About

Branka Zgonjanin (1980, Belgrade) is a visual and conceptual artist, performer and choreographer based in Amsterdam. She holds an MA in Choreography from the Theaterschool in Amsterdam (2011), and an MA in Anthropology from Belgrade University (2005). In Zgonjanin's works, visual and performing arts meet in her unique technique of "physicalising an image and pictorialising a movement." Her performances are focused on the direct relationship between body and politics and her choreographic methodology of "The Decentralised Body" facilitates questions of democracy, freedom and self-governance. She employs visual and sensorial phenomena such as synesthesia, kinestesia and proprioception in order to reveal non-antropocentric realities and test the limits of daily human perception.

In 2020, Branka has made a shift, where she moved away from "black box" stages into nature, sovereign communities and related festivals. Her work grew into a deep ecology, human permaculture, urban transcultural shamanism and ceremonial magic. Performances turned into ritual-performances, dance practice turned into dance-spells - a collective reiki sessions during raves and other music gatherings. Understanding and knowledge of the body turned into Embody Peace dance technique and eclectic healing practices, which Branka is sharing through her offerings.