Samodiva: The Dance of the Wild Woman (ONLINE)
Sun 16 Aug
|Online, Zoom
Deep in the forests of the Balkans, where oak and beech cast their long shadows, dwell the Samodivi: wild women born of wind and moonlight who dance till dawnbreak and break the hearts of lusting men.
Time & Location
16 Aug 2026, 19:30 – 21:00 BST
Online, Zoom
About the Event
In this storytelling concert, traditional storyteller Nana Tomova draws on the folk traditions of her native Bulgaria to conjure the Samodiva in all her contradictions: huntress and healer, seductress and sister, a spirit as old as the forests she haunts. Please note this event is LIVE ONLY and will NOT be recorded.
Samodivi are of this world, and not of this world, they are bringers of health and illness, and they both build and destroy. They are however neither ‘bad’ nor ‘good’, as the divine cannot be categorised as such.
In this telling, you will meet the Samodiva in her many forms from wild woman to mother; she who seeks freedom to she who takes freedom; she who heals to she who harms. For the Samodivi, just like us, are complex beings with many multitudes.
Suitable for ages 12+
Story cautions: This performance contains descriptions of threat, coercive control, child loss and gender violence contextualised within a paradigm of mythic narrative, archetype and metaphor.
Event Image: Le Villi by Giuliano Bartolomeo, 1906 (in the public domain)
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Tickets
General Admission
£12.00
Concessions
£9.00
Total
£0.00