Stefaniya is a Bulgarian choreographer and performer; founder and an artistic director of ATOM Theatre company and ATOM Choreographic Series platform.

Stefaniya graduated with a BA in Puppetry from the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, later on she graduated with a master’s degree in Contemporary Dance Techniques from the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Currently, she is a house choreographer at the State Theatre in Shumen, Bulgaria and works as a movement director in a variety of theatrical productions. 

Stefaniya’s professional choreographic debut was in 2013. Since then, she has created various artworks presented in Bulgaria, across Europe and South Korea. Stefaniya has delivered ‘Collective body’ dance workshops in Bulgaria, the UK, Germany, and Greece.

Now, Stefaniya is developing her movement concept  ATOMO (átomos/ ἄτομον translated from Greek “individual”) a  concept that explores the natural essence of the individual body and is based on intuition and unconscious knowledge as a creating force of the movement that is later refined and choreographed.