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.

Significant teachers

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...