PRODUCTION TEAM
Barbara Földesi (production, choreography, performance)
Barbara Földesi graduated as B.A. in contemporary stage dance at Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität, Austria, and as Magistra in ‘Theory & Praxis of Wing Tsun’ in Paiisi Hilendarski, Bulgaria. She has been working with choreographers and companies in Austria and abraod, such as Hubert Lepka / lawine.torren, Cie. Off Verticality, Musiktheater Linz and Jianan Qu and travelled with her own productions throughout Europe. In 2015 she established the Association Body Graphics in Bulgaria to support the network and scene for contemporary dance and performance in the country. She received support by and collaborated with Derida Dance Center, Goethe Institut, ODK Pernik, ArtArea, Theater of Responsibility, Melformator, Senselab and more. In 2019 she is part in several projects for the programme of Plovdiv 2019, amongst others with two of her own productions. For further information visit www.bodygraphics.bg or barbarafoeldesi.wixsite.com/website.
Boris Zafirov (director, management)
Boris Zafirov graduates NATFA “Krastyo Sarafov” in 2012 with the specialty “Theatrical
knowledge and management” in the class of professor Kalina Stefanova. During his study, he works as a freelance journalist and media assistant. After his graduation he continues writing for Bulgarian and international editions for theater, reporting on international festivals and independent stage projects. He is a part of the starting team at “online” edition for theater- “Regions of conflict” project by the oldest theatrical organization in Europe – “Union theatres of Europe” founded by Giorgio Strehler. In 2013 he takes an important for his career interview from the German director Georg Genoux, who by that time is working with “Replica” theater. Genoux then invites him to be a part of a workshop, in which Zafirov’s first project as a practicing director was born. The monospectacle “To buy history” was played for two years on the alternative stages of the city of Sofia. Followed by the play “Essenceless” which introduces the stories of four people with psychological disorders. At the moment Boris Zafirov is a chairman of NGO “Theater of responsibility” with which he and his team organize annual stage projects with partnerships with government theaters and organizations working in the course of social change.
Tsveta Ermenkova (dramaturgy)
Petko Tanchev (visuals)
Lisa Stewart (sound design)
Lisa Stewart (b. Melbourne, Australia 1986) is a multidisciplinary artist working across sound, video, installation, collage, performance, somatic and live art experiences. Stewart’s works play with sensory language as a means of highlighting the construction of experience, perception and systems of mass belief. Working with concept of ‘as above, so below’, she creates microcosmic fragmentations which allegorically illuminate the macrocosm and vice versa. She has a particular interest in the fine line between history and mythology, working with fantasy to illuminate fact and explore alternative timelines.
DANCE / PERFORMANCE
Barbara Földesi / Барбара Фьолдеши
Barbara
Bratan Bratanov / Братан Братанов
Bratan was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1980. He is a performer, actor, dancer, experimental vocalist, poet and philologist-translator. From 2013 he is actively involved in numerous projects from butoh, contact improvisation and hip-hop based performances to clowning and documentary theatre. Bratan is also an organizer of several international dance and theatre workshops and performances. His current research interests are in the fields of dance and movement therapy.
Ina Gerginova / Ина Гергинова
Ina Gerginova is a Bulgarian freelance artist - contemporary dancer, choreographer, actress, teacher and art therapist. In the dance field she works with floor techniques, partnering and improvisation. In the projects she participates in and in her own creations Ina seeks strong metaphors, meaningful messages and social engagement.
Ivaylo Dimitrov / Ивайло Димитров
Maria Dimitrova / Мария Димитрова
Plamena Pencheva / Пламена Пенчева
Plamena Pencheva is a Blugarian dancer, performer and actress,
based in Sofia. She has graduated with a Bachelor in movement theater at the Natfiz University for Dance and Theater. Currently she engages mostly with Contact lmprovisation and has a background in Butoh Dance. She is regularly teaching contemporary dance and Contact lmprovisation in studentina, Sofia.
PERFORMANCE
Vyara Bolgradova / Вяра Болградова
Dario Tabakov / Дарио Табаков
Diana Tankova / Дияна Танкова
Elena Zdravkova / Елена Здравкова
Ira Stoyanova / Ира Стоянова
Ivan Victor Naniov / Иван Виктор Нанйов
Yoana Madzharova / Йоана Маджарова
Mila Ivanova / Мила Иванова
Nikol Georgieva / Никол Георгиев
Nikolay Raychev / Николай Райчев /
Tanya Racheva / Таня Рачева
Tihomir Dimitrov / Тихомир Димитров
Tsveta Georgieva / Цвета Георгиева
Filip Haralanov / Филип Харланов
