Ivan Shopov | ProtoCOOP

Bulgarian-Korean project in the field of contemporary dance

2013

ProtoCOOP is an international dance production by Derida Dance in cooperation with the Korean dance festival (KDF). The project participants are eleven dancers from South Korea who have been granted scholarships for their excellent performance during the festival and eight Bulgarian dancers who have successfully completed all stages of Dance PORT Derida – training program financed by America for Bulgaria Foundation.
The project came to life after the choreographer Jivko Jeliazkov took part in the Korean dance festival in august this year. He was the only choreographer from Europe. Together with Christian von Howard (Аlvin Аiley school) и Gerri Houlihan (American Dance Festival) he led a two-weeks intensive workshop. Two of the dancers with the best performance were granted scholarships for the American Dance Festival – ADF and twelve of them – for Derida Dance Center.

The concept and choreography belong to Jivko Jeliazkov, and together with him the 30-day dancing marathon joined 19 dancers and the assistant Jungin Lee from South Korea as well as the resourceful musician Ivan Shopov, also known as Balkansky and Cooh.

Idea and shoreography: Jivko Jeliazkov
Assistant: Jung In Lee (South Korea)
Music: Ivan Shopov – Cooh, Balkansky
Graphic design: Polina Stoyanova
Public Relations: Gergana Kutseva
Production Manager: Atanas Maev

Dancers:
Kang Yoon Chan
Kim Ki Hyung
Yook Nan Hee
Lee Kang Seok
Lee Kyung Gu
Lee Seung Ju
Lee Yeon Ju
Jung Jin A
Choi Young Jun
Hong Ye Eun
Hwang Chan Yong
Byung-hee Jeon
Milena Videnova
Petya Mukova
Polina Stoyanova
Diana Ivanova
Ivet Georgieva
Philip Milanov
Stela Tomova
Stefani Handzhiiska

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