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❤️🔥 Join surdce dance in the iconic Jacksons Lane theatre in London for a one-off opportunity to view ZAEK (Rabbit)’s dance performance.
// Contemporary dance performance by surdce dance collective //
📆 17th July 2026 ⏰ 19:30h
📍Jacksons Lane theatre
🎫 Tickets: https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/zaek-rabbit-by-surdce-dance-collective/
PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for this event are sold only via the Jacksons Lane theatre website & box office - please visit https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/.
❄️ZAEK is a winter dance tale inspired by the ancient Bulgarian rite of passage koleduvane.
It follows the adventures of a boy known as the Rabbit, standing on the fragile threshold between childhood and adulthood. The Rabbit is small for his age, but quick and shrewd — agile, cunning, and determined to avoid the day when he must undergo the Ritual.
But one Sunday morning in late December, everything changes.
The tribe begins its ancient song. The elders dress in white shirts stitched with red thread. Slowly, they move toward the Rabbit, stamping their heels and sticks into the ground. The Rabbit swallows hard.
Is there any way to avoid growing up?
Creative Team
Idea, directing & choreography Stephanie Handjiiska
Performed by Bilyana Tsolova, Emilia Radicheva, Ksenia Bakalova, Marchela-Vasilena Merchant, Nikola Ivanov, Nina Tomlinson, Pavel Todorov, Stephanie Handjiiska, Zhasmina Valcheva.
Rehearsal Director Marchela-Vasilena Merchant
Composer Georgi Atanassov
Costume design Maya Mateva
About surdce dance collective
Surdce Dance is a London-based collective creating contemporary dance works rooted in Eastern European heritage. Through immersive performance, the company explores themes of ecology, migration, femininity, and identity.
Led by artistic directors Marchela-Vasilena Merchant and Stephanie Handjiiska, Surdce creates performances that connect ancient traditions with a contemporary sensibility.
The tour of ZAEK at Jacksons Lane is supported by the Touring Programme of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria (2026) and the Mobility Programme of Sofia City Municipality (2026)
❤️🔥 Join surdce dance in the iconic Jacksons Lane theatre in London for a one-off opportunity to view ZAEK (Rabbit)’s dance performance.
// Contemporary dance performance by surdce dance collective //
📆 17th July 2026 ⏰ 19:30h
📍Jacksons Lane theatre
🎫 Tickets: https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/zaek-rabbit-by-surdce-dance-collective/
PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for this event are sold only via the Jacksons Lane theatre website & box office - please visit https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/.
❄️ZAEK is a winter dance tale inspired by the ancient Bulgarian rite of passage koleduvane.
It follows the adventures of a boy known as the Rabbit, standing on the fragile threshold between childhood and adulthood. The Rabbit is small for his age, but quick and shrewd — agile, cunning, and determined to avoid the day when he must undergo the Ritual.
But one Sunday morning in late December, everything changes.
The tribe begins its ancient song. The elders dress in white shirts stitched with red thread. Slowly, they move toward the Rabbit, stamping their heels and sticks into the ground. The Rabbit swallows hard.
Is there any way to avoid growing up?
Creative Team
Idea, directing & choreography Stephanie Handjiiska
Performed by Bilyana Tsolova, Emilia Radicheva, Ksenia Bakalova, Marchela-Vasilena Merchant, Nikola Ivanov, Nina Tomlinson, Pavel Todorov, Stephanie Handjiiska, Zhasmina Valcheva.
Rehearsal Director Marchela-Vasilena Merchant
Composer Georgi Atanassov
Costume design Maya Mateva
About surdce dance collective
Surdce Dance is a London-based collective creating contemporary dance works rooted in Eastern European heritage. Through immersive performance, the company explores themes of ecology, migration, femininity, and identity.
Led by artistic directors Marchela-Vasilena Merchant and Stephanie Handjiiska, Surdce creates performances that connect ancient traditions with a contemporary sensibility.
The tour of ZAEK at Jacksons Lane is supported by the Touring Programme of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria (2026) and the Mobility Programme of Sofia City Municipality (2026)