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The Black Box International Theatre and Dance Festival (Bulgarian: Международен фестивал за театър и съвременен танц „Черната кутия“) has taken place every spring in Plovdiv, Bulgaria since 2007. It lasts for one week and is centered on theater and contemporary dance.
The first edition of the festival in 2007 was hosted in the Hindliyan House-Museum in the Old town of Plovdiv. The event was supported by the Plovdiv Municipality, the Cultural Institute "Old Plovdiv" and the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria. The focus of the first edition was to give the floor to female performers only.
The festival's ninth edition in 2015, with its 600 applications for participation, is reportedly the first major cultural event which takes place after the official designation of Plovdiv as European Capital of Culture for the year 2019. The festival is considered to be "one of the most valuable international events for theater and contemporary dance" that take place in Bulgaria. Partners in the organization of the Black Box Festival'2014 are the Ministry of Culture, Plovdiv Municipality, the Embassies of Austria, Belgium, Israel and United States, The Italian Culture Institute, The Polish Institute, The Hungarian Cultural Institute, Plovdiv Culture House "Boris Hristov", Plovdiv Drama Theatre, Municipal Institute "Old Plovdiv" and Trakart Culture Centre. In 2015, the history of the festival is shown with a photo gallery that is publicly installed in the central pedestrian zone of Plovdiv.
History
2017 - 11th festival
Opening: Joséphina, by Sandrine Heyraud and Sicaire Durieux, ChaliWate Company, Belgium
Contemporary Dance Program:
iShade, by the Jade Dance Theatre, Taiwan
Before Sunrise, by Hsiao-Wei Hsieh & Hsiao-Ting Hsieh, InTW Studio, Тaiwan
360º, iMEE Dance Company, USA
Suites, by Tomas Danielis, Austria
Program Plovdiv in Focus:
_WръZки_, by Yanitsa Atanasova
I, the Lie, by the Pantarey Dance Studio
... point. Point of view, by the Duende Dance Studio
Smoke like a man, solo Performance by Yafit Levi, Israel
Queen of Spades, State Puppet Theatre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Helicopter, a documentary film about Kolio Karamfilov, directed by Krum Philipov
Blue eyes black hair, by Irena Ivanova, based on works by Marguerite Duras and Vladislav Hristov
Couchettes by Alain Giroud, performed by Fractorium Dei Movement Theater, Bulgaria
Contemporary Ballet Master Class with iMEE Dance Company, USA
Contemporary Dance and Bulgarian Folklore workshop with Rara Avis Dance Company, Bulgaria
Closing: Evening Shadow, by Alessandro Serra, performed by Chiara Michelini, Teatropersona Company, Italy
2016 - 10th festival
Opening: Apartheid, by Étienne Béchard, Opinion Public Company, Belgium
Contemporary Dance Program:
De-parts by Miriam Engel
No Hands by Miriam Engel
love-joy diver, by Megan Mazarick and Les Rivera, USA
Bitter-Sweet, performed by Gustavo Hoyos and Jerome Leperlier, Umami Theatre & Dance Project, Spain
Blood Wedding, solo performance by Maria Vidal, Abrego Theatre, Spain
6 rooms, a joint dance project by Boriana Tengulova, Maya Pavlova, Maria Ivanova, Elena Zdravkova and Ivaylo Ivanov, Denitsa Gergenikova and Dragomir Yordanov, Bulgaria
Crazy Glue, inspired by Etgar Keret, Single Shoe Productions, United Kingdom
The Samsas, inspired by Franz Kafka, directed by Katya Petrova, Theatre Laboratory Sfumato, Bulgaria
Master class with Tomas Danielis, Austria
Closing: Expanding Foam, by Gabriella Catalano & Paolo Rosini, Bambula Project, United Kingdom/Italy
2015 - 9th festival
Opening: How I Managed Not to Flatten My Husband, choreographed by Anne Lopez, Les Gens du quai Company, Montpellier, France
Earth and Tales in Black and White by Andrea Hackl, Austria
OOups by Jordi L. Vidal Company, Belgium
World Wide Violin by Frédéric Tari, France
Birds Never Sleep, PTAH Theatre, Hungary
Why I Killed My Mother by Dor Zweigenbom, Israel
contemporary dance program:
Ivonice, Untitled & The secret of life is to fall seven times & get up eight, works by Andrea Dawn Shelley and Spencer Gavin Hering, iMEE Dance Company, United States of America
The Perfect World, solo by Bartech Woszczynski, Poland
Morgan & Freeman by Ferenc Fehér, Hungary
Slipstream by Mihaela Griveva, Bulgaria/Ireland
Program “Plovdiv in Focus”:
So Close, Duende Dance Studio, Bulgaria
Apathy by Denitsa Gerginkova, Pantarey Studio, Bulgaria
Loneliness by Boryana Tеngulova, Bulgaria
Escurial, Theatre Hand, Bulgaria
Naveneva, Naturalis Labor Company, Italy
Closing: Other Side by Dejan Dukovski, choreographed and directed by Fenia Apostolou, Lydia Lithos Dance Theatre, Greece
2014 - 8th festival
Opening: Bob’Art by Étienne Béchard, Opinion Public Company, Belgium
The Woman Who Didn’t Want to Come Down to Earth – a trilogy by Gabrielle Neuhaus, Israel
Brecht by Toma Markov, Bulgaria
contemporary dance program:
Alma, duet by Rachel Erdos
Prism solo by Andrea Hackl, Netherlands
Exit solo by Olga Kosterina, Russia
from the festival “euro-scene” in Leipzig:
Bim bam bum, performed by Justyna Kalbarczyk, choreographed by Bridie Gane
Dark Quark by Irina Demina, Hamburg, Germany
Immured by Veselka Kuncheva, Contrast Films LTD and State Puppet Theatre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
PASS/AGES by Elena R. Marino, Teatrincorso, Italy
Monologue for Two, Duende Dance Studio, Bulgaria
Weathered/Layers, Erica Essner Performance Co-Op, New York
Closing: Duel, choreographed by Anne Lopez, Les Gens du quai Company, Montpellier, France
2013 - 7th festival
Opening: Two of Us, directed and performed by Ana Pepine and Paul Cimpoieru, Passe-Partout D.P. Theatre Company, Romania
Program “Contemporary dance and performance”:
Mi arma solo by Laila Tafur, Spain
Adi el-Rabi, duet dance by Orly Portal and Shlomit Yossef, Israel
Plant B by Ilona Roth, performed by Anna Majder and Marina Mazaraki, Transitheart Productions, Germany
Play.Back.Again.Then. by Ji-Eun Lee, United Kingdom/Korea
Souvenir, solo by Julia Danzinger, Austria
About Me and a Bit about You, solo by Liwia Bargieł, Poland
Second Hand Landscapes by Cristina Goletti and Nick Bryson, Legitimate Bodies Dance Company, Ireland
Zona de arribo, solo by Nidia Barbieri, Argentina/Italy
Svarta Rosor, individuo by Mieke Segers and Yentl de Werdt, Sacred Places, Belgium
Program “Plovdiv in Focus”:
Ego by Ivo Ignatov-Kenny, Theatre Hand, Bulgaria
Glass by Elena Aleksieva, directed by Kalin Angelov, performed by Ivana Papazova
The Road/Trail, Duende Dance Studio, Bulgaria
Closing: Gagarin’s Daughters, Mobil Teatr Lab, Hungary
2012 - 6th festival
Opening: Dilemma, solo performance by Olga Kosterina, Moscow, Russia
Wild Green by Dimitar Atanasov, directed by Nikolay Georgiev, Alma Alter Theatre-Laboratory, Bulgaria
Prophecy, based on texts by Peter Handke and Vesselin Dimov, directed by Vesselin Dimov, MOMO Theatre Company, Sofia, Bulgaria
Penthesilea (Pathologie), video performance by Evy Schubert, Berlin, Germany
Mo(ve)ment by Tali Farchi, painting, and Benno Hübner, dance, Israel/Holland Art Collective
Misery by Iván Rojas, Atomic Theatre Company, Spain/Chile
Contemporary dance program “Body and Rhythm”:
Calypso by Noa Shadur, Tel Aviv, Israel
Juanita Hildegard Bo, solo performance by Galina Borissova, Sofia, Bulgaria
Tessitura, solo performance by Lucille Teppa, London, England
Bluebird, solo performance by Rosa Mei, 13 Dance Troupe, Belgium
Nothing for Body, solo performance by Howool Baek, Germany/Korea
2011 - 5th festival
Opening: Odysseus Chaoticus by Masha Nemirovsky, Ish Theatre, Israel
Birth Mark by Mimoza Bazova, Sfumato Laboratory Theatre, Bulgaria
The Woman I Could Have Been, written and performed by Inbal Lori, directed by Shmulik Levi, Israel
The Heart Made a Mess by Juan Luis Mira, Diáfano Theatre Company, Spain
