- About Liza Penkova
Liza Penkova is a swedish dance-artist, currently working in between Gothenburg, Stockholm and Brussels. After her education at the Royal Swedish ballet school in Stockholm and PARTS in Brussels, she entered into the professional life by joining the Gothenburg Opera dance company followed by a long term engagement with the Rosas dance company in Brussels. She is one of the main initiators and contributors to two artistic collectives based in Brussels “House of Bertha collective” and “Phd in one night- collective” . She has also been involved in a KUNST/WERK/ Georgia Vardarou (BE/GR) and Zodiak production/Veli Lehtovaara (FI/BE). Since several years she has established a continuous relation with the swedish choreographer Helena Franzen and is currently working with her on a new production “What’s left behind”. At this moment she is developing a duet- work ”The Silent song” together with Sue Yeon Youn (KR) and a new solo-work/collaboration together with Ingrid Cogne and Mårten Spångberg. Liza has been teaching classes and workshops, including Rosas repertory in different venues worldwide.
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