Tzveta 1 (Film): Dance Portraits on Screen
(2011) – TZVETA 1: Dance Portraits on Screen (Film) (7:00 min) Anthony Gongora creates a portrait of Tzveta Kassabova employing intense imagery to reveal the flow of a beautiful life, layered and complex and driven by movement through imagined spaces, saturated with color, motion and symbolism. The film cascades with shifting emotions and ephemeral views of a woman moving through her time on this Earth. TZVETA I is part of the Dance Portraits on Screen Series that includes TZVETA I and TZVETA II, MAIDA I and MAIDA II, Shot on location with green screen at Bella Faccia, Inc. Washington, DC, and Collision Course a.k.a. Pillow Talk.
Tzveta 1 and Tzveta 11 – Film Showings
DANCE FILMS, Artisphere, Arlington, VA, October 21, 2011
DanzLenz Habitat Center, New Delhi, India, February 02, 2012
Note: Maida Withers was present during the special film showing as part of Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company tour in February 2012 to two cities in India.
Festival International de Video Danse de Bourgogne, France, 05/11/2012
TUK/Tukuhnikivatz film was show for the 7th Annual Carnival of e-creativity, Sattal Estate, Bhimtal, Himalayan, Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Footage for Dance Portraits on Screen was shot in the Bella Faccia Television Studio. Anthony Gongora was one of the filmmakers on camera for Tzveta I and Tzveta II and also as editor. Adam Peiperl – DCCo photographer @ Bella Faccia TV Studio.

Tzveta Kassabova; Adam Peiperl, Photographer; Anthony Gongora, Video

Tzveta Kassabova; Adam Peiperl, Photographer

Tzveta Kassabova; Anthony Gongora, Photograper/Media
Tzveta Kassabova photo combined with Guardian light sculptures of Adam Peiperl.
Artists and Collaborators
- Director
- Editor / Narrative Design
- Choreography
- Dancer
- Music
- Lighting
- Camera
- Engineer
- Production Administration
- GW Administrative Support
- Location Support
