Margarita Mladenova

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Education 1964 – 1967 Mathematical High School – Svishtov 1967 – 1971 Master's degree – theatre directing at NATFIZ "Krastyo Sarafov" Academic Experience 1972 – 1980 Assistant at NATFIZ "Krastyo Sarafov" 1980 – 1992 Associate Professor at NATFIZ "Krastyo Sarafov". 1992 – Professor at NATFIZ "Krastyo Sarafov". Professional Career Founder, together with Ivan Dobchev, of the Theatre Workshop "Sfumato", director since 1989. Director / guest director at Theatre Workshop "Sfumato", National Theatre "Ivan Vazov", Satirical Theatre, Drama Theatre – Sliven, Drama Theatre – Varna, and others. She has created over 150 productions for drama theatre, television, and opera based on texts by Bulgarian, Russian, and Western European classics. Productions at "Sfumato" 1989 THE SEAGULL, A.P. Chekhov, together with Ivan Dobchev 1990 PLAYING PETRUSHEVSKAYA, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya 1991 P.S., based on A.P. Chekhov 1992 THE SIN OF ZLATIL, based on Yordan Yovkov 1993 MAD GRASS, based on Yordan Radichkov 1994 THREE SISTERS, A.P. Chekhov 1997 APOCRYPHA, author's performance, together with Ivan Dobchev, premiere in Nancy, France 1998 ANTIGONE THE DEAD, based on Sophocles 1999 NIRVANA, Konstantin Iliev – NT "Ivan Vazov", second version – "Sfumato" 2000 THE BLACK RAM, author's performance, together with Ivan Dobchev 2004 THE VALLEY OF THE DEAD SHADOW: ALOSHA, based on F.M. Dostoevsky 2006 EXODUS: STATION ELABUGA, author's performance, for Marina Tsvetaeva, choreography by Marco Cantalupo and Katarzyna Gdaniec /Switzerland/ 2007 TO DAMASCUS: JULIE, JEAN AND KRISTIN, based on August Strindberg 2007 TO DAMASCUS: DANCE OF THE DEAD, August Strindberg 2009 OOOO – GOGOL'S DREAM, based on "Nevsky Prospect", "Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt", "Marriage", "Notes of a Madman" by Gogol, together with Ivan Dobchev 2011 WINTER'S TALE, Shakespeare 2012 MEDEA – MY MOTHER, Ivan Dobchev and Stefan Ivanov, together with Ivan Dobchev 2013 BETWEEN HOLIDAYS, workshop-performance, Stefan Ivanov 2014 TERMINAL 2: THE PLANE IS LATE, Boris Hristov and documentary texts 2016 THAT THING, workshop-performance, together with Ivan Dobchev 2017 THE EXORCISM OF DEMONS: THE IDIOT, Dostoevsky 2018 NOAH'S ARK: MAD GRASS, Yordan Radichkov Productions Abroad (together with Ivan Dobchev) 1996 THE CHERRY ORCHARD, A.P. Chekhov, Avignon Festival, France 1997 BLOODY WEDDING, Lorca, Conservatory – Paris, France 1998 LITTLE PUSHKIN, Pushkin, National Stage – Macon, France 2016 MEDEA – MY MOTHER, by Ivan Dobchev in co-authorship with Stefan Ivanov, together with Ivan Dobchev, National Theatre Bucharest Leading, together with Ivan Dobchev, over 40 workshops at Sfumato and at festivals in Bulgaria. In addition to the practice of holding a workshop for every new production at Sfumato, since 2006 Margarita Mladenova and Ivan Dobchev organize and lead International Workshops (together with Ivan Dobchev) 1995 THE SEAGULL, Chekhov – with French actors – THEATRE PARIS VILETTE – Paris 1996 THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Chekhov – wi...