Bianca is active in several aspects of teaching folk dance. From 1978 on she
studies Bulgarian folklore and she travels to Bulgaria at least once a year. She
visits amateur and professional ensembles, researchers and (village) dancers.
From 1983-1990 she visited Turkey regularly to study folklore.
Besides numerous workshops in Bulgarian Folk Dance, Bianca teaches folk dances
from different countries on all levels and various occasions in Holland,
Switzerland, Belgium, England, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Canada, United States,
Taiwan, Australia, Israel and Hongkong.
She has taught at the dance academy in Tilburg (Holland) and Koupio (Finland)
and at the professional "Folkloristisch Danstheater" in Amsterdam.
Since 1981 Bianca organizes folklore tours to Bulgaria and (1994 on) to other
countries.
1979-1985 she performed in the Dutch group Praznik, specialized in Bulgarian
dance and 1987-1991 in the Turkish group Tozak. Of both groups she was the
co-founder.
Bianca is actively involved in training folk dance teachers. She has been head of teaching staff of a two year part-time education in Holland. She is still involved as a guest teacher for Turkish and Bulgarian folk dance and the subject of group-dynamics. Several workshops for folk dance teachers on different subjects are lead by her. She developed and executed a one-year training for recreational teachers in Switzerland.
Bianca has published articles on Bulgarian folklore in The Netherlands and abroad. She has made choreographies for amateur performing groups in Holland, Hongkong and Australia. She has been member of several juries in folk dance festivals. In 1994 she produced a compact disc: "Movements in Bulgarian Folk Music".