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Photo: Håkan Jelk
Liza Penkova is a dance artist based in Gothenburg. Her artistic practice is centered around processes of valorzation and translation across time and culture.
In her work she often relies on historical archives as an important source of inspiration. With a long internatioanl career as a dancer behind her, movement and choreography remains a point of departute that she skillfully weaves together with different genres of theatrical traditions and physical cultures. Liza considers stage as a home, a living room where reflection, gathering and moments of intimacy can arrise.
Parallel with her professional activities, Liza studies Master of Arts in Dance Education (M.A.D.E) at Stockholm University of the Arts.
Title: My body is a room filled with antiques…
Duration: Approx. 40 min
Intrigued by the festival title Rabbit/Duck and it’s underlying concept, Liza Penkova will present a solo performance in which through methods of improvisation she allows herself to dissect and destabilise the original choreographic score of one of her earlier work “My body is a room filled with antiques… “. Originally a twenty minute dance-promenade as a reflection on heritage and traces of dance and dances in her own body. Created during the pandemic years, the original performance was cancelled twice without further continuation. Taking it back, she proposes an extended version where she puts herself face to face with the limits that can shift the perception of content and meaning in her own choreographic writing.
2024, Liza Penkova released her new podcast Beyond Gun Lund, where she interviews some of Gothenburg’s most prominent dance makers.
Listen here: https://beyondgunlund.podbean.com/