Petra Fornayová

Petra Fornayová studied law at the University of Comenius and dance at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and at the EDDC Düsseldorf. Except for different courses she participated regularly at the MAPA workshops (Moving academy for performing arts, Holland). She was among others dancer of the Slovak State Opera Banská Bystrica, member of Théatre du Mouvement, Paris. She performed in many dance and theatre projects of Slovak and foreign directors and choreographers (P.Groll, A. Green/USA, M.Fulkerson/USA,DE, C.Heggen/FR, M. Hawkins/GB, etc.). Since 2000, she has created her own choreographies (Deep Disorder of Epidermis, Who Is Annik?, Dimaondance, Everything I Love etc.). She participated at the festivals Tanec Praha, Festival d´ Otoňo Madrid, Mediawave Festival Györ, Bratislava in Movement, Divadelná Nitra, etc. She also teaches contact improvisation, writes for contemporary art magazine Vlna, organises dance productions in the frame of A4 – space for contemporary art in Bratislava. Since 2001, she is in charge of Contemporary Dance Association in Slovakia. In 2006, she founded and still organises international contemporary dance festival Nu Dance Fest.