Dr. Teya Edvinova Sugareva (born December 5, 1989,

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theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

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Education

* 2014 – 2017: PhD student at the Department of Acting and Directing for Drama Theatre at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts. Dissertation topic: "Directing practice in Bulgaria in the 1980s and 1990s - between the dramaturgy of the absurd and the aesthetics of modernism." * 2012 – 2013: Theatre Art master’s program at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts "Krustyo Sarafov". Graduated with a master's thesis on "Aspects of the collaboration between the director and the playwright in contemporary Bulgarian Theatre" * 2008 – 2012: Studied Directing for Drama Theatre at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts "Krustyo Sarafov" in the class of Prof. Snezhina Tankovska. Graduated with a graduation performance of "Dead Souls" by Mikhail Bulgakov after N.V. Gogol. * 2003 – 2008: studied at the National High School of Ancient Languages and Cultures, Konstantin Cyril Philosopher, Humanities profile. Graduated with a thesis on "Poetics of fairytale in Alexander Vutimsky's prose".

Participation in international projects

* 2009 "Teacher's Academy", organized by the

European League of Institutes of the Arts ELIA (formerly known as The European League of Institutes of the Arts) represents some 300.000 students in all art disciplines. History ELIA emerged from a conference organized in Amsterdam in 1990, ''Imagination and Diversity'', aimed to pro ...

(ELIA) - coordinator of student groups * 2010 The first meeting of GATS (Global Alliance of the Theatre Schools) - coordinator of student groups * 2014 Drama League Directors Project - Drama League Fellow

Participation in workshops

* 2009 The Body Tells the Story - Amanda Brennan * 2009 Like a Puppet on a String - Francesca Trevzer and May Fryuh * 2009

Street Theatre Street theatre is a form of theatrical performance and presentation in outdoor public spaces without a specific paying audience. These spaces can be anywhere, including shopping centres, car parks, recreational reserves, college or universi ...

- a Case Study - Ger Clancy and Monica Binek * 2010

Dialogue Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American and British English spelling differences, American English) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literature, literary and theatrical form that depicts suc ...

s with Your Voice - Kristin Linklater * 2011 Movement Elements of

Classical Chinese Classical Chinese is the language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from . For millennia thereafter, the written Chinese used in these works was imitated and iterated upon by scholars in a form now called Literary ...

Beijing Opera Peking opera, or Beijing opera (), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime, martial arts, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing dynasty (1644–1912) and became ...

- Jian Xu * 2012 From Page to Stage – Roger Danforth and Lydia Starck * 2013 Viewpoints – Barbara Lanciers, Juanita Rockwell, Gabriel Shanks * 2014 Physical Theatre and

Clown A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an Improvisational theatre#Comedy, open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct cosmetics, makeup or costume, costuming and reversing social norm, folkway-norms. The art of ...

Acting – Steve Pacek * 2014 Acting the

Song A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...

– Zi Alikhan * 2014 Vocal Viewpoints - Jen Waldman

Professional performances

* December 2023: WHAT IS VIRGINIA WOOLF AFRAID OF?, original work produced by "Enso" company and I AM studio * September 2022: THE BOY IN THE LAST RAW by Juan Mayorga, production of ''Theatre "Nikola Vaptsarov"'', Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria * October 2020: AT SPEED after Harold Pinter, production of “Multicult” company and National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria * February 2020: THE PRIVATE EAR by Peter Shafer and BULL by Mike Bartlett, production of Theatre "Sofia", Sofia, Bulgaria * October 2019: VAPTSAROV: SONGS FOR THE MAN, production of ''Theatre "Nikola Vaptsarov"'', Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria * November 2017: LEVEL 506 by Yassen Vasilvev, Radio play at the ''Bulgarian National Radio,'' Sofia, Bulgaria * October 2017: I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY, production of the “''In Pulse” company'' at the ''Red House Center for Culture and Debate'', Sofia, Bulgaria * March 2017: THE STORM by Kiril Buhovski, Radio play at the ''Bulgarian National Radio,'' Sofia, Bulgaria * November 2016: PROBATION PERIOD by Nikolay Gunderov, production of ''Theatre 199 "Valentin Stoychev"'', Sofia, Bulgaria * June 2016: THE ETERNAL RETURN from Ivan Dimitrov, Radio play at the ''Bulgarian National Radio,'' Sofia, Bulgaria * March 2015: TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare, production of ''Small Town Theatre Behind the Channel'', Sofia, Bulgaria * February 2015: GASTARBEITER by Rainer Fasbinder, ''Training theatre, National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts,'' Sofia, Bulgaria * July 2014: THE LITTLE PRINCE (after Antoine de Saint-Exupery), produced by ''The Hangar Theatre'', Ithaca, United States * June 2014: THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED by Tennessee Williams, produced by ''The Hangar Theatre'', Ithaca, United States * March 2014: INVITATION FOR DINNER by Olya Stoyanova, production of ''Theatre Sofia'', Sofia, Bulgaria * September 2013: ROBIN by Anna Topaldzhikova, production of the ''"Antrakt" Association and the Vazrajdane Theatre'', Sofia, Bulgaria * June 2013: WELCOME, AMERICA! by Matthew Vishniek, production of ''Theatre Sofia'', Sofia * December 2012: DEAD SOULS by M. Bulgakov, by N.V. Gogol, production of ''Satirical Thearte “Aleko Konstantinov”,'' Sofia, Bulgaria * October 2012: WALLED IN ONES by Yassen Vassilev, production of ''Youth Theatre "Nikolay Binev",'' Sofia, Bulgaria * September 2012: THE MISER by Moliere, Theatre "Nevena Kokanova" in Yambol, Bulgaria

Teaching experience

* September 2017 - senior assistant professor at National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts * September 2012 – until now, assistant of Prof. Tankovska; leads classes in "Directing for Drama Theatre" and "Acting for Drama Theatre" at The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts * March 2014 – co-leader of

Stanislavski's System Stanislavski's system is a systematic approach to training actors that the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski developed in the first half of the twentieth century. His system cultivates what he calls the "art of experiencing ...

Actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

s Training workshop at The National Academy for students from

Toho is a Japanese entertainment company that primarily engages in producing and distributing films and exhibiting stage plays. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. ...

, Japan * July 2014 – leader of Actors Training in European Theatre workshop at The Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY, USA

Research activity

* January 2014 is a

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

candidate in the Department "Acting and Directing for Drama Theatre" at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts

Participated in the following festivals

* July 2011 GATS

Theatre Festival Theatre festivals are amongst the earliest types of festival. Classical Greek theatre was associated with religious festivals dedicated to Dionysus, called the City Dionysia. The medieval mystery plays were presented at the major Christian feast ...

Beijing, China Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

as director of "Fire Dragon" after Geo Milev, Ivan Radoev, Alexander Vutimski * June 2012 International Theatre Festival "Varna Summer" in Varna, Bulgaria as a director of "Dead Souls" by Bulgakov after Gogol * June 2013 International Theatre Festival "Varna Summer" in Varna, Bulgaria as a director of "Welkome America" by Matthew Vishniek * June 2013 Theatrical Holidays "Nevena Kokanova" in Yambol, Bulgaria as a director of "The Miser" by Molière * October 2013 Days of Young Theater in

Lovech Lovech (, ) is a city in north-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The city is located about northeast from the capital city of Sofia. Near Lovech are the towns of ...

, Bulgaria as a director of “Walled in Ones" by Yassen Vassilev

Awards and honors

* 2012 National Academy award “Most Most Most” in the category “Best Director for Drama Theatre" in the class of 2012 * 2013 "Golden Kukerikon" - Award in the category "Young Force" for the direction of "Dead Souls" by M. Bulgakov after Gogol * 2014 “Icarus” – award in the category “Debut” for the direction of "Robin" by Anna Topaldjikova * 2014 “Ascer” nomination in the category “Directing” for the direction of “Invitation for Dinner” by Olya Stoyanova * 2014: Certificate of Excellence from the Ministry of Culture

Poetry awards

* 2005 to present - author of

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

, published in specialized magazines for poetry, award winner of national literary competitions: * 2007, 2008 "Petya Dubarova" in Burgas, Bulgaria * 2007 “Vazkresenie" (Resurrection) in

Dobrich Dobrich ( ; ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, 9th most populated city in Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Dobrich Province and the capital of the region of Southern Dobrudzha. It is located in the northeastern part of the cou ...

, Bulgaria * 2007 "Dushata na edin izvor" (The Soul of a Source) in Yambol, Bulgaria

References

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