Hypothetically

"A performance not meant to confirm, but to happen. A performance about the performance itself. We remain silent or speak concretely and confidently, but we do not strive for excessive illustrations. A performance that soothes yet simultaneously arouses anxiety. We discuss things we have heard of but not seen. The performers demonstrate their engagement and challenge problems with pleasure. We present details, but the essential part may be missing. We also think about what might be overlooked. We use words to concretize hypotheses and the body as a container with content composed of problems and memory. Judgments that creep into concrete images under specific circumstances can be proven or rejected. Hypothetically, anything can happen. It is tempting to control processes, but the probability of success is negligible and doubtful. We live together only to realize that collectives are gatherings of alienated individuals. We do not want art to end." – Galina Borisova ABOUT GALINA BORISOVA Galina Borisova calls herself a "mutant" choreographer. She is the choreographer and performer of more than 50 performances presented in Europe and the USA. She is known to the audience for her emblematic solo works "Juanita Hildegard Bo," "I Dance Maria Callas," "anti-GONE-It's me," "Here Below All Cradles Die," "How Fast Life Flows from January to December," and "True to the Original." Her performances provoke with conceptual solutions, precise details, and a sense of humor. She is the initiator and producer of the "Etudes and Friends" festival. She is the author of the book "Dance Performances and Artistic Preferences." An active blogger and initiator of the platform "Preferences for Dance" (http://galina-borissova.blogspot.com/). Winner of the first prize for choreography for the performance "A Never Ending Story" in Groningen, Netherlands. She received a gold medal for the solo "Juanita Hildegard Bo" at the Zemun Festival in Belgrade. Her recent projects have been presented at the "Etude" Gallery, where she is also the space programmer. Guest lecturer at the Duncan Center, Czech Republic; New Bulgarian University, and others. She has worked as a guest choreographer at Hippodrome Theater, Florida; Guillotine Theater, Sweden; Duncan Center, Czech Republic; National Opera – Novi Sad, Serbia, and others. Her choreographies have been presented at various festivals in Europe and the USA. "Hypothetically" is the first project realized under the "Apostol Karamitev" Program. The program launched in 2023 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Bulgarian actor Apostol Karamitev. The main goal of the initiative is to provide an opportunity for the presentation of different forms and aesthetics, to offer new interdisciplinary perspectives on theater-making, to discover interesting authors, ideas, and practices, to issue new artistic challenges to the troupe and staff of the theater, and to give visibility to new or unknown authors to the National Theater who will bring their own understanding of a stage work. DRAMATURG OF THE PRODUCTION: Aneliya Yaneva