I met Daniela in 2012 during her first visit to Brigham Young University (BYU). I was introduced to her by former colleague Ed Austin. I invited her to set a Bulgarian choreography on the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble, of which I was a new artistic director. We discussed different ideas which were based on […]
Daniela was introduced to me by a folkdance colleague as “the top” person for Bulgarian dance and music to bring as a guest. Her many visits to my Movement and Culture classes at Western Washington University have been so well loved, and profound learning experiences. There is so much more to teaching a dance from […]
Daniela helped me learn basic Bulgarian so I could talk to family members. I had done some of my own research and learning on apps before I started working with her, so I thought I was learning a bit, but my pace was so slow. As soon as Daniela started teaching me, I learned so […]
I came to know Daniela at several Study Group on Ethnochoreology meetings held throughout Europe every two years. These meetings bringing together a group of scholars, artists, practitioners concerned with the study of, and very active participation in, all forms of Folk Dance. These dances are, in turn, usually a very integral part of contemporary […]
Daniela was a beautiful dancer. At one point, she demonstrated a dance and I thought, “I’ll never be able to do that,” but she then broke it down into such small parts which she kept repeating and before long she had us all doing the dance. We participated in Daniela’s workshop in March and were […]
