dr. alina sokulska
a Ukrainian with Syrian roots, born in Kyiv, based in Barcelona, alina sokulska is a choreographer, dance & performance artist.
Doctor (“cum laude”) in Comparative Literature at the Barcelona University, MA in Literary Theory at Kyiv State University, formed as a choreographer at Conservatori Superior de Danza of Institut del Teatre in Barcelona, she is continuing her artistic research within the medium of movement.
alina’s experience of choreographing live with jazz and improvisational music has shaped her movement language and pushed her to investigate movement languages through spontaneous composition.
alina’s work turns around the topics of identity, memory and knowledge, projecting the body as an artistic medium that can disturb our understanding of the complexities within the current epistemic framework. these questions aligned her research endeavour in both in artistic and academic practices.
alina’s work has been shown in the context of music, dance and contemporary art, collaborating internationally with leading European music and dance festivals and venues, as well as art institutions.