‘KuklArt’ Magazine
Issue 9/2015
This is the movement that reveals the violation of grace, the gracelessness that appears between the god and the puppet. This gracelessness is attributed to the gravity disturbed by consciousness. It is the place of dichotomy, open between god and puppet and occupied by man (and human consciousness) as a scene of lost grace. Finally comes the movement that promises a return to grace.
Miglena Nikolchina
‘The concave mirror.
Aspects of the parahuman in Kleist and Rilke’
Dear reader,
Together with Mihail Baykov we continue with our ambition to expand the circle of authors writing about puppetry. An effort that is often bitter, but the successes along the way are so joyful.
With the active assistance of AKT-UNIMA, Bulgaria we are restoring the practice from the first issues of ‘KuklArt’ to publish ‘Spectaclography’ for a given period. This issue describes the premieres of puppet theatres in Bulgaria for 2014. Of course, we only publish the information you receive. All possible omissions and inaccuracies are due to the information provided to us. The reader will notice that only one director responded to our survey. If other answers are received, we will publish them in the next issue.
More than ever, we post reviews of shows and books. The comparison with the theater abroad gives us knowledge about ourselves, which in the near future of those around us is often vague and untrue.
We draw your attention to a significant fact – in the awards of the Union of Bulgarian Artists ‘Icarus’, puppetry is now included not only in the ‘puppet’ categories, but also in those until recently reserved for the ‘dramatic’ theater. So enough complexes, insecurities, girlish fears of neglect. Be yourselves and it will be given to you as they say…
Nikola Vandov
Editor-in-chief
Articles Contents
Contents
Dear Readers… – Nikola Vandov
Theory, History, Experience, Polemics
Letter of АКТ-UNIMA, Bulgaria
Inquiry of State Puppet Theater Directors
Viktor Boychev
Modern Challenges in front of the Puppet and the Children Audience Relation – Ivet Lazarova
Friendship Helps, Hence Bremen Is Vidin – Katerina Georgieva Talks to Young Actors from the Puppet Theater of Vidin
The Baroque Theater of Today and the Future of the Puppet Theater – Nikola Vandov Talks to Boris Goldovsky
Festivals and Forums
XIX National ‘Mihail Lakatnik’ Puppet Theatre Festival, Yambol, Bulgaria
Festival’s Passport
The Festival and the Routine – Nikola Vandov
II International Puppet Open Air Festival ‘Puppetry Days’, Burgas, Bulgaria
Festival’s Passport
And the Best Is Yet to Come – ‘As Dessert’ – Mihail Baykov
TheatAir 2015 (module of the International puppet-theatre festival ‘Three Are Too Many, Two – Not enough’), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Festival’s Passport
Miniature streets – Katerina Georgieva
Conversation from Plovdiv – Boryana Georgieva Talks to Teodor Borisov
ІV International Art Festival ‘The Magic of the Wind’, Sliven, Bulgaria
Festival’s Passport
Holiday of Spirituality in Sliven – Rumen Nikolov
IX International Puppet Theatre for Adults Festival, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Festival’s Passport
Overstepping the borders – Ana Luis Noriega
Exciting Moments in Foreign Performances – Lyubomir Parushev
To throw Some Light on the Lighting Design – Svetlomira Stoyanova Talks to the Participants and the Presenters of the Workshop in Lighting Design
To Possess Levels Up To Happiness or Two Destroyed Lives – Gergana Traykova
Reviews
About ‘Momo’ and the Easiness of Recreation – Olya Stoyanova
Transformation and Conditional Symbolism in ‘The Samsa Family’ – Patricia Nikolova
About the Rats and the People – Svetlomira Stoyanova
The Theater as War – Katerina Georgieva
‘Joker’, Based on Motives by Ghelderode – Viktoria Dimitrova
I International Puppet Theater Festival ‘Kuralai’ (The City of Astana, 2015) – Bina Angelova
The Miracle of Life in the ‘La Pendue’ Theater – Viliya Monovska
Music and Consolation for a Theatrical Metamorphosis – Viliya Monovska
Aesthetic Projections of the Drama Puppet – Prof. Slavcho Malenov
Colourful Wonders – Nikola Vandov
The ‘Must Have’ of Puppetry – Kamil Kopaniya
A Research Should Be That Sort Of – Nikola Vandov
Information
History Performance 2014
A Big Award For Arch. Ivan Tsonev
The ‘Sivina’ Award 2015
The ‘Ikar’ Awards for Puppet Theater 2015
Admission after the Contest
‘Rakopleshtene’ for the Puppet Theater of Vidin – Nikola Vandov
News from АКТ – UNIMA, Bulgaria
In memoriam
Lina Boyadzhieva – Kiryakos Agriropoulos
Yordan Todorov
Josef Krofta – Prof. Slavcho Malenov