Kosta Karakashyan

Biography

Kosta Karakashyan is a Bulgarian director, choreographer, writer, and performer investigating how to nurture empathy and tenderness through dance, film, and education. A two-time Bulgarian National Ballroom Champion, Kosta has performed and choreographed on Dancing with the Stars Vietnam and across Bulgaria, New York, Canada, Germany, Norway, Vietnam, 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, He graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Dance and is currently completing a Master's in Human Rights at the Global Campus of Human Rights in Venice, Italy. In New York, Kosta has choreographed for the Columbia Ballet Collaborative and performed works by Merce Cunningham, Sasha Waltz, Shannon Gillen, and Chase Brock. He choreographed and performed in the campaign video for SRB Paris, featured online in Vogue Russia.