Adrijana Danchevska Rovchanin is a choreographer, dancer and Dean of Film Academy at the “Goce Delchev” University in Shtip. One of the first emerging choreographers shaped through the Skopje Dance Theater and she has played a significant role in the development of contemporary dance in North Macedonia and beyond.
Danchevska completed her secondary dance education at DMBUC “Ilija Nikolovski-Luj” under the mentorship of Elena Antonova Petrović. She later earned both her bachelor's and master’s degrees in choreography at the University of Audiovisual Arts, ESRA Skopje–Paris–New York, studying under Prof. Dr. Risima Risimkin.
In 2015, she was selected to participate in the inaugural CEEC Summer Dance Camp in China. As a long-time collaborator with the Skopje Dance Theater, she has created numerous acclaimed works, including Symbol (with Aleksandra Petrushevska), D.O.L., Home (the performance), Don’t Touch My Eyes, Go Figure It Out, A Place Very Special to Her, and The Remix. Danchevska received both the First Prize for Best Choreography and the Audience Award at the 26th Festival of Choreographic Miniatures in Belgrade, Serbia.
Internationally, Danchevska has worked as a choreographer at CODARTS University in the Netherlands with dancers from the Rotterdam Dance Academy, and at the University of the Art- ZHdK in Zurich, Switzerland. She also choreographed and directed Home (the film), the first Macedonian dance film. Her other international engagements include participating in Balkan Dance Project Vol. 1 alongside Igor Kirov and Aleksandar Ilić, and performing in Kirov’s project at the Masdanza Festival in the Canary Islands.
Her choreographies have been presented at renowned festivals, including Contemporary Dance Week (Zagreb, Croatia), Laiks Dejot (Riga, Latvia), Silk Road Festival (China), SHARE Festival (Bratislava, Slovakia), and Holland Dance Festival (The Hague, Netherlands). As a performer, she has appeared at Battery Dance Festival (New York), Meet in Beijing (China), Tanec Praha (Czech Republic) with Yukio Suzuki, ITS Festival (Amsterdam), Tanzmesse (Cologne), Ankara Solo Dance Festival, and others.
In 2023, she choreographed Interweaving, the second segment of Prayers of My Body, a production at the National Opera and Ballet honoring poet Aco Šopov. Danchevska is also a co-founder of Tanc Bunker and the contemporary dance festival Tanc Bunker – Platform 01, both of which support and promote contemporary dance practices.
Her recent works include Mockumentary, premiered during the Week of Macedonian Choreography at the National Opera and Ballet, and The Remix 0.2, presented at the Macedonian Choreographic Platform with Lokomotiva in 2025. Mockumentary is selected in top 10 at Moving Balkans 2026 show-case.
Danchevska’s choreographic expression is rooted in an ongoing investigation of how movement communicates complex emotions, social issues, and personal narratives. She explores the sensorial and kinaesthetic through collaborative processes with performers, integrating new technologies and multimedia to expand the choreographic field. Her work often layers video, sound, and visual textures to challenge perception, evoke reflection, and push the boundaries of contemporary dance.
