Since October of 2004, Iliana has been the director and choreographer of Ensemble Voivodintsi which is comprised of 4 dance groups, 3 of children and 1 of adults, 2 singing groups - man and woman.

Year in a row, Iliana has been invited to serve as Dance Coordinator for the Folk Seminar  to be held at the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in Plovdiv this July. She will also teach a new class, a Survey of Bulgarian Folk Dance, during the Seminar.

Besides her work as a dance teacher and choreographer, Iliana has worked as a technician of architecture and civil engineering. She is married and has two sons. 

Iliana’s Work as a Choreographer

Since 1995, Iliana has worked with the Bosilek Bulgarian Folk Dance Ensemble. At the invitation of Cathie Springer, the group’s artistic director, Iliana has created 14 choreographies for Bosilek, using folk dance and ritual elements from regions all over Bulgaria. The choreographies are: Enyovden, Pirinska miluvka, Babini unuki, Haide bulki Shopski tantsi, Varnenski tants, Maimari, Byalo, zeleno, cherveno, Peperuda v Dobrudzha, and Na firuglitsa, trakiiki, kokonitsi, Gabrovski ritmi, oro se vie. Iliana is appreciative of the opportunity Bosilek has given her to create these choreographies and share the wonderful richness of Bulgarian folklore, and for "opening the door to the world," as she began her international teaching career. 

Iliana has also worked as a choreographer for Ensemble Zarove in Najmegen, Holland, since 1995. The artistic director of this wonderful children's group is Esther Willems.