BIO
Kosta Karakashyan is a Bulgarian director, choreographer, writer, and performer investigating how to nurture empathy and tenderness through dance, film, and education. Kosta has choreographed on Dancing with the Stars Vietnam and across Bulgaria, New York, Canada, Germany, Norway, and Japan. Under his creative production studio Studio Karakashyan, recent works include the documentary dance film WAITING FOR COLOR about the ongoing LGBTQ+ persecution in Chechnya, and the upcoming short film Glance from the Edge shot across 12 landscapes in Bulgaria. He graduated with a BA in Dance from Columbia University and a Master’s in Human Rights from the Global Campus of Human Rights in Venice, Italy.