The performance is in English.

Zornitsa Stoyanova’s latest solo, “Honesty and Other Fiends”, blends contemporary dance, stand-up, poetics, and visual effects into a sharp, darkly funny performance. Through humor and irony, the piece exposes our obsession with greatness and questions honesty as both a personal and political value in an age of “alternative facts.” Movement, personal stories, and absurdity collide as Stoyanova navigates truth, power, and the female body—turning the thinking body into an act of resistance.

Premiered in the USA in 2024 and already presented in the Netherlands, the work premiered in Bulgaria in 2026.

Zornitsa Stoyanova is an interdisciplinary choreographer, performer, and founder of BodyMeld and BAZA – space for choreographic research in Sofia. She holds a degree in Choreography and Sound Design from Bennington College (USA) and an M.A. in Choreography from Codarts/Fontys Universities (NL).

She makes performances that move between dance, voice, text, song, and media – exploring otherness, womanhood, power, and vulnerability. She mixes surreal and sci-fi influences, audience interaction, reflective mylar worlds, and improvisation to create meaning through the body.

Her artistic lineage includes Deborah Hay, Jeanine Durning, and Meredith Monk, whose influence can be felt in her attention to presence, voice, and composition as a living process. As a performer, she has worked with Sasha Waltz & Guests, Eiko & Koma, Boris Charmatz, Cie. Willy Dorner, and  Bulgarian choreographers Willy Prager, Iva Sveshtarova, and Zhana Pencheva.

In her 20 years on stage, she has presented work in theaters, museums, galleries, and alternative spaces throughout the US, Bulgaria, and Europe. Her dance films have been presented in festivals on three continents. Alongside her artistic work, she builds platforms for others, initiating residencies and international exchanges supporting independent choreographers. She is an editor at thinkingdance.net, teaches internationally, and insists on honesty—on stage and off.