Serafima Darova (Sima)
2012
2014
Serafima Darova (Sima)
Dancer, teacher of contact improvisation and performance. Facilitator of weekly jams. Organizer of festivals, workshops, intensives, and other creative projects.
My focus is on creating and developing the contact improvisation community in Bali. Since 2019, I have been building the CI community in Crimea. Bringing people together and creating a space for the development of CI is my passion and mission.
Currently, I am inspired by the history of CI. I delve into its origins, analyzing what's happening now, with new trends and proposals in this environment. In addition to CI, my interest and development are focused on techniques: Axis Syllabus and Gaga.
My first encounter with contact improvisation and a lifelong love happened in 2012. I have studied with teachers such as:
Benno Voorham - Sweden
Mirva Birgitta Makinen - Finland
Annukka Toivonen - Finland
Irene Sposetti - Italy
Adrian Russi - Switzerland
Bruno Caverna - Brazil
Otto Akkanen - Finland
Igor Khalizev - Moscow
Artem Markov - Moscow
Sasha and Sergey - Moldova
Ruslan Santakh - Ukraine
Shantam - Ukraine
Inna Folkova - Ukraine
and others...
From the age of 7, I studied contemporary dance. I studied at the jazz-modern school-studio of Nikolay Ogryzkov in Moscow, at the school of modern dance of Natalya Fiksel. I have attended numerous intensives, workshops with foreign teachers.
I worked in various theaters in Moscow in productions by Vladimir Chekasina, Natalya Fiksel, Sergey Starostin.
I worked at the "Jungle Dance Theatre" in India, in the company "Daniell Alnuma Dance Theater Company" in France. Participated in productions:
"The sea" 2016,
"Body of Nobody" 2017,
"Gala Show" 2017-2019,
"Intensive – Games of Transformation" 2018,
"Night distances" 2019.
For five years, I worked as the chief organizer of the concert venue "Ash Arambol" in India.
Open to collaboration as an organizer, teacher, choreographer, and performer.
With love.