes Jeune Ballet (France). She joined the Introdans Ensemble voor de Jeugd (NL), with whom she performed internationally in pieces by Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Inbal Pinto… As a freelance, she has worked with Arno Schuitemaker and Arthur Rosenfeld, among others. Awarded 1st prize in Shortcuts – Experimental Dance Film Festival (Austria). She is part of the Liz Roche Company, Ireland. She develops her own instant composition work with Denitsa Dikova. Her shows and videodance project have been presented in Spain, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Australia.
Celeste Alias, singer
She began playing the clarinet but moved into the field of voice through classical singing and ancient music, after which she delved deeper into jazz, popular singing and improvisation. She is a restless, curious and eclectic singer.
Jazz opened the doors to interpretative freedom and improvisation. Her repertoire ranges from the most classic standards to Machín boleros, original compositions and free improvisation with an experimental character. She holds a degree in Jazz Singing from ESMUC and the Superior Conservatory of Amsterdam. She is active in several formations, meaning she is constantly performing at concerts. At an interdisciplinary level, she works with poetry, dance and visual arts.
