In this episode, Morana talks to Tatiana Filipenko, a Frame Up Strip teacher, dancer, and choreographer based in Slovenia. Originally from Siberia, Tatiana shares her journey from rhythmic gymnastics to discovering Frame Up through a Russian TV show—an encounter that instantly changed her life. With no local teachers at first, she learned from slowed-down videos, eventually moving to Moscow to train more deeply.

Tatiana describes how she relocated to Slovenia and ended up starting a Frame Up community from scratch in a very traditional dance environment. She discusses her challenges, her students’ growth, and her decision to pursue formal choreography education at age 31 to refine her teaching and give more to her dancers.

Tatiana shares her creative process, her approach to motivating beginners, and what she believes Frame Up represents: freedom. The episode closes with Tatiana’s message to anyone thinking of trying Frame Up: just go for it—you belong on the dance floor.

Tatiana’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_filipena_/

00:00 Introduction
00:40 Tatiana’s Background
01:00 Dance Journey
01:50 Discovering Frame Up
02:30 Learning Without Teachers
03:10 Training in Moscow
03:55 Moving to Slovenia
04:20 Becoming a Teacher
05:30 Classes in Slovenia
08:35 Competitions in Europe
11:00 First Frame Up Competition
12:40 Plans and Goals
14:00 Creative Process
14:50 Advice for Beginners
15:40 Motivating Students
16:45 Boots or Sandals
20:30 One Word for Frame Up
20:50 Memorable Teaching Moment
21:10 Fun Facts
22:00 Final Message

In this episode, Morana talks with dancer and choreographer Yuliana Zolotova, joining from Novi Sad, Serbia. Yuliana shares her journey from starting dance at age seven in Ukraine to studying dance professionally, performing on cruise ships around the world, and eventually settling in Serbia for love.

She tells how she discovered Frame Up Strip through Anastasia Koval, later bringing the style to Serbia, where she now teaches and performs. Yuliana recalls working with Serbian pop stars, creating choreography for them, as well as winning first place in her category at World of Dance Serbia.

They discuss her teaching path—from being afraid to teach adults to building Frame Up and heels communities in Novi Sad and Belgrade—and her challenges as an immigrant instructor introducing a new dance style to a new culture.

Yuliana closes with heartfelt advice for dancers: never give up on what you love, stay patient, and enjoy the process.

Yuliana’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuliana_zolotova/

00:00 Introduction
01:00 Early Beginnings
02:00 Studying & Performing Abroad
04:30 Discovering Frame Up Strip
05:30 Teaching in a New Country
06:30 Bringing Frame Up to the Serbian Stage
09:00 Dance Foundations & Style
10:30 Winning World of Dance Serbia
12:30 Injuries & Conventions
15:00 Teaching Today
18:30 Finding Her Style
20:30 Creating Choreography
22:00 Teaching Artists & Groups
23:30 Advice for Dancers
24:30 Upcoming Projects
25:30 Quickfire Round – Shoes, icons, favorite choreo, and fun facts
30:00 Life on Cruise Ships
32:30 Becoming Her Own Project
33:30 Final Message – “Don’t give up on what you love”

In this first episode of season 2 of Strip Journey, Morana talks to Djuna, a dancer and teacher based in Berlin, about her journey into Frame Up Strip. Djuna shares how she went from folklore dance and hip hop to developing her own choreographic voice, and how she builds intention into every piece.

They talk about:

• Why Frame Up changed how she feels dance

• Teaching in Berlin and building trust with students, her Innuendo Crew

• How she supports beginners to let go of “looking clean”

• Why she wants dancers to "go through something" on stage

This is an inspiring episode for dancers at all levels who want to deepen their connection to movement and find their own voice in performance.

Djuna’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ddjunna/

Innuendo crew instagram: https://www.instagram.com/innuendocrew/

00:00 Intro – Meeting Djuna

02:00 Djuna’s dance background

03:25 Discovering Frame Up during the pandemic

05:10 What changed in her dance expression after Frame Up

08:00 Teaching Frame Up in Berlin

09:00 Djuna’s choreographic process: intention first

12:15 Why vulnerability is part of her style

14:10 When she feels most like herself in dance

17:10 Favorite pieces: Emotionally driven choreographies

18:45 Movement qualities: tension, contrast, softness

20:30 Advice for dancers: let go of needing to be clean

21:20 Frame Up in one word

23:00 What makes her proud as a teacher

24:00 Outro – Final reflections and thank you