BOYKO BOGDANOV - BULGARIAN STAGE DIRECTOR / COMPOSER / POET - PORTFOLIO 2021

STAGE DIRECTOR / COMPOSER / POET

CV + PORTFOLIO

[2021]

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СONTENT:

PERSONAL INFO..............................................................................................................2 EDUCATION………………………………….……..……………………………………………………………………….3 SPECIALIZATION ABROAD...............................................................................................3 PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE….……………..………………………………………………………..….4 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE.................................................................................5 ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE…………………….........................................................................6 SELECTED AWARDS…….............................................................................................8 LIST OF EMBLEMATIC PRODUCTIONS……………….........…….....................…................9 SELECTED TOURS ABROAD………………………...............................................................9 PRODUCTIONS BY B. BOGDANOV.…………………………………………….…………………….....10 PORTFOLIO ……………………………………….………..…………………………………………………………...11 АLTERNATIVE THEATRE PERFORMANCES AND PRODUCTIONS….…….….………….16 “ELIZAVETA BAM” EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE STUDIO..................................20 FILM AND TV STAGING FOR BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION……..……..………27 EMBLEMATIC THEATRE PRODUCTIONS…......……...............................................31 BULGARIAN CLASSICAL DRAMA....................................................................51 STAGING OF MUSICAL AND OPERETTA…..............………................................64 BALLET STAGING...........................................................................................70 OPERA STAGING……...........................…….....................................................75 MUSIC………………………….….……………………………….……….…………………..……………..…86 BOOKS OF POETRY…………………….......................................................................89 B.BOGDANOV IS ALSO KNOWN……………………...…..............................................90 OTHER AUTHORS ABOUT HIM….….…………..…..…................................................90 WORK IN PROGRESS [ONGOING PROJECTS]……....……..…………………………….……………......91

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PERSONAL INFO: NATIONALITY:

BULGARIAN

DATE OF BIRTH:

16.07.1959.

LANGUAGES: CONTACT:

FRENCH / RUSSIAN/ ENGLISH

Email: boybogdan@abv.bg Site: https://boykobogdanov.wordpress.com/ Facebook: Boyko Bogdanov Cell phone: + 359 889 889 211 Home phone [BG]: +359 2 476 32 06 Home phone [DE]: +49 151 664 763 40

ADRESSES: ADRESS [BG]:

“Serdika” Str. № 36А 1202, Sofia, Bulgaria ADRESS [DE]: GROSSERHOF 4 38100 BRAUNSCHVEIG NIEDERSACHSEN DEUTCHLAND

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EDUCATION: ▲ 1984 NATFA [NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR THEATRE AND FILM ARTS]

SPECIALIZATION ABROAD:

▲ 2003 – FRANCE, PARIS: FINANCING AND MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL INSTITUTES

SOFIA, BULGARIA

MA IN DIRECTING

▲ 1978 FRENCH LANGUAGE SCHOOL VARNA, BULGARIA

A PROGRAM OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE

▲ 1991 / 92, 1989 / 90 FRANCE:

AND МIDDLE MUSIC SCHOOL

PARIS, МАRSEILLES, АVIGNON

/PIANO/

▲ 1989 – RUSSIA: МOSCOW, ST. PETERSBURG

▲ 1988 – POLAND: VROTZLAW, WARSAW A PROGRAM OF THE UNION OF BULGARIAN ARTISTS [SAB]

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PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

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АDMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: ▲ 1984-1987.

A FULL TIME DIRECTOR OF VARNA THEATER ▲ 1987-1989.

FREELANCED DIRECTOR ▲ 1989-1993.

FULL TIME DIRECTOR OF “SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER

▲ B.BOGDANOV GIVES THE AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE UNION OF BULGARIAN ARTISTS TO L EON DANIEL – ONE OF THE M ASTERS OF BULGARIAN DIRECTING

▲ 1993-1997.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BULGARIAN DIRECTORS GUILD ▲ 1998-2006.

PRINCIPAL OF “SALZA I SMIAH” [TEARS AND LAUGHTER] STATE DRAMA THEATER - SOFIA ▲ 2003-2015. РРРРИEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF «ORPHYKA» IMPRESARIO AGENCY ▲ 2007-2008.

CHIEF DIRECTOR OF RUSE NATIONAL OPERA ▲ 2008-2012.

CHIEF DIRECTOR OF DRAMA THEATER - BLAGOEVGRAD ▲ SINCE 2012.

FREELANCED DIRECTOR

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▲ 2004.

CO-FOUNDER AND ART DIRECTOR OF

„ NEIGHBOR VOICES“ BALKAN THEATRE FESTIVAL ▲ SNAPSHOT FROM THE OPENING NIGHT PARTY – “NEIGHBOR VOICES ” FESTIVAL AT “ SALZA I SMIAH ” THEATER , SOFIA , 2004 [PERSONAL ARCHIVE ]

„SALZA I SMIAH“ STATE DRAMA THEATER, SOFIA, BULGARIA

▲ 2011-2013.

ART DIRECTOR OF

„ PIRIN SPRING“ BALKAN THEATRE FESTIVAL „N. VAPTSAROV” THEATER, BLAGOEVGRAD, BULGARIA

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ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE:

▲ BOYKO BOGDANOV HAS WORKED IN MORE THAN 30 DRAMA AND OPERA THEATERS IN BULGARIA AND ABROAD FOR THE PERIOD 1989-2021.

HE HAS STAGED OVER 120 THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS OF NATIONAL AND WORLD CLASSICS , OF CONTEMPORARY DRAMATURGY [CREATING ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR MOST OF THEM]. BOGDANOV HAS DIRECTED ALSO 10 CLASSICAL OPERAS, 7 MUSICALS, 1 BALLET, AS WELL AS NUMBERS OF HAPPENINGS, PERFORMANCES , STREET THEATRE EVENTS , TV DRAMAS AND SHOW PROGRAMS .

AS A COMPOSER HE HAS CREATED OVER 50 SONGS, 6 MUSICALS, ONE BALLET, ONE OPERA , AND THE MUSIC FOR 3 DOCUMENTARIES AND 2 TV DRAMAS IN BULGARIAN NATIONAL TV. AT THE MOMENT BOGDANOV HAS PUBLISHED IN BULGARIAN 7 ORIGINAL BOOKS OF HIS COLLECTED POEMS.

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♛ SELECTED AWARDS: • STAGING AND BEST PRODUCTION – VІIITH NATIONAL REVIEW OF THE THEATERS IN BULGARIA FOR “HOUSE” (KASHTA) BY A. STRASHIMIROV; • BEST PRODUCTION – ІST NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT THEATER FOR “ANTHROPOMISANTHROPОS” AFTER MOLIERE, CAMUS AND SARTRE IN “FREE THEATER” – COPRODUCTION WITH “ELIZAVETA BAM” EXPERIMENTAL THEATER STUDIO; • THEATRICAL MUSIC – PRIZE OF DRAMA THEATER “V. DRUMEV” FOR “THE MANDRAKE”

BY MACHIAVELLI; • STAGING – IKARUS PRIZE OF THE UNION OF THE BULGARIAN ARTISTS FOR “MASTERS” (MAISTORI) BY R. STOYANOV;

•

STAGING - DIONYSUS AWARD FOR “MASTERS” (“MAISTORI”) BY R. STOYANOV;

• BEST PRODUCTION – ASKEER THEATRE AWARD – FOR “MOTHER IN LAW” (“SVEKARVA”)

BY A. STRASHIMIROV; • STAGING – “NEW BULGARIAN DRAMA” NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL – FOR THE PERFORMANCE “THE DREAMATORIUM” (“MECHTALOTO”); • STAGING, ORIGINAL MUSIC AND BEST PRODUCTION – ХІTH INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL IN RIJEKA FOR THE “THE CONTEMPLATORIUM OR THE ETERNAL BALKAN PUB” (“GLEDALOTO ILI VECHNATA BALKANSKA KRACHMA”) – MAY 2004; • АWARD OF THE CRITICS – INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL IN SARAJEVO FOR THE PERFORMANCE “THE CONTEMPLATORIUM OR THE ETERNAL BALKAN PUB” (“GLEDALOTO ILI VECHNATA BALKANSKA KRACHMA”) – 2005; • 2 TIMES АWARD OF THE CRITICS - “STAGE, PALETTE, WORD” NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL (“SCENA PALITRA SLOVO“) FOR THE PERFORMANCES “I HEAR YOUR VOICES” AND “ONE TANGO WITH MARQUEZ”;

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EMBLEMATIC THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS: • “ILE” /EUGENE O'NEILL/; • “IN CAMERA” (“HUIS CLOS”) /SARTRE/; • “KALHAS” /COLLAGE ON THE WORKS OF A.P. CHEKHOV/; • “MADAME BOVARY” /FLAUBERT/; • “THE RESPECTABLE WEDDING” (“DIE KLEINBÜRGERHOCHZEIT”), /BRECHT/; • “THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI” (“DER AUFHALTSAME AUFSTIEG DES ARTURO UI”) /BRECHT/; • “DIARY OF A MADMAN” (“DNEVNIK SUMASHEDSHEVA”), /GOGOL /; • “THE INSPECTOR GENERAL” (“REVIZOR”) /GOGOL/; • “THE TOTH FAMILY” / ISTVÁN ÖRKÉNY/; • “KINGDOM OF EARTH” /Т. WILLIAMS/; • “VICTIM OF DUTY” (“VICTIMES DU DEVOIR”) /Т. WILLIAMS/; • “RHINOCÉROS” /IONESCO/; • “THE LESSON” /IONESCO/; • “THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS” (“IL SERVITORE DI DUE PADRONI”) /GOLDONI/; • “DR” /NUŠIĆ/; • “YONADAB” / P. SHAFFER/; • “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT`S DREAM“ /SHAKESPEARE/; • ”LAST MOONS” /ON BURDON/; • “TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE“ (“QUESTA SERA SI RECITA A SOGGETTO”) /PIRANDELLO/; • “THE JESTER’S HAT“ (“IL BERRETTO A SONAGI”) /PIRANDELLO/; • “MARRIAGE PLAY“/E.ALBEY/ • “THE MANDRAKE” (“LA MANDRAGOLA”) /MACHIAVELLI/ BULGARIAN CLASSICAL DRAMA: • ”MOTHER IN LAW”, “VAMPIRE” AND “HOUSE” /А.STRASHIMIROV/; • “МASTERS” /R.STOYANOV/; • “WOMEN`S KINGDOM” /ST.L.KOSTOV/; • “I HEAR YOUR VOICES” /ON D.TALEV/; • “THE GERAKS” (“GERATSITE”) /ЕLIN PELIN/; • “BORYANA” /Y.YOVKOV/; • “SUEDE JACKET“ /ST. STRATIEV/; • “THE HORSE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT” /AFTER ST. TSANEV/ ...

SELECTED TOURS ABROAD: ▲ RUSSIA /MOSCOW, RYAZAN/

▲ UKRAINE /ODESSA, KIEV/

▲ FRANCE /GRENOBLE/

▲ GERMANY /BERLIN/

▲ МACEDONIA /BITOLA, OHRID – “OHRID SUMMER“ FESTIVAL/

▲ SLOVAKIA /BRATISLAVA/

▲ ITALY /TURIN, MODENA/

▲ AUSTRIA / KREMS –„DONAUFESTIVAL”, VIENA/

▲ JAPAN /TOKIO, OSAKA/

▲ USA /LAS VEGAS WILLINGTON, ATLANTA, BROOKLYN/

▲ CROATIA /RIJEK/

▲ BOSNA AND HERZEGOVINA /SARAJEVO/

▲ SWITZERLAND /SOLOTHURN/

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PRODUCTIONS BY B. BOGDANOV “ELIZAVETA BAM – I“, “ELIZAVETA BAM – II“

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TWO ECCENTRIC PSEUDO-OPERA-MUSICALS ON “ELIZAVETA BAM” BY DANIIL KHARMS

“WE?[NO] WHERE? “ “YES!YES! TO DADA“[DA!DA! NA DADA] [A CO-PRODUCTION WITH GOETHE INSTITUTE –

BASED ON ORIGINAL MUSIC AND DADAIST MANIFESTOS]

“АNTHROPOMIZANTHROPOS“ AFTER MOLIERE, CAMUS AND SARTRE

“ADIEU, MOZART? “ “LOVE TRESPASSES” “SLAVEYKOVTSI“

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“BOTEV`S DREAMS“ ON SATIRIC TEXTS BY HRISTO BOTEV

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“A HUMAN COMEDY“

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ON BALZAC`S NOVEL “OLD MAN GORIO“

“ХХ-TH CENTURY“- A TRILOGY BASED ON ORIGINAL MUSIC

“TICKS“[“VERESII“] -

“DELIGHT AND COLLAPSE OF LOVE“- A BALLET

“A TANGO WITH MARQUEZ“- MONODRAMA ON THE ONLY PLAY BY G.G. МARQUEZ „DIATRIBE OF LOVE AGAINST A SEATED MAN“ [“DIATRIBA DE AMOR ◀ ------------CONTRA UN HOMBRE SENTADO”]

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PORTFOLIO:

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▼

“VICTIM OF DUTY” /IONESCO/ “APOLONIA” SUMMER ARTFEST

SOZOPOL 1989

.

▲ ANETA PEITCHEVA, NIKOLAY CHILOV AND OGNYAN JEKOV IN “VICTIM OF DUTY“,”APOLONIA“ SUMMER ARTFEST 1989 PHOTOS: PERSONAL ARCHIVE

STAGING AND MUSIC – BOYKO BOGDANOV

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“RHINOCÉROS” /IONESCO/ “YOUTH THEATER ” – SOFIA, 1989 ▼

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV [ORCHESTRATION - DANKO YORDANOV]

GEORGE KADURIN IN “RHINOCÉROS” ▲ @ “YOUTH THEATER” – SOFIA, 1989, PHOTOS: PERSONAL ARCHIVE

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“YONADAB”/P.SHAFFER/ “RENAISSANCE“ STATE DRAMA THEATER, SOFIA, 1986 ▼

▲ “YONADAB”, P.SHEFFER, PHOTOS: PERSONAL ARCHIVE

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

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▼ “BOTEV`S DREAMS” / BASED ON THE SATIRC WORKS BY HRISTO BOTEV

- MAJOR

BULGARIAN POET, JOURNALIST AND REVOLUCTIONARY / DRAMA THEATER - LOVETCH 1990.

▲ “BOTEV`S DREAMS ” [“BOTEVI SANISHTA“], PHOTOS: PERSONAL ARCHIVE VIDEO IN BG- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEVtOf3FPws

DRAMATISATION / STAGTING / MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

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АLTERNATIVE THEATRE PERFORRMANCES AND PRODUCTIONS:

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◀ “LET`S WALL IN THE MUSICIAN” [DA ZAZIDAME MUZIKANTA] ANTI-TOTALITARIAN THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE - HAPPENING WITH A GROUP OF YOUNG ARTISTS FROM

ANATOLY VAPIROV [IN THE MIDDLE] AMONG PERFORMERS, BUILDING A BRICK WALL AROUND HIM

VARNA TOWN AND ASSOCIATION OF YOUNG ARCHITECTS , WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE RUSSIAN JAZZMAN ANATOLY VAPIROV / FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTER – VARNA - 1988/

BOTH PHOTOS: BY STANKA TSONKOVA [USHA] [ONE YEAR BEFORE THE RADICAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSITION OF BULGARIA - FROM COMMUNISM TO DEMOCRACY , 1989.]

◀

“TIME IS TEMPORARY” [VREMETO E VREMENNO] HAPPENING WITH „ELIZAVETA BAM“ EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE STUDIO IN FRONT OF THE “TIME IS TEMPORARY”, SHOT FROM THE HAPPENING

MAUSOLEUM OF GEORGE DIMITROV – SOFIA –1990.

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“LET`S WALL IN THE MUSICIAN!“– PERFORMANCE, 1988. ▼ IDEA / TEXT / MANAGEMENT / DIRECTING – B.BOGDANOV

PROTEST AGAINST THE YOUTH COMMUNIST ORGANISATION IN BULGARIA

▲ „LET`S WALL IN THE MUSICIAN”, DIR.B.BOGDANOV, FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTER- VARNA, PHOTO: © USHA

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“TIME IS TEMPORARY“ –

HAPPENING 1990.▼

IDEA / TEXT / MANAGEMENT / DIRECTING – B.BOGDANOV „ MEMORIAL DINNER FOR THE SOVIET REVOLUTION“ A DINNER WITH RED WINE, RITUAL GRAIN [ORTHODOX BURIAL ELEMENTS], LENIN AND A RAG DOLL

▲ „TIME IS TEMPORARY”, “ELIZAVETA BAM” STUDIO ACTORS TOGETHER WITH THE DIRECTOR BOYKO BOGDANOV AND THE DRAMATURGIST VERONIKA BLAGOVA ON THE TERRACE OF THE GEORGE DIMITROV`S MAUSOLEUM, SOFIA, PHOTO: © USHA

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▼ ELIZAVETA BAM [MAIYA OSTOITCH] /

“ELIZAVETA BAM I”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, “SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER - SOFIA /

PHOTO: © USHA

ELIZAVETA BAM: /1989 – 1994/ ▲ FOUNDER OF “ELIZAVETA BAM” EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE STUDIO AT THE “SOFIA“ MUNICIPAL THEATER

EMBLEMATIC PRODUCTIONS: “ЕLIZAVETA BAM I“, “ELIZAVETA BAM II“, “WE? [NO]WHERE“, “ANTHROPOMIZANTHROPOS“, “ADIEU, МОZART?“, “ЕЛИЗАВЕТА БАМ I“ / ПО ДАНИИЛУ Х АРМСУ / 1990; “YES! YES! TO DADA!”[“DA!DA!NA DADA”] “ЕЛИЗАВЕТА БАМ II“ / ПО ДАНИИЛУ ХАРМСУ / 1991 ▼

/TOURS ON THEATRE FESTIVALS IN BULGARIA AND EUROPE/

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„ELIZAVETA BAM-I”, DIRECTOR B.BOGDANOV: „LENIN`S SHADOW“ - [MICHAEL MILCHEV] , МАМАSHА - [ELENA SHIVATCHEVA] PHOTOS: © USHA

“ELIZAVETA BAM I” ECCENTRIC PSEUDO–ОPERA– МUSICAL WITH THEATRICAL ELEMENTS [ON THE EPONOMOUS PLAY BY DANIIL KHARMS] ORIGINAL MUSIC, STAGING AND LEADING THE PERFORMANCE BY REALTIME PIANO PLAYING – B.BOGDANOV

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“ELIZAVETA BAM I”, DIR. B. BOGDANOV: ELIZAVETA BAM [MAIYA OSTOITCH], ▶ PHOTO TO A REVIEW IN „DIE PRESSE“ – FROM THE PERFORMANCE AT „DONNAU FEST“, VIENNA [АUSTRIA], 1994. © “DIE PRESSE”

◀ PETR NIKOLAEVICH [YORDAN BIKOV] PHOTO FROM THE PERFORMANCE @ “SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER, SOFIA PHOTO: © USHA

▲ PAPASHA [М.МILTCHEV] AND IVAN IVANOVICH [ NIKOLAY URUMOV] PHOTO FROM THE PERFORMANCE @ “SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER, SOFIA / PHOTO: © USHA PHOTOGRAPHER - USHA

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„ELIZAVETA BAM -II”

▲ ELIZAVETA BAM [M.ОSTOITCH]

▲

МUZHIK [ KIRIL TSONEV ] „LENIN`S SHADOW“ [M. MILTCHEV]

▶

”SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER / PHOTOS: © USHA

◀

„LENIN`S SHADOW“ [M. MILTCHEV] TOGETHER WITH PAPASHA [ KIRIL TSONEV ]

BOTH OF THE THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AT INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVALS IN: GRENOBLE [FRANCE], TURIN [ITALY], VIENNA AND KREMS [AUSTIRIA]]

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▼ “ANTHROPOMIZANTHROPOS” /ON

МOLIERE, CAMUS AND SARTRE/ 1992

COPRODUCTION WITH STATE “INDEPENDENT THEATER” [THE SHOW IS PERFORMED @ THE HALL , THE AUDIENCE IS ON THE STAGE] / IDEA/DRAMATISATION/STAGING/ORIGINAL MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

▲ PETER VARBANOV IN „ANTHROPOMIZANTHROPOS”, DIR. B. BOGDANOV – VIDEO SNAPSHOT – PERSONAL ARCHIVE

▲

“ANTHROPOMIZANTHROPOS” , DIR. B. BOGDANOV / LEFT PHOTO – ELENA SHIVATCHEVA, VIDEO SNAPSHOT - PERSONAL ARCHIVE / RIGHT PHOTO - THE ACTORS, PHOTO – © USHA ▲

♛

BEST PRODUCTION AWARD AT FIRST BULGARIAN NATIONAL INDEPENDENT THEATRE FESTIVAL

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“WE?[NO]WHERE”/ “SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER 1993.

▼

INCLUDING LIVE PERFORMED ORIGINAL MUSIC

AN ARTWORK, BASED ON MEMORIES OF THE TROUPE MEMBERS FROM THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS IN THE COMMUNIST REGIME

▲ HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT [MAIYA OSTOITCH]

▲ HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN “WE?[NO]WHERE”, DIR. B. BOGDANOV, “SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER; PHOTOS: © USHA

IDEA /CONCEPT/ DRAMATURGY/STAGING/ MUSIC / PIANO PLAYING LIVE – B.BOGDANOV

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"WE?[NO]WHERE" , HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS , PHOTOS: © USHA ▲ ELENA SHIVATCHEVA

▲ SASHA HRISTOVA

▲ KIRIL TSONEV

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▲ FILM AND TV STAGING FOR

BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION [BNT]:

▲ SHOT FROM "LIVES, WORKS AND STANDS ITSELF – ELIZAVETA BAM ", © BNT

- “LIVES, WORKS AND STANDS ITSELF – ELIZAVETA BAM” – DOCUMENTARY/BNT /1990/ - TV PLAYS: “MOTHER IN LAW” [“SVEKARVA”] AFTER А.STRASHIMIROV /1996/BNT AND

▲ SHOT FROM “MOTHER IN LAW” - © BNT

“ОH!” AFTER

P.MARINKOV /2003/ BNT

▲ SHOT FROM “OH!” - © BNT

▲ 2006 DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL TELEVISION BROADCAST OF „REQUIEM” – VERDI „BULGARIA” HALL,

▲ MAESTRO WILLY CLAES - © BNT

SOFIA NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND NATIONAL ACADEMIC CHOIR CONDUCTOR WILLY CLAES

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▲

MARIA SAPUNDJIEVA, PRODAN NONCHEV, ILKA ZAFIROVA AND IVAN PETRUSHINOV IN “MOTHER IN LAW”, SNAPSHOT - © BNT

“MOTHER IN LAW“ / AFTER A. STRASHIMIROV/ COPRODUCTION OF “OFF THE CHANNEL” THEATER AND BNT, 1996 TV STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV

♛ EARLIER IN 1996 THE THEATRICAL PRODUCTION OF “MOTHER IN LAW” DIRECTED

BY B. BOGDANOV IN “OFF THE CHANNEL” DRAMA THEATER - SOFIA , WINS IKARUS THEATRE AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION, ASKEER NOMINATION FOR BEST STAGING AND 2 ASKEER AWARDS – ONE FOR BEST PRODUCTION / *** BOTH IKARUS AND ASKEER ARE KNOWN AS MAJOR AWARDS FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN BULGARIAN THEATRE.

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„ОH!“ /AFTER PETER MARINKOV/ COPRODUCTION OF NATIONAL SATIRIC THEATER AND BNT, SOFIA, 2003 TV STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV

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▼„ОH!” /AFTER PETER MARINKOV/

▲

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION ON STAGE / PHOTO ARCHIVE: © NATIONAL SATIRIC THEATER

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EMBLEMATIC THEATRE PRODUCTIONS:

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▼

▲ VENTSESLAV KISYOV AND JULIANA KARANYOTOVA ▲ IN „TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, “SALZA I SMIAH“ STATE DRAMA THEATER, SOFIA, PHOTOS: PERSONAL ARCHIVE

“

“TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE“ / FIRST TIME ON BULGARIAN STAGE/

/AFTER PIRANDELLO/ „SALZA I SMIAH“ STATE DRAMA THEATER SOFIA, 1996 STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

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“THE CONTEMPLATORIUM OR THE ETERNAL BALKAN PUB” [„GLEDALOTO“]

2000 [DRAMATURGY – TOGETHER WITH VYATCHESLAV PARAPANOV]

“THE ABIDRIUM OR THE ETERNAL

BALKAN STATION” [“CHAKALOTO“]

2001 [DRAMATURGY – TOGETHER WITH VYATCHESLAV PARAPANOV]

“THE DREAMATORIUM” [„MECHTALOTO“] 2003 „SALZA I SMIAH“ STATE DRAMA THEATER

♛

THE PRODUCTIONS ARE WINNERS OF

2 NATIONAL AND 11 INTERNATIONAL PRIZES

” POSTER OF „THE DREAMATORIUM“

BY THE ARTIST STEFAN DESPODOV - DESPO

THE FILMING OF THE TRILOGY IS UNDER THE “GOLDEN ARCHIVE OF BULGARIAN THEATER” PROGRAM, SUBSIDIZED BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE

ХХTH CENTURY“ A TRILOGY BASED ON ORIGINAL MUSIC

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▼

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEWU0NnwLSM

”TНЕ CONTEMPLATORIUM OR THE ETERNAL BALKAN PUB” [„GLEDALOTO ILI VECHNATA BALKANSKA KRACHMA“] IDEA AND DRAMATURGY [TOGETHER WITH VYATCHESLAV PARAPANOV]

STAGING AND ORIGINAL MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV “SALZA I SMIAH” STATE DRAMA THEATER / 2000.

♛ AWARDS FOR STAGING, ORIGINAL MUSIC AND BEST PRODUCTION – ХІTH INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL IN RIJEKA – 2004

♛АWARD OF THE CRITICS – INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL IN SARAJEVO – 2005 NOMINATIONS FOR STAGING AND BEST PERFORMANCE - ASKEER THEATRE AWARDS – BULGARIA – 2001

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▼

POSTER FROM THE PRODUCTION`S TOUR IN MACEDONIA - “OHRID SUMMER” INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL [МАCEDONIA] 2001.

”THE ABIDRIUM OR THE ETERNAL BALKAN STATION” [„CHAKALOTO ILI VECHNATA BALKANSKA GARA“] IDEA AND DRAMATURGY B.BOGDANOV AND V. PARAPANOV STAGING AND ORIGINAL MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV “SALZA I SMIAH” STATE DRAMA THEATER / 2001.

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▲ THE HUSBAND [PLAMEN DOBREV] IN FRONT, HIS DEMON [MICHAIL MILCHEV] – ON THE BACK, THE BRIDE FROM THE HUSBAND`S MEMORIES [NEVENA BOZUKOVA]-IN FRONT, HER DEMON [DOBRIELA POPOVA] – ON THE BACK / SCENE FROM „THE DREAMATORIUM“, DIR. B. BOGDANOV „SALZA I SMIAH“ THEATER PHOTO – PERSONAL ARCHIVE

“THE DREAMATORIUM” [„МECHTALOTO“] AUTHOR / DIRECTOR / COMPOSER – B.BOGDANOV

[WITH „KARANDILLA“ GYPSY BRASS BAND, BOYKO TSVETANOV - TENOR AND TSVETELINA MALDJANSKA - SOPRAN] 2003.

♛ BEST PRODUCTION AWARD - “NEW BULGARIAN DRAMA” THEATRE FESTIVAL 2003 / IKARUS NOMINATION FOR STAGING - THE UNION OF BULGARIAN ARTISTS AWARDS 2003/ ASKEER NOMINATION FOR BEST PRODUCTION – BULGARIAN THEATRE AWARDS 2003

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▼“THE DREAMATORIUM“

▲ THE OLD MAN [DIMITAR DIMITROV] AND THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN [PPLAMEN DOBREV] ▲ SIMULACRUMS OF SAME CHARACTER…

. ▲ THE MUSE [NEVENA BOZUKOVA] AND THE HOUSEWIFE ▲ [NELA MONEDJIKOVA], SIMULACRUMS OF SAME CHARACTER, ▲ THE LOVER [PLAMEN DOBREV]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM9-aKPDDq4

T HE MARRIAGE COUPLE – A REMINISCENCE OUT OF THE WARDROBE OF A DANCING COUPLE

THE STORYTELLER ▲ [MARIA SAPUNDJIEVA]

THE BUNCH OF CELEBRATING A WEDDING, ALL CHARACTERS CAME OUT OF THE WARDROBE

▲ THE MUSE [NEVENA BOZUKOVA], THE ANGEL [ DOBRIELA POPOVA], THE YOUNG LOVER [ PLAMEN DOBREV] PHOTOS – PERSONAL ARCHIVE

THE OLD SUITCASE WITH WATER OUTFLOWING FROM IT >

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”THE LESSON”/IONESCO/-„SMALL THEATER OFF THE CHANNEL”, SOFIA, 2007 ▼

▲ SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION: DESSY TENEKEDJIEVA AND PHILLIP AVRAMOV PHOTOGRAPHER – IVO HADJIMISHEV

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.B.

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„D-R” / NUŠIĆ/ „SALZA I SMIAH” STATE DRAMA THEATER , SOFIA, 2006 ▼

▲ MARIA SAPUNDJIEVA, TONCHO TOKMAKCHIEV AND VANCHA DOYTCHEVA / ▲ VESSELIN MEZEKLIEV AND KOYNA RUSEVA IN “D-R”, DIR. BOYKO BOGDANOV; PHOTOS – © IVO HADJIMISHEV

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV SCENE FROM “D-R”, DIR, B.BOGDANOV, ▶ “VARNA SUMMER” INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL PHOTO - ©”VARNA SUMMER” FEST

♛ AWARD OF THE AUDIENCE AT “CHUDOMIR” ART FESTIVAL `06

„D-R” / NUŠIĆ/ [SECOND VERSION] BLAGOEVGRAD THEATER 2008 ▼

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION AT BLAGOEVGRAD THEATER, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, PHOTOS – © A. STOEV

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.B.

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▼ “MARRIAGE PLAY” /AFTER ЕDUARD ALBEY/ - “199” THEATER,

2003

ATANAS ATANASOV AND DESSY STOITCHEVA IN “MARIAGE PLAY” , DIR. B.BOGDANOV . „199“ STATE DRAMA THEATER, SOFIA,2003.

”IQ – A HUSBAND ON INTERNET” /MONOPOLYLOGUE BY V.TSANKOVA/ WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF „COLLEGIUM VARNA” STRING QUARTET /INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL FOR VISUAL ARTS – VARNA , 2008 ▼

▲ THE ACTRESS MARIA GINKOVA, VARNA CITY ART GALLERY, PHOTOS – PERSONAL ARCHIVE

STAGING AND MUSICAL COLLAGES – B.BOGDANOV

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Ч

“A HUMAN COMEDY” BASED ON BALZAK`S NOVEL

“THE OLDMAN GORIO” BLAGOEVGRAD DRAMA THEATER 2007.

DRAMATIZATION AND STAGING – BOYKO BOGDANOV

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” A HUMAN COMEDY” ▼

PHOTOGRAPHER - DESSY GENKOVA [ELRISHA] THE TROUPE OF BLAGOEVGRAD DRAMA THEATER IN THE PRODUCTION „A HUMAN COMEDY“, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, PHOTOS - TAKEN FROM THE PERFORMANCE AT “IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER - SOFIA

▲

THE OLDMAN GORIO [NIKOLAY KIMCHEV ]

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▼

“DOWN THE GOVERNOR” – SLOGAN / PHOTO FROM THE 50TH PERFORMANCE OF “THE INSPECTOR ▼▼ GENERAL” @ “SOFIA” STATE MUNICIPAL THEATER, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, PHOTO – © IVO HADJIMISHEV

“ THE INSPECTOR GENERAL“ [“REVIZOR”]

BY GOGOL

„SOFIA“ STATE MUNICIPAL THEATER STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV ORCHESTRATION – DANKO YORDANOV

2008.

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”THE INSPECTOR GENERAL“ ▼

▲ PHOTOS FROM THE 50TH PERFORMANCE OF “THE IINSPECTOR GENERAL” @ “SOFIA” THEATER, DIR.B.BOGDANOV, PHOTOGRAPHER – IVO HADJIMISHEV, IN 2018 THE PRODUCTION CELEBRATES 9 YEARS ON STAGE

ANNA ANDREEVNA ▲ [М. SAPUNDJIEVA],▲MARIA ANTONOVNA [N.KALUDOVA], … $ KKKHLESTAKOV [К. VRATCHANSKY] ▲ AND A.A. SKVOZNIK [S.PIPEROV] ▲

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▲ ОBERON [PLAMEN MANASSIEV]

POSTER OF THE PRODUCTION ▲

TITANIA [LILLY MARAVIGLIA ▲ ]

“ A MIDSUMMER NIGHT`S DREAM”

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE STAGING AND MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA, PLAYED LIVE ON STAGE,

– B.BOGDANOV „SOFIA“ STATE MUNICIPAL THEATER

ACCOMPANYING THE

SCENIC ACTION

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2012

▼

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION PHOTOS > © IVO HADJIMISHEV AND TSVETA BOGDANOVA

https://www.behance.net/gallery/6523493/a-midsummer-nights-DREAM-theatrical-production-2012

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“TICKS”(„VERESII“) DRAMATURGY – B. BOGDANOV AND VYATCHESLAV PARAPANOV STAGING, MUSICAL COLLAGES AND ORIGINAL MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV

“199” THEATER, SOFIA, 2013

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▼“TICKS” [“199” STATE DRAMA THEATER, 2013.]

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION: MARIA SAPUNDJIEVA ▲ AND ▲ TONCHO TOKMAKCHIEV [BG COMEDIANS AND TV CELEBRITIES], TOGETHER WITH THE VIOLINIST CHRISTO ANDREEV [BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO] , “199” STATE DRAMA THEATER , SOFIA 2013, PHOTOS – © TSVETA BOGDANOVA

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„ONE TANGO WITH MARQUES“ G ABRIEL GARCIA MARQUES „DIATRIBE OF LOVE VERSE A SEATED MAN“ [„DIATRIBA DE AMOR CONTRA UN HOMBRE SENTADO“] „SALZA I SMIAH“ STATE DRAMA THEATER, 2015

MONOPOLYLOGUE AFTER THE ONLY PLAY BY

STAGING AND MUSIC B.B OGDANOV АCTING M ARIA SAPUNDJIEVA

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▼ „ONE TANGO WITH MARQUES“

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BULGARIAN CLASSICAL DRAMA:

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▼

▲ „WE PASTURE IN THE NAME OF THE HOMELAND“ – SLOGAN IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME SYMBOL – THE BUILDING OF THE CENTRAL COMITEE OF THE BULGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY [DÉCOR IN A SCENE FROM THE PRODUCTION]

“SUEDE JACKET”

BY STANISLAV STRATIEV

„IVAN VAZOV“ NATIONAL THEATER SOFIA 2011 STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV ОRCHESTRATION – DANKO YORDANOV

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„SUEDE JACKET” ▼

▲ A CLERK [MARIA SAPUNDJIEVA] REHEARSAL: STEFAN SHTEREV , VANCHA DOYTCHEVA , MILENA ATANASOVA, GEORGI MAMALEV, KIRIL KAVADARKOV, PLAMEN PEEV, B.BOGDANOV AND STUDENTS IN PANTOMIME; “IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER, SOFIA ▲

▲

G.MAMALEV ACTING 7 ROLES IN THE PRODUCTION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUfJAc2ACG0

▲ CLERKS PHOTOS “IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER

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”I HEAR YOUR VOICES”/“GLASOVETE VI CHUVAM “ /AFTER D.TALEV/ “NIKOLA VAPTSAROV ” DRAMA THEATER - BLAGOEVGRAD, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b98EQWhR24

▼

STAGING AND MUSIC –B.BOGDANOV

♛ AWARD OF THE CRITICS AT THE NATIONAL FESTIVAL „STAGE / PALETTE / UTERANCE“ - 2010.

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▼„BORYANA”/YOVKOV/ „ADRIANA BUDEVSKA“ DRAMA THEATER - BURGAS, 2012

(

STAGING / MUSICAL COLLAGES / ORIGINAL MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION / PHOTOS - © TSVETA BOGDANOVA

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▼ „BORYANA” - 2ND VERSION BLAGOEVGRAD DRAMA THEATER, 2014 STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

▲ ZLATIL [NIKOLAY KIMCHEV] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZjMB-TRH7g

PHOTOS: © YAVOR VESSELINOV

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“THE GERAKS”[“GERATSITE”] BY ЕLIN PELIN STAGING AND MUSIC - B.BOGDANOV BLAGOEVGRAD DRAMA THEATER 2013

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▼ “THE GERAKS”

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“MOTHER-IN-LAW” [“SVEKARVA”]

BY ANTON STRASHIMIROV STAGING AND MUSIC - B.BOGDANOV BURGAS DRAMA THEATER 2019

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▼ “MOTHER-IN-LAW”

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION /PHOTOS > © “A.BUDEVSKA” DRAMA THEATER

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SCENES FROM “MOTHER-IN-LAW”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, 2019 / PHOTOS > © “A.BUDEVSKA” DRAMA THEATER

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“BORYANA”

BY YORDAN YOVKOV STAGING AND ORIGINAL MUSIC - B.B. „SAVA OGNYANOV“ DRAMA THEATER – RUSE, 2021.

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STAGING OF MUSICALS BY B.BOGDANOV:

▼ ”NERVES”- MA WORK AFTER “NERVES FOR LOVE ”, THEATRICAL PLAY BY K. TOPALOV STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV

“A.STRASHIMIROV” THEATER – RAZGRAD / 1984

▼ “KINGDOM OF WOMEN” AFTER ST.L.KOSTOV STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV

CONDUCTOR – ANATOLIY LUKSHIKO REGIONAL ACADEMIC THEATER RYAZAN, USSR / 1989

▼ “ELIZAVETA BAM-I” AFTER DANIYL KHARMS STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV

„SOFIA“ THEATER – SOFIA / 1990

▼ “ELIZAVETA BAM -II” AFTER DANIYL KHARMS STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV

„SOFIA“ THEATER – SOFIA / 1991

▼„LOVE TRESSPASSES” [DRAMATURGY TOGETHER WITH VERONIKA BLAGOVA ] STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV „SOFIA“ THEATER – SOFIA / 1992

▼„SLAVEYKOVTSI” A MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL COLLAGE IDEA, DRAMATISATION , STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV

„OFF THE CHANNEL“ THEATER - SOFIA / 1994

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STAGING OF MUSICAL AND OPERETTA:

„ON THE ROOFS OF PARIS!“ BASED ON “THE VIOLET OF MONTMARTRE”

COMPOSER -

EMMERICH KALMAN

STATE MUSIC AND DRAMA THEATER – VELIKO TARNOVO 2019.

CONDUCTOR - IGOR BOGDANOV STAGING – B.BOGDANOV

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▼ “ON THEROOFS OF PARIS” ACT I [IN THE BOHEMIAN ATTIC]

ACT II [SO, LIFE GOES ON] ▼

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ACT III [HOORAY! PREMIERE!!!]

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„YALTA, YALTA!“ COMPOSER -

ALFI KABILLIO

STATE OPERA AND DRAMA THEATER – RIJEKA, CROATIA 2005.

CONDUCTOR -

ALAN BELINSKY

STAGING – B.BOGDANOV

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„YALTA, YALTA!” ▼

▲ ”YALTA, YALТА!”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION

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▼

▲ ROOSEVELT ,

▲ STALIN

AND

CHIRCHILL ▲

▲ ”YALТА, YALТА!”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION; PHOTO ARCHIVE – STATE OPERA AND DRAMA THEATER- RIJEKA – CROATIA, 2005.

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BALLET:

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”DELIGHT AND COLLAPSE OF LOVE” BALLET BY B. BOGDANOV CLOSING OF „SOFIA MUSIC WEEKS“ 44TH NTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

@ „IVAN VAZOV“ NATIONAL THEATER COMPOSER AND DIRECTOR – B. BOGDANOV CHOREOGRAPHER - МILA ISKRENOVА SOFIA 2013

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“DELIGHT AND COLLAPSE OF LOVE” ,DIR. B.BOGDANOV - SСENES FROM THE PERFORMANCE

IDEA / CONCEPT / MUSIC / ORCHESTRATION / STAGING – B. BOGDANOV, CHOREOGRAPHER – MILA ISKRENOVA DANCERS - „АRABESQUE“ BALLET COMPANY MAIN CHARACTERS: ACTORS FROM “IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER REAL-TIME MULTIMEDIA AND COSTUME SELECTION – TSVETA BOGDANOVA LIGHT DESIGN – LALYO HRISTOV PHOTOS: TSVETA BOGGDANOVA AND ZAFER GALIBOV

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“DELIGHT AND COLLAPSE OF LOVE” ,DIR. B.BOGDANOV - SСENES FROM THE PERFORMANCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzdZ4CV-3sc

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OPERA STAGING:

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▲ POSTER OF „БОХЕМИ”, SOFIA NATIONAL OPERA TOUR IN JAPAN, 2002/3

“LA BOHÈME” PUCCINI NATIONAL OPERA AND BALLET – SOFIA TOUR IN JAPAN – 2002 ТOUR – ITALY - 2010; 2012

CONDUCTORS- GEORGI NOTEV IN SOFIA AND JAPAN; ALDO SISSILIO IN MODENA STAGING – B.BOGDANOV

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▼

„LA BOHÈME”

VIDEO EXCERPTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lulkzwGztn0 ..

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SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION IN SOFIA, PHOTOS - IVO HADJIMISHEV AND VIDEOSNAPSHOTS / PERSONAL ARCHIVE

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LUCCIA [TSVETELINA MALDJANSKA]...

“LUCCIA DI LАМMERMOUR“ DONIZETTI „VERDI - OPERA” OPENING AT NATIONAL OPERA AND BALLET– SOFIA TOUR IN USA , CАМY / ” COLUMBIA ARTISTS MANAGEMENT INC.” / - 2004 2ND SCENIC VERSION – NATIONAL OPERA – RUSE TOUR IN SWITZERLAND – 2007 CONDUCTOR – NAYDEN TODOROV STAGING – B. BOGDANOV

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▼ “LUCCIA DI LAMMERMOUR”

▲ REHEARSALS OF „LUCCIA DI LAMMERMOUR“ / BOYKO BOGDANOV WITH THE POP STAR ORLIN GORANOV, SNEJANA DRAMCHEVA AND TSVETELINA MALDJANSKA; PHOTOARCHIVE – RUSE OPERA

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“ЕUGENE ONEGIN“

„“

TCHAIKOVSKY RUSE NATIONAL OPERA ТOUR IN SWITZERLAND – 2009

CONDUCTOR – SLAVIL DIMITROV STAGING – B.BOGDANOV

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▼ ”EUGENE ONEGIN”

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MEPHISTOPHELES [ JULIAN KONSTANTINOV ] AND GRETHEN [MARIA TSVETKOVA] IN “FAUST”, DIR.B.BOGDANOV , RUSE NATIONAL OPERA

“FAUST“ GOUNOD RUSE NATIONAL OPERA 2010

CONDUCTORS: RIKARDO RODRIGUEZ MOREZO, NAYDEN TODOROV

STAGING – B.BOGDANOV

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▼ “FAUST”

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION, PHOTO ARCHIVE – RUSE OPERA

▲ “FAUST”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, FINAL SCENE : GRETHEN [MARIA TSVETKOVA] AND CHORUS – RUSE NATIONAL OPERA

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▼

“ОTHELLO“ VERDI RUSE NATIONAL OPERA 2011 ТOUR – SWITZERLAND - 2012 CONDUCTOR – GEORGHI DIMITROV STAGING – B.BOGDANOV

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MUSIC BY B.BOGDANOV:

MUSIC FOR MORE THAN 100 THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS [IN THE PERIOD 1983 -2021]

SELECTED FILM AND TV MUSIC: ♪ “THE CONQUERORS OF EVEREST”, DIR. – MILAN OGNYANOV, BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION [BNT] AND “EKRAN” TELEVISION MOVIES STUDIO - 1982.(parts) ♪ “CANDIDATES”, DIR. – PETER POPZLATEV, “EKRAN” TELEVISION MOVIES STUDIO - 1980/81. (parts) ♪ “LIVES, WORKS AND STANDS ITSELF – ELIZAVETA BAM”, DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE STUDIO OF B.BOGDANOV, BNT -1992. ♪ „MOTHER IN LAW” - „OFF THE CHANNEL” THEATER AND BNT – 1994. ♪ “ОH!” – BNT - 2003.

SELECTED SONGS: ♪ OVER 50 SONGS , INCLUDING „LET YOU SOW A GRASS”, AND „FREEDOM” – RECORDED AND ISSUED ON VYNILS IN “BALKANTON” NATIONAL RECORD COMPANY; ♪ “NEVER AGAIN COMMUNISM” - ONE OF THE HITS OF THE BULGARIAN VELVET REVOLUTION AFTER THE DEFEAT OVER THE PARLIAMENT IN 1996.

МUSICALS: ♪ „NERVES”- AFTER K.TOPALOV, DIPLOMA WORK, ROCK MUSICAL - 1984. ♪ „KINGDOM OF WOMEN” - MUSICAL– 1989. ♪ „ELIZAVETA BAM І” – AFTER D. KHARMS, ECCENTRIC PSEUDO-OPERA-MUSICAL - 1990. ♪ „ELIZAVETA BAM ІІ” – AFTER D. KHARMS, ECCENTRIC PSEUDO-OPERA-MUSICAL - 1991. ♪ „LOVE TRESSPASSES”, – MUSICAL - 1992. ♪ „THE BEE GARDEN” – ROCK MUSICAL, 2011 – 2015. ♪ „LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE” – MUSICAL FOR CHILDREN, PUPPETS AND ADULTS, 2014-2015.

ОPERA AND BALLET:

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▼“АLGARA” - ОPERA / MUSIC AND ORCHESTRATION – B.BOGDANOV / 2003-2006

ЦБ BASED ON THE PLAY „DEER`S KINGDOM” BY G.RAYCHEV #2006: PERFORMED ONCE LIVE AS CONCERT IN NATIONAL OPERA - RUSE UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA .

CONDUCTOR - N AYDEN TODOROV .

# 2009: 30 MIN. EXCERPTS FROM THE WORK RECORDED WITH THE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF THE BULGARIAN N ATIONAL RADIO, SOLOISTS : BOYKO TSVETANOV AND TSVETELINA MALDJANSKA CONDUCTOR: METODI MATAKIEV (CHIEF CONDUCTOR OF THE SOFIA N ATIONAL OPERA AND RADIO-CHOIR OF THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO).

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▼„DELIGHT AND COLLAPSE OF LOVE” – BALLET

▼

2003

MUSIC / ORCHESTRATION / STAGING – B.BOGDANOV /

COPRODUCTION OF :

”ORPHYKA” IMPRESSARIO AGENCY, ”АRABESK” [MODERN BALLET COMPANY], AND “IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER; SOUND RECORDING AT : “STUDIO #1”- BNR M AIN STUDIO [BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO] WITH BNR SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA; CONDUCTOR : GEORGI DIMTROV; SOLOISTS: TSVETELINA MALDJANSKA (SOPRANO) AND BOYKO T SVETANOV (TENOR);

„SOFIA MUSIC WEEKS 2013” INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL – 44TH EDITION

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BOOKS OF POETRY :

“IN THE YEARS OF A QUIET TIMELESSNESS“ / “V GODINITE NA TIHOTO BEZVREMIE”/ 1993 “IVAN VAZOV” PUBLISHING HOUSE – SOFIA

B.BOGDANOV AND HIS YOUNG SON ALEKSANDER READING A POEM FROM „35 FLASHES OF LOVE“ - PRESENTATION OF BOGDANOV`S NEW BOOK OF POETRY AT “IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER, SMALL STAGE – 2013.

“EYE OF A LIZARD“ /“OKO NA GUSHTER”/ 2000 “AVANGARD PRINT” PUBLISHING HOUSE - RUSE PREMIERE IN „SALZA I SMIAH” STATE DRAMA THEATER, SOFIA

“TEAR BURNED THE WATCH`S FACE“ /“SALZA OPARI TSIFERBLATA”/ 2004 “ZAHARY STOYANOV” PUBLISHING HOUSE - SOFIA, PREMIERE AT THE SALON OF THE PUBLISHERS

“СОNSCIOUSNESS“ /”SVYAST”/ 2010 „JANET 45” – PUBLISHING HOUSE - PLOVDIV PREMIERE @ NATIONAL SATIRIC THEATER, SOFIA

“35 FLASHES OF LOVE“ /”35 MIGA LYUBOV”/ 2013 ”AVANGARD-PRINT” PUBLISHING HOUSE – RUSE PREMIERE AT “IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER, SOFIA

“SNOWY BOOK” /”SNEJNA KNIGA”/ 2014 ”AVANGARD-PRINT” PUBLISHING HOUSE - RUSE PREMIERE AT “IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER, SOFIA

“7TH BOOK” /”SEDMA KNIGA”/ 2015 ”AVANGARD-PRINT” PUBLISHING HOUSE – RUSE PRESENTATIONS: ”SALZA I SMIAH” STATE DRAMA THEATER; 43TH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR, NATIONAL PALACE OF CULTURE, SOFIA

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BOYKO BOGDANOV IS ALSO KNOWN: # WITH HIS STRONG PUBLICITSTIC ACTIVITY IN THE EARLY YEARS OF BULGARIAN SOCIO-POLITICAL TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY AT THE NATIONAL PRESS AND ELECTRONIC MEDIAS SUCH AS: BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION; “ТHEATRE“ JOURNAL [ LEADING BULGARIAN THEATRE JOURNAL] / ”KULTURA“ [LEADING BULGARIAN ART AND CULTURE NEWSPAPER] / “TRUD“, “DEMOKRATSIA“, “STANDART“ [LEADING BULGARIAN DAILY NEWSPAPERS] AND MORE… # AS THE АUTHOR OF „THE FEAR…AND THE FEAR…AND THE FEAR…“ A SOCIO- PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY EXAMINING THE SOCIAL ATTITUDES, MOTIVES AND BEHAVIOR OF THE MASS PROTESTS IN EARLY 90 S [PRINTED IN “KULTURA“ NEWSPAPER] # AS THE MAYOR OF „THE CITY OF THE TRUTH“ [ANTI - TOTALITARIAN PROTEST CAMP INFRONT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE SEA CAPITAL - VARNA], IN EARLY 90S.

OTHERS ABOUT HIM:

“CULTURAL VERTICAL” BOOK ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART AND THEATRE IN BULGARIA BY PROF.D-R KORTENSKA, MIROSLAVA, SOFIA – 1999.

“THE DIRECTORS OF THE 90-S” AUTHORS: PROF.D-R DETCHEVA, VIOLETA AND VANDOV, NIKOLA, SOFIA – 2002.

“ART OF LIVING – LIZARDS IN THE BOSOM“ DOCUMENTARY ABOUT B.BOGDANOV, DIR. JULIA KARADJOVA, BNT 2010.

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“WORK IN PROGRESS” - ONGOING PROJECTS:

▼“DREAM-FLIGHTS” [STARTED IN 2020]

ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF MARC CHAGAL`S POETRY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF HIS PAINTINGS /IN PROGRESS/ BULGARIAN TRANSLATION FROM FRENCH AND RUSSIAN – B.BOGDANOV “AVANGARDPRINT” PUBLISHING HOUSE – RUSE

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▼ “LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE”

[STARTED IN 2015]

▼ “LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE“ – CHRISTMAS BOOK FOR CHILDREN /IN PROGRESS/

[WRITTEN IN RHYMES AND SONGS BY BOYKO BOGDANOV AND ILLUSTRATED BY HIS DAUGHTER, SON AND HIMSELF]; ▼ MINI THEATRE ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR CHILDREN /IN PROGRESS/

[ILLUSTRATED GUIDEBOOK IN THEATRE, LITERATURE AND MUSIC BASICS - FOR CHILDREN AND PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS], IDEA/CONCEPT/ТЕXT – B.BOGDANOV; ▼ “LET`S CREATE A SNOWY SHOW“ - MINI THEATRE ENCYCLOPEDIA ATTACHMENT

/IN PROGRESS/ [METHODICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATION OF A CHRISTMAS SHOW IN CHILDREN`S GARDENS AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS], TEXT – B.BOGDANOV, VISUAL MATERIAL – BULGARIAN STAGE DESIGNERS PETYA STOYKOVA AND TSVETA BOGDANOVA; ▼ “LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE” – MUSICAL FOR CHILDREN - PIANO SCORE

– B.BOGDANOV;

▼ “LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE” АUDIO CD – MUSIC AND ARRANGEMENT – B.BOGDANOV;-IN

PROGRESS ▼ “LET`S DRAW TOGETHER“

WORKSHOP BASED ON “LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE” - MUSICAL BY B.BOGDANOV [10-DAYS WORKSHOP LEADING IN THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARTS AS MODULE OF THE PROGRAM “SUMMER ACADEMY FOR CHILDREN AND SCHOOL STUDENTS“ “N.PAVLOVITCH“ NAA – SOFIA, АUGUST – 2017]

© BOYKO BOGDANOV 2021.