Open call: workshops
One Dance Festival will once again organise a free program of dance workshops for advanced and beginner-level participants. In addition to the open lessons for all generations, part of the pilot edition of the One Dance City program scheduled to begin on May 22, dance professionals and enthusiasts alike can sign up for classes in Indian, African and new urban dance, as well as dramaturgy. The classes with sign-ups with tutors from India, the UK, France and Scotland will be held in the opening week of the festival on May 23 and 24 at the Boris Hristov House of Culture.
To reserve your place, send an e-mail to to hello@onedance-festival.com by 20 May 2025 (Tuesday). Please send your email with the subject line ‘One Dance Workshops’.
A reminder that on May 22 at 7 pm on the stage in front of Plovdiv Municipality, the residents and guests of the city can watch the performance ‘LEVEL UP’ by Amala Dianor. The French choreographer has adapted the work for outdoor locations and direct audience access to the dances that are taking over social networks and the young generation. The project brings together 11 virtuoso dancers from around the world, creating an energetic journey through the latest dance variations from India to South Africa and France to the USA. Two free dance classes for all will take place before and after LEVEL UP, at 6 pm and 7.35 pm respectively, and the audience will learn electro and hip-hop moves from the performance.
Full programme of the dance workshops with registration - “Boris Hristov” House of Culture
23 May / Friday / 10.00 - 12.00
Dance Workshop by Sangram Mukhopadhyay - Waacking and voguing, Indian dance styles & music
With a clubbing background, Sangram Mukhopadhyay is an Indian dancer based in Calcutta. Waacking is a dance style that emerged in gay clubs in Los Angeles in the 1970s. Sangram offers a generous and original dance, blurring gender boundaries and fusing traditional Indian dances with voguing, electro or waacking. In his workshop, he will present the gestural genealogy of arm movement, combining hastas (arm gestures rooted in Indian neo-classical dance forms) and other styles such as wakings and club dances.
23 May / Friday / 12.30 - 14.00
Workshop by Kgotsofalang Mavundla - Рantsula, South African dance styles & music
Kgotsofalang Mavundla began his professional career as a dancer and has worked as a choreographer and teacher with Ezomdabu Youth Entertainers for over 10 years, travelling with the company. He later joined Moving Into Dance.Mophatong for a period of 3 years, where he graduated in performing arts and trained to specialise in working with people living with disability. Kgotsofalang specialises in vibrant Isipantsula rhythmic footwork movement and contemporary movements.
23 May / Friday / 20.30
Opening party with DJ Awir Leon and public dance class with the dancers from the show DUB by Amala Dianor
24 May / Saturday / 11.00 - 12.00
Dance class with Shannelle ‘Tali’ Fergus - sweet spot sundaze
Shannelle ‘Tally’ Fergus works in London in dance, performance and teaching. Her style is a mix of street and contemporary styles. Sweet spot sundaze is her community-building practice that emphasises improvisation in the relationships between participants in the process of collaboration and live composition. Participants are free to imagine ways to be and move together. Participants are welcome regardless of their skills. The class will begin with an exercise from Tali's professional development programme - iii, and then move into the shorter version of sweet spot sundaze, which is originally a 3-hour improvisation held monthly at Siobhan Davies Studios, London. Tali is visiting Plovdiv as part of the Visiting Artist Programme, in which One Dance Festival partners with over 20 other European dance festivals and forums.
24 May / Saturday / 12.30 - 13.30 (first part), break, 14.15 - 15.15 (second part)
Dramaturgy workshop with Alister Lownie
What is dramaturgy? What is the place of dramaturgy in dance and performance? How can we think dramaturgically in a creative process? How can we integrate dramaturgy into our practices? Taking these questions as starting points, in this workshop we will explore the potential for dramaturgy to impact on process and the work created, try out dramaturgical approaches and take time to reflect on the potential for developing dramaturgy in participants' practice. The session will draw on leader Alister Lownie's experience shaping Two Destination Language's work across 15 years collaborating with Katherina Radeva and other artists. The workshop is open to choreographers, dancers and performance makers.