full CV – Alina Sokulska

April 13, 1991 - born in Kyiv, Ukraine

2008 – 2012 – BA in Spanish Philology at Kyiv State Taras Shevchenko University (excellence diploma), Kyiv, Ukraine
2012 – 2014 – MA in Literary Studies at Kyiv State Taras Shevchenko University (excellence diploma), Kyiv, Ukraine
2016 – 2024 – PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Barcelona, Spain. thesis “heterotopian body and the production of space in experimental choreography of the African diaspora” qualified cum laude.
2022 – 2026 – BA Choreography & Interpretation program at Conservatori Superior de Dansa, Institut del Teatre, Barcelona, Spain

1999 – 2006 – formation at A-6 dance company, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 – 2011 – Herrang Dance Camp, swing dance formation, Sweden
2015 – personal mentorship with Irven Lewis, field research on UK Jazz dance, London, UK
2016, 2017, 2018, 2023 – puntual mentorship with Frankie Martinez, New York, USA
2016 – scholarship for tap dance formation at Stockholm Tap Festival, Sweden
2014-2018 – formation in African Cuban dance with Annelys Pérez Castillo in a form of puntual personal mentorship sessions
2018 – b12 festival, formation in contemporary dance with Lali Ayugadé & Guillem Chatir, Berlin, Germany
2019 – Paris Summer Academy, formation in contemporary dance with Rob Hayden (Ultima Vez Company)
2019 – formation in contemporary dance with Horacio Macuacua & David Zambrano, Barcelona, Spain
2021 – Next Steps Forward Intensive with A.I.M. dance company, New York, USA
2022 – formation in Silvestre Technique with Rosangela Silvestre and Vera Passos, Salvador, Bahía, Brazil
2023 – creación, reflexión, cuerpo program with nora chipaumire, by Africa Moment, Barcelona, Spain.
2024 – con Joan Morey [workshop artists professionalization with Joan Morey, by PAAC, Barcelona, Spain

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2022 – current – THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE, Munich, Germany
2024 – The Hot Shots “The Jam!”, Stockholm, Sweden
2022 – 2024 – Maria Plotnikova “territory & people”
2023 – John Hollenbeck & GEORGE, at San Jose Winter Jazz Festival, San Jose, California, USA
2023 – Vân-Ánh Võ & Olesya Zdorovetska at San Jose Winter Jazz Festival, San Jose, California, USA
2022 – Steve Coleman & Kokayi at Lotringer 13 Gallery, Munich, Germany
2021 – Steve Coleman & Five Elements, at Porgy & Bess jazz club, Vienna, Austria
2021 – Sasha Mashin & Isfar Sarabski, Montreux Jazz festival, Montreux, Switzerland
2018 – Carlos Sarduy, Sala Artte, Barcelona, Spain
2016 – 2019 – Dennis Adu, Closer Jazz, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 – Tamar St. Clair

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2024 – current – Centre Civic Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain
2024 – Escola Municipal de Música Can Fargues – with the performance MAGURA, Barcelona, Spain
2023 – a masterclass at Universidad de Barcelona, Facultad de Lletres, Barcelona, Spain
2023 – Groovin’ Dance Studio, Paris, France
2017 – 2022 – Swing Cats Dance School, Barcelona, Spain
2016-2018 – Spank the Baby Swing Dance School, Barcelona, Spain
2017 – Balla Swing dance school, Barcelona, Spain
2017 – invited teacher at CSD, Institut del Teatre Diputación de Barcelona, Spain
2016 – Elvis Dance School, Kyiv, Ukraine
2016 – DIR (Dancer in Residency), lindy hop & jazz educator with IG HOP school, Vienna, Austria
2015 – 2017 – DePo Dance café, Kyiv, Ukraine

2026 – O Espaço Do Tempo, Montemoro-o-Novo, Portugal, with the book of sand
2025 – Graner Fábrica de creació de Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona, Spain, with the book of sand
2025 – Nunart Guinardó, Barcelona, Spain, with the book of sand
2023 – Villa Waldberta, Ebenbockhaus, AIR Munich by Department of Culture of the City of Munich, Germany, with the book of sand
2023 – CC Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain, with MAGURA
2023 – CeRRCa, centre de investigació artística Casamarles, Penedés, Spain, with MAGURA/TERRITORY & PEOPLE
2021 – CC Sant Martí with SHOWTIME: a non performance, Barcelona, Spain

2016 – 2022 – SOUND from the Cat’s Corner, lectures on dance history
2012 – 2018 – Evolution Solo Weekend, a festival of African American social dance
2018 – current – Giant Steps Lab
2024 – Thinking the Dance, an online dance coaching
2022 – 2023 – the IMMERSION lab, a dance-therapy course
2020 – jazz does not exist online school
2016 – current – jazz techniques workshop