PETRA ZANKI is an award-winning Croatian-American choreographer living in Brooklyn, NY. She was nominated as the best young choreographer in 2010. on Zagreb Dance Platform, and granted multiple residencies across Europe among which choreographic scholarship from ICK-Amsterdam/Emio Greco and Croatian HIPP-TSP, in 2012-2013. Her works have been shown across Europe, US, Canada, the UK, and Australia among which at Movement Research at Judson Church, Coil13/PS122, La Mama, On the Boards, SIDF, 12 Ave Arts/Washington Ensemble Theatre, Base, and at Velocity Dance Center. In the US Petra has received residencies awards: bst residency from The University of Washington/Dance, IMP series at the Velocity Dance Center, Base Residencies at 2017, and 2018, and James Ray Residency Award in 2018-2019. Petra is a recipient of 4CULTURE, smART ventures, and Bossak-Heilbron Foundation Grants. The texts about her works have been published in magazines Tanz, Performance Art Journal-MIT, Performance Research Journal, The Bomb, Kretanja, and Frakcija. She is currently attending the MFA Choreography program at CODARTS/Fontys in the Netherlands. Growing up in Croatia during the war, Petra’s main interest remains the transformation of pain into landscapes of beauty for the benefit of humanity.