Elissaveta Iordanova has more than 25 years of experience and professional and artistic recognition from Europe and USA. She is a Fulbright scholar and a recipient of the Bulgarian National Center for Music and Dance Award for her innovative approach in presenting traditional art in contemporary context. She has been touring as a professional dancer and creating works in the fields of Bulgarian folk dance, theater and contemporary dance arts. Her international credentials include Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Malta and Romania, as well as USA and Bulgaria.

Elissaveta Iordanova is an independent choreographer and currently  works as a teaching artist for Joyce Theater, NYCity Center, Ballet arts Center for Dance and Lotus Music and Dance in New York. As an expert in Bulgarian folk dance, she conducts classes, workshops and performs together with her company “Elea Gorana Dance Collective”.Her choreography has been presented at Dumbo Dance Festival, Green Space Blooms Dance Festival, Merce Cunningham Studio, Movement Research, Danspace Project, The Field, City Center, Green Space, Lotus Music and Dance, Fringe Festival, French Festival, all in New York. Her creativityis inspired by Bulgarian national heritage and folk traditions, which she blends and interoperates in contemporary style of works.