I don’t want to be labeled, defined or limited by anyone or anything. When I'm on stage performing, I'm a seed cracked open by the force of life. All my defenses, everything extraneous and meaningless, all which is not true or pure falls away and I'm made fearless and free and naked. And in this moment of truth I know that my work exists to disarm the audience and to affirm the power and breadth of the human spirit, which shines in us all. - Suzana Stanković
Suzana Stanković is an independent dance-theatre artist. She has choreographed, produced and performed seven full-length productions to critical acclaim.
Suzana's work fuses dance and theatre with elements of performance art. Her shows are provocative and dramatic, different and psychologically evocative. At once intense, raw and breathtaking, at other times surreal, comedic and unusual. Major themes in her work are the relationship between the individual and the world, self-determination and realization, and life lived fearlessly and authentically.
Years of monotonous classical ballet training served Suzana well but eventually led her to search for her own voice. Her choreography is autobiographical and emotionally driven. In giving expression to her own humanity, Suzana illumines the emotional and spiritual forces which animate and propel the universal human experience.
Seasoned theater-goers and newcomers alike are drawn to her work for its transcendent beauty, emotional depth and daring.
Suzana's most recent dance/choreography credits include:
* Suzana produced, choreographed/directed and performed in her new full-length, dance-theatre show P U R E, in New York City on June 12 & 13, 2009 to a sold-out audience.
* Featured artist at the Hot! Summer Dance Festival on Manhattan's upper west side in August '08. Suzana choreographed and performed Desire & Sacrifice, an intensely powerful dance-theatre piece and Purple Sparkle, a comedic piece that had the audience laughing voraciously. As a featured artist, Suzana was granted an extended run and performed for the duration of the festival.
* Performance in a principal role as 'the ballerina' with TONY Award-winning tap sensation, Savion Glover, during a month-long run at NYC's renowned Joyce Theater in 2007.
* Rapture, an original full-length theatrical modern ballet Suzana choreographed, produced and performed with her company of dancers in June of 2007.