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Dance as a Universal Language

Severina Kehayova (one of FURNAs chairwomen and cultural manager) and Lee Jung In (Choreographer) traveled to Bulgaria in March 2023 and paved the way for a collaboration between the local dance scene in Plovdiv and A!KO Dance Festival, Linz.

A!KO and FURNA: Celebrating Movement and Exchange

Last year's collaboration between A!KO, FURNA, and the Cultural Institute of Plovdiv highlighted the universal language of dance during a one-week workshop in Plovdiv, Bulgaria held in August.

By merging traditional Bulgarian dances with the innovative Bogyeol Community Dance, the project conducted a public improvised dance performance in the Vienna Pavilion, located in the center of Plovdiv. People strolling around the area were invited to join the performance and experience and explore their own creativity and body expressions.

Next Up

FURNA’s team is currently working on various different projects like Collective Future, a multi-layered art project dedicated to future prediction methods by Violeta Ivanova and Fatma Nur Özoğul (check it out on Instagram) or a technical exploration regarding digitalized dance in augmented reality using wireless motion tracking systems.