Hollins Dance MfA European Summer Semester Plovdiv 2025

The Hollins University innovative M.F.A. dance program provides students with a wide range of experiences and opportunities, mentorships, and exposure to others in the international dance field. The director of M.F.A. Dance, Professor and Chair, is Jeffery N. Bullock.

Beginning summer 2023, the program’s three weeks of international study and immersion took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, curated by the European Summer Semester co-directors Boyan Manchev and Ani Vaseva, in collaboration with Jeffery Bullock.

The space for learning, reflecting and dancing was created by the directors, co-curators and professors Jeffery N. Bullock, Boyan Manchev and Ani Vaseva, the renowned international team of professors Adrian Heathfield, Kae Ishimoto, Sigal Zouk, Sergiu Matis, Laurie Young and the wonderful, engaged star-students Terese Cardamon, Destiney Daniels, Francesca Harman, Abby Owens, Quentin Sledge, Daintry TenNapel, Keith Wilson, Clarricia Golden, William Isaac, Hamilton Nieh, Shane Ohmer, Kayla Brown, Ashley Taylor Cesiro, Fabiola Sanchez Huidobro, Caley Vancil, Devin Baker, BreAnna Bellamy, Jalisa Johnson, Natasha Keckley, Laquangela Littleton, Katherine Nettles, Brianna Wilson, Catri Barba, Antonia Dougherty, Shadidja Parker and Noelani Schraedel.

Hollins M.F.A. Dance Summer Study Plovdiv 2025 was organized by Metheor, with the engaged assistance of the support team: Gina Kafedzhian, Katrin Metodieva, Leonid Yovchev, Stefan Donchev and Iva Zaharieva.

Photo and video: Ivan Nikolov