“Neon Burlesque Performance”

“Neon Burlesque Performance”

Genre: Dance Performance

Date and time:  16 November, 8 p.m.

Language: In Bulgarian with English subtitles

Place:  “DNK – place for contemporary dance and performance”

Адрес: 1 Bulgaria Sq. (against the fountains in the NDK subway)

Duration: 50 minutes

Team:

Irena Tsvetanova – author, performer, administrative affairs, project manager

Aleksander Georgiev – author, performer, communication with foreign partners, distribution outside Bulgaria

Zhana Pencheva – author, performer, project distribution, communication with partners

Margreta Kostadinova – cultural manager on the project creation

Emiliyan Gatsov – Elbi – music for Neon

Ralitsa Toneva –visual creation and project realization, costumes

Synopsis:

Neon is a project under which several products are generated – a lecture, a performance, dance trainings with different social groups and a burlesque performance. Alexander Georgiev – Atse, Irena Tsvetanova and Zhana Pencheva generate and articulate choreographic matter around the protest subject, the Burlesque and their functions in society. The Burlesque performance Neon is the ultimate point if their journey. This is a stage performance, which suggests a new perspective to the celebrating/protesting body, which could be watched through the prism of the Burlesque, which in its essence deals with flirtation, opposition, sarcasm, grotesque and sex.

Organization:  Garage – a collective platform for independent artists, Sofia and the educational institution „Hamalogika 2014“, Burgas