STAGE DIRECTOR / COMPOSER / POET

CV + PORTFOLIO [2021]
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СONTENT:

PERSONAL INFO..............................................................................................................2
EDUCATION………………………………….……..……………………………………………………………………….3
SPECIALIZATION ABROAD...............................................................................................3
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE….……………..………………………………………………………..….4
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE.................................................................................5
ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE…………………….........................................................................6
SELECTED AWARDS…….............................................................................................8
LIST OF EMBLEMATIC PRODUCTIONS……………….........…….....................…................9
SELECTED TOURS ABROAD………………………...............................................................9
PRODUCTIONS BY B. BOGDANOV.…………………………………………….…………………….....10
PORTFOLIO ……………………………………….………..…………………………………………………………...11
АLTERNATIVE THEATRE PERFORMANCES AND PRODUCTIONS….…….….………….16
“ELIZAVETA BAM” EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE STUDIO..................................20
FILM AND TV STAGING FOR BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION……..……..………27
EMBLEMATIC THEATRE PRODUCTIONS…......……...............................................31
BULGARIAN CLASSICAL DRAMA....................................................................51
STAGING OF MUSICAL AND OPERETTA…..............………................................64
BALLET STAGING...........................................................................................70
OPERA STAGING……...........................…….....................................................75
MUSIC………………………….….……………………………….……….…………………..……………..…86
BOOKS OF POETRY…………………….......................................................................89
B.BOGDANOV IS ALSO KNOWN……………………...…..............................................90
OTHER AUTHORS ABOUT HIM….….…………..…..…................................................90
WORK IN PROGRESS [ONGOING PROJECTS]……....……..…………………………….……………......91
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PERSONAL INFO:

NATIONALITY: BULGARIAN

DATE OF BIRTH: 16.07.1959.

LANGUAGES: FRENCH / RUSSIAN/ ENGLISH

CONTACT: Email: boybogdan@abv.bg

Site: https://boykobogdanov.wordpress.com/
Facebook: Boyko Bogdanov
Cell phone: + 359 889 889 211
Home phone [BG]: +359 2 476 32 06
Home phone [DE]: +49 151 664 763 40

ADRESSES:
ADRESS [BG]: “Serdika” Str. № 36А
1202, Sofia, Bulgaria
ADRESS [DE]: GROSSERHOF 4
38100 BRAUNSCHVEIG NIEDERSACHSEN
DEUTCHLAND
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EDUCATION:
▲ 1984
NATFA
[NATIONAL ACADEMY
FOR THEATRE AND
FILM ARTS]
SOFIA, BULGARIA
SPECIALIZATION MA IN
ABROAD: DIRECTING

▲ 2003 – FRANCE, PARIS: ▲ 1978

FINANCING AND FRENCH LANGUAGE
MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL
CULTURAL INSTITUTES VARNA, BULGARIA
A PROGRAM OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF
CULTURE AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS OF FRANCE
AND
▲ 1991 / 92, 1989 / 90 МIDDLE MUSIC
FRANCE: SCHOOL
PARIS, МАRSEILLES, АVIGNON
/PIANO/
▲ 1989 – RUSSIA:
МOSCOW, ST. PETERSBURG

▲ 1988 – POLAND:
VROTZLAW, WARSAW
A PROGRAM OF THE UNION OF
BULGARIAN ARTISTS [SAB]
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PROFESSIONAL
WORK
EXPERIENCE:
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АDMINISTRATIVE
EXPERIENCE:
▲ 1984-1987.
A FULL TIME DIRECTOR OF
VARNA THEATER

▲ 1987-1989.
FREELANCED DIRECTOR

▲ 1989-1993.
FULL TIME DIRECTOR OF “SOFIA”
MUNICIPAL THEATER

▲ 1993-1997.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BULGARIAN
▲ B.BOGDANOV GIVES THE AWARD FOR LIFETIME DIRECTORS GUILD
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE UNION OF BULGARIAN
ARTISTS TO L EON DANIEL – ONE OF THE M ASTERS ▲ 1998-2006.
OF BULGARIAN DIRECTING
PRINCIPAL OF
“SALZA I SMIAH”
[TEARS AND LAUGHTER]
STATE DRAMA THEATER - SOFIA

▲ 2003-2015.
РРРРИEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
«ORPHYKA»
IMPRESARIO AGENCY

▲ 2007-2008.
CHIEF DIRECTOR OF
RUSE NATIONAL OPERA

▲ 2008-2012.
CHIEF DIRECTOR OF
DRAMA THEATER - BLAGOEVGRAD

▲ SINCE 2012.
FREELANCED DIRECTOR
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▲ 2004.
CO-FOUNDER AND
ART DIRECTOR OF
„ NEIGHBOR
VOICES“
BALKAN THEATRE FESTIVAL
„SALZA I SMIAH“ STATE DRAMA THEATER, SOFIA,
BULGARIA
▲ SNAPSHOT FROM THE OPENING NIGHT PARTY – “NEIGHBOR
VOICES ” FESTIVAL AT “ SALZA I SMIAH ” THEATER , SOFIA , 2004
[PERSONAL ARCHIVE ]

▲ 2011-2013.
ART DIRECTOR OF
„ PIRIN SPRING“
BALKAN THEATRE FESTIVAL
„N. VAPTSAROV” THEATER, BLAGOEVGRAD, BULGARIA
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ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE:

▲
BOYKO BOGDANOV HAS WORKED IN MORE THAN 30 DRAMA AND OPERA
THEATERS IN BULGARIA AND ABROAD FOR THE PERIOD 1989-2021.

HE HAS STAGED OVER 120 THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS OF NATIONAL AND

WORLD CLASSICS , OF CONTEMPORARY DRAMATURGY [CREATING
ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR MOST OF THEM]. BOGDANOV HAS DIRECTED ALSO
10 CLASSICAL OPERAS, 7 MUSICALS, 1 BALLET, AS WELL AS NUMBERS OF
HAPPENINGS, PERFORMANCES , STREET THEATRE EVENTS , TV DRAMAS
AND SHOW PROGRAMS .

AS A COMPOSER HE HAS CREATED OVER 50 SONGS, 6 MUSICALS, ONE

BALLET, ONE OPERA , AND THE MUSIC FOR 3 DOCUMENTARIES AND 2 TV
DRAMAS IN BULGARIAN NATIONAL TV.

AT THE MOMENT BOGDANOV HAS PUBLISHED IN BULGARIAN 7 ORIGINAL

BOOKS OF HIS COLLECTED POEMS.
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♛
SELECTED AWARDS:

• STAGING AND BEST PRODUCTION – VІIITH NATIONAL REVIEW OF THE THEATERS IN

BULGARIA FOR “HOUSE” (KASHTA) BY A. STRASHIMIROV;

• BEST PRODUCTION – ІST NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT THEATER FOR

“ANTHROPOMISANTHROPОS” AFTER MOLIERE, CAMUS AND SARTRE IN “FREE THEATER” –
COPRODUCTION WITH “ELIZAVETA BAM” EXPERIMENTAL THEATER STUDIO;

• THEATRICAL MUSIC – PRIZE OF DRAMA THEATER “V. DRUMEV” FOR “THE MANDRAKE”
BY MACHIAVELLI;

• STAGING – IKARUS PRIZE OF THE UNION OF THE BULGARIAN ARTISTS FOR “MASTERS”
(MAISTORI) BY R. STOYANOV;

• STAGING - DIONYSUS AWARD FOR “MASTERS” (“MAISTORI”) BY R. STOYANOV;

• BEST PRODUCTION – ASKEER THEATRE AWARD – FOR “MOTHER IN LAW” (“SVEKARVA”)

BY A. STRASHIMIROV;

• STAGING – “NEW BULGARIAN DRAMA” NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL – FOR THE

PERFORMANCE “THE DREAMATORIUM” (“MECHTALOTO”);

• STAGING, ORIGINAL MUSIC AND BEST PRODUCTION – ХІTH INTERNATIONAL THEATRE

FESTIVAL IN RIJEKA FOR THE “THE CONTEMPLATORIUM OR THE ETERNAL BALKAN PUB”
(“GLEDALOTO ILI VECHNATA BALKANSKA KRACHMA”) – MAY 2004;

• АWARD OF THE CRITICS – INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL IN SARAJEVO FOR THE

PERFORMANCE “THE CONTEMPLATORIUM OR THE ETERNAL BALKAN PUB” (“GLEDALOTO ILI
VECHNATA BALKANSKA KRACHMA”) – 2005;

• 2 TIMES АWARD OF THE CRITICS - “STAGE, PALETTE, WORD” NATIONAL THEATRE

FESTIVAL (“SCENA PALITRA SLOVO“) FOR THE PERFORMANCES “I HEAR YOUR VOICES” AND “ONE
TANGO WITH MARQUEZ”;
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EMBLEMATIC THEATRICAL
PRODUCTIONS:
• “ILE” /EUGENE O'NEILL/;
• “IN CAMERA” (“HUIS CLOS”) /SARTRE/;
• “KALHAS”
SELECTED TOURS
/COLLAGE ON THE WORKS OF A.P. CHEKHOV/; ABROAD:
• “MADAME BOVARY” /FLAUBERT/;
• “THE RESPECTABLE WEDDING”
(“DIE KLEINBÜRGERHOCHZEIT”), /BRECHT/; ▲ RUSSIA
• “THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI” (“DER /MOSCOW, RYAZAN/
AUFHALTSAME AUFSTIEG DES ARTURO UI”) /BRECHT/; ▲ UKRAINE
• “DIARY OF A MADMAN” /ODESSA, KIEV/
(“DNEVNIK SUMASHEDSHEVA”), /GOGOL /; ▲ FRANCE
• “THE INSPECTOR GENERAL” (“REVIZOR”) /GOGOL/; /GRENOBLE/
• “THE TOTH FAMILY” / ISTVÁN ÖRKÉNY/; ▲ GERMANY
• “KINGDOM OF EARTH” /Т. WILLIAMS/; /BERLIN/
• “VICTIM OF DUTY” (“VICTIMES DU DEVOIR”) ▲ МACEDONIA
/Т. WILLIAMS/; /BITOLA, OHRID –
“OHRID SUMMER“ FESTIVAL/
• “RHINOCÉROS” /IONESCO/;
• “THE LESSON” /IONESCO/;
▲ SLOVAKIA
/BRATISLAVA/
• “THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS”
(“IL SERVITORE DI DUE PADRONI”) /GOLDONI/;
▲ ITALY
/TURIN, MODENA/
• “DR” /NUŠIĆ/;
• “YONADAB” / P. SHAFFER/;
▲ AUSTRIA
/ KREMS –„DONAUFESTIVAL”,
• “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT`S DREAM“ /SHAKESPEARE/; VIENA/
• ”LAST MOONS” /ON BURDON/; ▲ JAPAN
• “TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE“ (“QUESTA SERA SI RECITA /TOKIO, OSAKA/
A SOGGETTO”) /PIRANDELLO/; ▲ USA
• “THE JESTER’S HAT“ /LAS VEGAS WILLINGTON,
(“IL BERRETTO A SONAGI”) /PIRANDELLO/; ATLANTA, BROOKLYN/
• “MARRIAGE PLAY“/E.ALBEY/ ▲ CROATIA
• “THE MANDRAKE” /RIJEK/
(“LA MANDRAGOLA”) /MACHIAVELLI/ ▲ BOSNA AND
HERZEGOVINA
BULGARIAN CLASSICAL DRAMA: /SARAJEVO/
• ”MOTHER IN LAW”, “VAMPIRE” AND “HOUSE” ▲ SWITZERLAND
/А.STRASHIMIROV/; /SOLOTHURN/
• “МASTERS” /R.STOYANOV/;
• “WOMEN`S KINGDOM” /ST.L.KOSTOV/;
• “I HEAR YOUR VOICES” /ON D.TALEV/;
• “THE GERAKS” (“GERATSITE”) /ЕLIN PELIN/;
• “BORYANA” /Y.YOVKOV/;
• “SUEDE JACKET“ /ST. STRATIEV/;
• “THE HORSE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT” /AFTER ST.
TSANEV/ ...
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PRODUCTIONS BY B. BOGDANOV

“ELIZAVETA BAM – I“,

“ELIZAVETA BAM – II“ ◀ -------------------------------
TWO ECCENTRIC PSEUDO-OPERA-MUSICALS ON
“ELIZAVETA BAM” BY DANIIL KHARMS
“WE?[NO] WHERE? “
“YES!YES! TO DADA“[DA!DA! NA DADA]
[A CO-PRODUCTION WITH GOETHE INSTITUTE –
BASED ON ORIGINAL MUSIC AND DADAIST MANIFESTOS]
“АNTHROPOMIZANTHROPOS“
AFTER MOLIERE, CAMUS AND SARTRE
“ADIEU, MOZART? “ ◀ ---------------------------------------
“LOVE TRESPASSES”
“SLAVEYKOVTSI“

“BOTEV`S DREAMS“ ◀ -----------

ON SATIRIC TEXTS BY HRISTO BOTEV ◀ --------
-

“A HUMAN COMEDY“ ◀ --------------------

ON BALZAC`S NOVEL “OLD MAN GORIO“

“ХХ-TH CENTURY“- A TRILOGY

BASED ON ORIGINAL MUSIC

“TICKS“[“VERESII“]
-
“DELIGHT AND COLLAPSE OF LOVE“- A BALLET

“A TANGO WITH MARQUEZ“- MONODRAMA

ON THE ONLY PLAY BY G.G. МARQUEZ „DIATRIBE
OF LOVE AGAINST A SEATED MAN“ [“DIATRIBA DE AMOR ◀ -------------
CONTRA UN HOMBRE SENTADO”]
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PORTFOLIO:
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▼ “VICTIM OF DUTY” /IONESCO/

“APOLONIA” SUMMER ARTFEST SOZOPOL 1989
.

▲ ANETA PEITCHEVA, NIKOLAY CHILOV AND OGNYAN

JEKOV IN “VICTIM OF DUTY“,”APOLONIA“ SUMMER
ARTFEST 1989
PHOTOS: PERSONAL ARCHIVE

STAGING AND MUSIC –

BOYKO BOGDANOV
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“RHINOCÉROS” /IONESCO/ “YOUTH THEATER ” – SOFIA, 1989 ▼

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

[ORCHESTRATION - DANKO YORDANOV]

GEORGE KADURIN IN “RHINOCÉROS” ▲ @ “YOUTH THEATER” – SOFIA, 1989,

PHOTOS: PERSONAL ARCHIVE
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“YONADAB”/P.SHAFFER/ “RENAISSANCE“ STATE DRAMA THEATER, SOFIA,

1986 ▼

▲ “YONADAB”, P.SHEFFER, PHOTOS: PERSONAL ARCHIVE

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV
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▼ “BOTEV`S DREAMS” / BASED ON THE SATIRC WORKS BY HRISTO BOTEV - MAJOR

BULGARIAN POET, JOURNALIST AND REVOLUCTIONARY / DRAMA THEATER - LOVETCH 1990.

▲ “BOTEV`S DREAMS ” [“BOTEVI SANISHTA“], PHOTOS: PERSONAL ARCHIVE

VIDEO IN BG- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEVtOf3FPws

DRAMATISATION / STAGTING / MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

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АLTERNATIVE THEATRE
PERFORRMANCES
AND
PRODUCTIONS:
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◀ “LET`S WALL IN THE

MUSICIAN” [DA
ZAZIDAME MUZIKANTA]

ANTI-TOTALITARIAN THEATRICAL
PERFORMANCE - HAPPENING WITH
A GROUP OF YOUNG ARTISTS FROM
VARNA TOWN AND ASSOCIATION
OF YOUNG ARCHITECTS , WITH THE
PARTICIPATION OF THE RUSSIAN
ANATOLY VAPIROV [IN THE MIDDLE] AMONG PERFORMERS,
JAZZMAN ANATOLY VAPIROV
BUILDING A BRICK WALL AROUND HIM

/ FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS

CENTER – VARNA - 1988/
BOTH PHOTOS: BY STANKA TSONKOVA [USHA]
[ONE YEAR BEFORE THE RADICAL
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSITION
OF BULGARIA - FROM COMMUNISM
TO DEMOCRACY , 1989.]

◀ “TIME IS
TEMPORARY” [VREMETO
E VREMENNO]

HAPPENING WITH „ELIZAVETA

BAM“ EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
STUDIO IN FRONT OF THE
MAUSOLEUM OF GEORGE
“TIME IS TEMPORARY”, SHOT FROM THE HAPPENING DIMITROV – SOFIA –1990.
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“LET`S WALL IN THE MUSICIAN!“– PERFORMANCE, 1988. ▼

IDEA / TEXT / MANAGEMENT / DIRECTING – B.BOGDANOV

PROTEST AGAINST THE YOUTH COMMUNIST ORGANISATION IN BULGARIA

▲ „LET`S WALL IN THE MUSICIAN”, DIR.B.BOGDANOV, FESTIVAL AND CONGRESS CENTER- VARNA, PHOTO: © USHA
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“TIME IS TEMPORARY“ – HAPPENING 1990.▼

IDEA / TEXT / MANAGEMENT / DIRECTING – B.BOGDANOV

„ MEMORIAL DINNER FOR THE SOVIET REVOLUTION“

A DINNER WITH RED WINE, RITUAL GRAIN [ORTHODOX BURIAL ELEMENTS], LENIN AND A RAG
DOLL

▲ „TIME IS TEMPORARY”, “ELIZAVETA BAM” STUDIO ACTORS TOGETHER WITH THE DIRECTOR BOYKO BOGDANOV
AND THE DRAMATURGIST VERONIKA BLAGOVA ON THE TERRACE OF THE GEORGE DIMITROV`S MAUSOLEUM, SOFIA,

PHOTO: © USHA
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▼ ELIZAVETA BAM [MAIYA OSTOITCH] / “ELIZAVETA BAM I”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, “SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER - SOFIA /
PHOTO: © USHA

ELIZAVETA BAM:
/1989 – 1994/

▲ FOUNDER OF “ELIZAVETA BAM”

EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE STUDIO AT THE “SOFIA“ MUNICIPAL THEATER

EMBLEMATIC PRODUCTIONS:
“ЕLIZAVETA BAM I“, “ELIZAVETA BAM II“,
“WE? [NO]WHERE“,
“ANTHROPOMIZANTHROPOS“,
“ADIEU, МОZART?“,
“ЕЛИЗАВЕТА БАМ I“ / ПО ДАНИИЛУ Х АРМСУ / 1990;
“YES! YES! TO DADA!”[“DA!DA!NA DADA”]
“ЕЛИЗАВЕТА БАМ II“ / ПО ДАНИИЛУ ХАРМСУ / 1991 ▼

/TOURS ON THEATRE FESTIVALS IN BULGARIA AND EUROPE/

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„ELIZAVETA BAM-I”, DIRECTOR B.BOGDANOV:

„LENIN`S SHADOW“ - [MICHAEL MILCHEV] , МАМАSHА - [ELENA SHIVATCHEVA]
PHOTOS: © USHA

“ELIZAVETA BAM I”
ECCENTRIC
PSEUDO–ОPERA–
МUSICAL WITH
THEATRICAL ELEMENTS
[ON THE EPONOMOUS
PLAY BY DANIIL KHARMS]

ORIGINAL MUSIC,
STAGING AND LEADING
THE PERFORMANCE BY
REALTIME PIANO
PLAYING – B.BOGDANOV
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“ELIZAVETA BAM I”, DIR. B. BOGDANOV:

ELIZAVETA BAM [MAIYA OSTOITCH], ▶
PHOTO TO A REVIEW IN „DIE PRESSE“ –
FROM THE PERFORMANCE AT
„DONNAU FEST“, VIENNA [АUSTRIA], 1994.

© “DIE PRESSE”

◀ PETR NIKOLAEVICH [YORDAN BIKOV]

PHOTO FROM THE PERFORMANCE @ “SOFIA”
MUNICIPAL THEATER, SOFIA

PHOTO: © USHA

▲ PAPASHA [М.МILTCHEV] AND IVAN IVANOVICH [ NIKOLAY URUMOV]

PHOTO FROM THE PERFORMANCE @ “SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER,

SOFIA / PHOTO: © USHA

PHOTOGRAPHER - USHA
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„ELIZAVETA BAM -II”

▲ ELIZAVETA BAM [M.ОSTOITCH]

▲ МUZHIK [ KIRIL TSONEV ]

„LENIN`S SHADOW“ [M. MILTCHEV] ▶

”SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER / PHOTOS: © USHA

◀ „LENIN`S SHADOW“ [M. MILTCHEV] TOGETHER

WITH PAPASHA [ KIRIL TSONEV ]

BOTH OF THE THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AT INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVALS IN:
GRENOBLE [FRANCE], TURIN [ITALY], VIENNA AND KREMS [AUSTIRIA]]
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▼ “ANTHROPOMIZANTHROPOS” /ON МOLIERE, CAMUS AND SARTRE/ 1992

COPRODUCTION WITH STATE “INDEPENDENT THEATER” [THE SHOW IS PERFORMED @ THE HALL , THE
AUDIENCE IS ON THE STAGE] / IDEA/DRAMATISATION/STAGING/ORIGINAL MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

▲ PETER VARBANOV IN „ANTHROPOMIZANTHROPOS”, DIR. B. BOGDANOV – VIDEO SNAPSHOT – PERSONAL ARCHIVE

▲ “ANTHROPOMIZANTHROPOS” , DIR. B. BOGDANOV /

LEFT PHOTO – ELENA SHIVATCHEVA, VIDEO SNAPSHOT - PERSONAL ARCHIVE / RIGHT PHOTO - THE ACTORS, PHOTO – © USHA ▲

♛ BEST PRODUCTION AWARD AT FIRST BULGARIAN NATIONAL INDEPENDENT THEATRE FESTIVAL

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“WE?[NO]WHERE”/ “SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER 1993. ▼

INCLUDING LIVE PERFORMED ORIGINAL MUSIC

AN ARTWORK, BASED ON
MEMORIES OF THE
TROUPE MEMBERS FROM
THEIR HIGH SCHOOL
YEARS IN THE
COMMUNIST REGIME

▲ HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT [MAIYA OSTOITCH]

▲ HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN “WE?[NO]WHERE”, DIR. B. BOGDANOV, “SOFIA” MUNICIPAL THEATER;

PHOTOS: © USHA

IDEA /CONCEPT/ DRAMATURGY/STAGING/ MUSIC / PIANO PLAYING LIVE – B.BOGDANOV

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"WE?[NO]WHERE" , HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS , PHOTOS: © USHA

▲ ELENA SHIVATCHEVA ▲ SASHA HRISTOVA ▲ KIRIL TSONEV

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▲ FILM AND TV STAGING FOR

BULGARIAN NATIONAL
TELEVISION [BNT]:
- “LIVES, WORKS AND STANDS
ITSELF – ELIZAVETA BAM” –
▲ SHOT FROM "LIVES, WORKS AND STANDS ITSELF
– ELIZAVETA BAM ", © BNT DOCUMENTARY/BNT
/1990/

- TV PLAYS:
“MOTHER IN LAW” [“SVEKARVA”]
AFTER А.STRASHIMIROV
/1996/BNT

▲ SHOT FROM “MOTHER IN LAW” - © BNT AND

“ОH!”
AFTER P.MARINKOV
/2003/ BNT

▲ SHOT FROM “OH!” - © BNT

▲ 2006
DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL TELEVISION
BROADCAST OF „REQUIEM” – VERDI
„BULGARIA” HALL,
SOFIA NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
AND NATIONAL ACADEMIC CHOIR
CONDUCTOR WILLY CLAES
▲ MAESTRO WILLY CLAES - © BNT
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▲ MARIA SAPUNDJIEVA, PRODAN NONCHEV, ILKA ZAFIROVA AND IVAN PETRUSHINOV IN

“MOTHER IN LAW”, SNAPSHOT - © BNT

“MOTHER IN LAW“
/ AFTER A. STRASHIMIROV/
COPRODUCTION OF “OFF THE CHANNEL” THEATER AND BNT, 1996
TV STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV
♛ EARLIER IN 1996 THE THEATRICAL PRODUCTION OF “MOTHER IN LAW” DIRECTED BY
B. BOGDANOV IN “OFF THE CHANNEL” DRAMA THEATER - SOFIA , WINS IKARUS THEATRE
AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION, ASKEER NOMINATION FOR BEST STAGING AND 2 ASKEER
AWARDS – ONE FOR BEST PRODUCTION / *** BOTH IKARUS AND ASKEER ARE KNOWN AS
MAJOR AWARDS FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN BULGARIAN THEATRE.
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„ОH!“
/AFTER PETER MARINKOV/
COPRODUCTION OF NATIONAL SATIRIC THEATER AND BNT, SOFIA, 2003

TV STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV

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▼„ОH!” /AFTER PETER MARINKOV/

▲ SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION ON STAGE / PHOTO ARCHIVE: © NATIONAL SATIRIC THEATER
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EMBLEMATIC
THEATRE
PRODUCTIONS:
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▲ VENTSESLAV KISYOV AND JULIANA KARANYOTOVA ▲ IN „TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE”,

DIR. B.BOGDANOV, “SALZA I SMIAH“ STATE DRAMA THEATER, SOFIA, PHOTOS: PERSONAL ARCHIVE

“TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE“
/ FIRST TIME ON BULGARIAN STAGE/

/AFTER PIRANDELLO/
„SALZA I SMIAH“ STATE DRAMA THEATER

SOFIA, 1996

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

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“THE CONTEMPLATORIUM
OR THE ETERNAL BALKAN PUB”
[„GLEDALOTO“]
2000
[DRAMATURGY – TOGETHER WITH
VYATCHESLAV PARAPANOV]

“THE ABIDRIUM
OR
THE ETERNAL
BALKAN STATION”
[“CHAKALOTO“]
2001
[DRAMATURGY – TOGETHER WITH
VYATCHESLAV PARAPANOV]

“THE DREAMATORIUM”
[„MECHTALOTO“] 2003

„SALZA I SMIAH“ STATE DRAMA THEATER

♛ THE PRODUCTIONS ARE WINNERS OF

2 NATIONAL AND 11 INTERNATIONAL PRIZES

” ХХTH CENTURY“
POSTER OF „THE DREAMATORIUM“ A TRILOGY
BY THE ARTIST STEFAN DESPODOV - DESPO BASED ON ORIGINAL MUSIC

THE FILMING OF THE TRILOGY IS

UNDER THE
“GOLDEN ARCHIVE OF
BULGARIAN THEATER”
PROGRAM, SUBSIDIZED BY
THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEWU0NnwLSM

”TНЕ CONTEMPLATORIUM
OR THE ETERNAL BALKAN PUB”
[„GLEDALOTO ILI VECHNATA BALKANSKA KRACHMA“]
IDEA AND DRAMATURGY
[TOGETHER WITH VYATCHESLAV PARAPANOV]
STAGING AND ORIGINAL MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV
“SALZA I SMIAH” STATE DRAMA THEATER / 2000.

♛ AWARDS FOR STAGING, ORIGINAL MUSIC AND BEST PRODUCTION – ХІTH INTERNATIONAL THEATRE
FESTIVAL IN RIJEKA – 2004
♛АWARD OF THE CRITICS – INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL IN SARAJEVO – 2005
NOMINATIONS FOR STAGING AND BEST PERFORMANCE - ASKEER THEATRE AWARDS – BULGARIA – 2001
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POSTER FROM THE

PRODUCTION`S TOUR IN
MACEDONIA - “OHRID SUMMER”
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE
FESTIVAL

[МАCEDONIA] 2001.

”THE ABIDRIUM
OR THE ETERNAL BALKAN STATION”
[„CHAKALOTO ILI VECHNATA BALKANSKA GARA“]

IDEA AND DRAMATURGY B.BOGDANOV AND V. PARAPANOV

STAGING AND ORIGINAL MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV
“SALZA I SMIAH” STATE DRAMA THEATER / 2001.
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▲ THE HUSBAND [PLAMEN DOBREV] IN FRONT, HIS DEMON [MICHAIL MILCHEV] – ON THE BACK, THE BRIDE FROM THE
HUSBAND`S MEMORIES [NEVENA BOZUKOVA]-IN FRONT, HER DEMON [DOBRIELA POPOVA] – ON THE BACK / SCENE FROM „THE
DREAMATORIUM“, DIR. B. BOGDANOV „SALZA I SMIAH“ THEATER

PHOTO – PERSONAL ARCHIVE

“THE DREAMATORIUM”
[„МECHTALOTO“]

AUTHOR / DIRECTOR / COMPOSER – B.BOGDANOV

[WITH „KARANDILLA“ GYPSY BRASS BAND, BOYKO TSVETANOV - TENOR AND TSVETELINA
MALDJANSKA - SOPRAN]
2003.

♛ BEST PRODUCTION AWARD - “NEW BULGARIAN DRAMA” THEATRE FESTIVAL 2003 /

IKARUS NOMINATION FOR STAGING - THE UNION OF BULGARIAN ARTISTS AWARDS 2003/
ASKEER NOMINATION FOR BEST PRODUCTION – BULGARIAN THEATRE AWARDS 2003
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▼“THE DREAMATORIUM“

▲ THE OLD MAN [DIMITAR DIMITROV] AND THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN [PPLAMEN DOBREV] ▲
SIMULACRUMS OF SAME CHARACTER…

.
▲ THE MUSE [NEVENA BOZUKOVA] AND THE HOUSEWIFE ▲ [NELA MONEDJIKOVA], SIMULACRUMS OF SAME CHARACTER, ▲ THE LOVER
[PLAMEN DOBREV]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM9-aKPDDq4

T HE MARRIAGE COUPLE – A REMINISCENCE OUT OF THE

WARDROBE OF A DANCING COUPLE

THE STORYTELLER ▲
[MARIA SAPUNDJIEVA]

THE BUNCH OF CELEBRATING A WEDDING, ALL CHARACTERS CAME

OUT OF THE WARDROBE

▲ THE MUSE [NEVENA BOZUKOVA], THE ANGEL [ DOBRIELA POPOVA],

THE YOUNG LOVER [ PLAMEN DOBREV]
THE OLD SUITCASE WITH WATER
PHOTOS – PERSONAL ARCHIVE
OUTFLOWING FROM IT >
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”THE LESSON”/IONESCO/-„SMALL THEATER OFF THE CHANNEL”, SOFIA, 2007 ▼

▲ SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION:

DESSY TENEKEDJIEVA AND PHILLIP AVRAMOV
PHOTOGRAPHER – IVO HADJIMISHEV STAGING AND MUSIC – B.B.
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„D-R” / NUŠIĆ/ „SALZA I SMIAH” STATE DRAMA THEATER , SOFIA, 2006 ▼

▲ MARIA SAPUNDJIEVA, TONCHO TOKMAKCHIEV AND VANCHA DOYTCHEVA / ▲ VESSELIN MEZEKLIEV AND
KOYNA RUSEVA IN “D-R”, DIR. BOYKO BOGDANOV; PHOTOS – © IVO HADJIMISHEV

STAGING AND MUSIC –

B.BOGDANOV
SCENE FROM “D-R”, DIR, B.BOGDANOV, ▶
“VARNA SUMMER” INTERNATIONAL THEATRE
FESTIVAL

PHOTO - ©”VARNA SUMMER” FEST

♛ AWARD OF THE AUDIENCE AT

“CHUDOMIR” ART FESTIVAL `06

„D-R” / NUŠIĆ/ [SECOND VERSION] BLAGOEVGRAD THEATER 2008 ▼

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION AT BLAGOEVGRAD THEATER, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, PHOTOS – © A. STOEV

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.B.

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▼ “MARRIAGE PLAY” /AFTER ЕDUARD ALBEY/ - “199” THEATER, 2003

ATANAS ATANASOV AND DESSY STOITCHEVA IN “MARIAGE PLAY” , DIR. B.BOGDANOV .

„199“ STATE DRAMA THEATER, SOFIA,2003.

”IQ – A HUSBAND ON INTERNET” /MONOPOLYLOGUE BY V.TSANKOVA/ WITH

THE PARTICIPATION OF „COLLEGIUM VARNA” STRING QUARTET /-
INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL FOR VISUAL ARTS – VARNA , 2008 ▼

▲ THE ACTRESS MARIA GINKOVA, VARNA CITY ART GALLERY, PHOTOS – PERSONAL ARCHIVE

STAGING AND MUSICAL COLLAGES – B.BOGDANOV

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“A HUMAN COMEDY”
BASED ON BALZAK`S NOVEL
“THE OLDMAN GORIO”

BLAGOEVGRAD DRAMA THEATER

2007.
DRAMATIZATION AND STAGING – BOYKO BOGDANOV
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” A HUMAN COMEDY” ▼

PHOTOGRAPHER - DESSY GENKOVA [ELRISHA]

THE TROUPE OF BLAGOEVGRAD DRAMA THEATER

IN THE PRODUCTION „A HUMAN COMEDY“, DIR. B.BOGDANOV,

PHOTOS - TAKEN FROM THE PERFORMANCE AT “IVAN VAZOV”

NATIONAL THEATER - SOFIA

▲ THE OLDMAN GORIO [NIKOLAY KIMCHEV ]

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▼▼
▼ “DOWN THE GOVERNOR” – SLOGAN / PHOTO FROM THE 50TH PERFORMANCE OF “THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL” @ “SOFIA” STATE MUNICIPAL THEATER, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, PHOTO – © IVO HADJIMISHEV

“ THE INSPECTOR GENERAL“

[“REVIZOR”]
BY GOGOL
„SOFIA“ STATE MUNICIPAL THEATER
STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV
ORCHESTRATION –
DANKO YORDANOV

2008.
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”THE INSPECTOR GENERAL“ ▼

▲ PHOTOS FROM THE 50TH PERFORMANCE OF “THE IINSPECTOR GENERAL” @ “SOFIA” THEATER,
DIR.B.BOGDANOV, PHOTOGRAPHER – IVO HADJIMISHEV, IN 2018 THE PRODUCTION CELEBRATES 9 YEARS ON
STAGE

ANNA ANDREEVNA ▲ [М. SAPUNDJIEVA],▲MARIA ANTONOVNA [N.KALUDOVA], … $

KKKHLESTAKOV [К. VRATCHANSKY] ▲ AND A.A. SKVOZNIK [S.PIPEROV] ▲
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▲ ОBERON [PLAMEN MANASSIEV] POSTER OF THE PRODUCTION ▲ TITANIA [LILLY MARAVIGLIA ▲ ]

“ A MIDSUMMER NIGHT`S DREAM”

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

STAGING AND MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA, PLAYED LIVE ON STAGE,

ACCOMPANYING THE – B.BOGDANOV
SCENIC ACTION
„SOFIA“ STATE MUNICIPAL THEATER
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2012
▼

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION

PHOTOS > © IVO HADJIMISHEV AND TSVETA BOGDANOVA

https://www.behance.net/gallery/6523493/a-midsummer-nights-DREAM-theatrical-production-2012
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“TICKS”(„VERESII“)
DRAMATURGY – B. BOGDANOV AND VYATCHESLAV PARAPANOV
STAGING, MUSICAL COLLAGES AND
ORIGINAL MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV

“199” THEATER, SOFIA, 2013

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▼“TICKS” [“199” STATE DRAMA THEATER, 2013.]

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION:

MARIA SAPUNDJIEVA ▲ AND ▲ TONCHO TOKMAKCHIEV

[BG COMEDIANS AND TV CELEBRITIES], TOGETHER WITH THE VIOLINIST
CHRISTO ANDREEV [BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO] , “199” STATE DRAMA
THEATER , SOFIA 2013, PHOTOS – © TSVETA BOGDANOVA
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„ONE TANGO WITH MARQUES“

G ABRIEL GARCIA MARQUES
MONOPOLYLOGUE AFTER THE ONLY PLAY BY
„DIATRIBE OF LOVE VERSE A SEATED MAN“
[„DIATRIBA DE AMOR CONTRA UN HOMBRE SENTADO“]
„SALZA I SMIAH“ STATE DRAMA THEATER, 2015

STAGING AND MUSIC B.B OGDANOV

АCTING M ARIA SAPUNDJIEVA
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▼ „ONE TANGO WITH MARQUES“

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BULGARIAN CLASSICAL
DRAMA:
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▲ „WE PASTURE IN THE NAME OF THE HOMELAND“ – SLOGAN IN FRONT OF THE

COMMUNIST REGIME SYMBOL – THE BUILDING OF THE CENTRAL COMITEE OF THE BULGARIAN COMMUNIST
PARTY [DÉCOR IN A SCENE FROM THE PRODUCTION]

“SUEDE JACKET”
BY STANISLAV STRATIEV

„IVAN VAZOV“ NATIONAL THEATER

SOFIA 2011

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

ОRCHESTRATION – DANKO YORDANOV
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„SUEDE JACKET” ▼

▲ REHEARSAL: STEFAN SHTEREV , VANCHA DOYTCHEVA , MILENA ATANASOVA, ▲ A CLERK [MARIA SAPUNDJIEVA]

GEORGI MAMALEV, KIRIL KAVADARKOV, PLAMEN PEEV, B.BOGDANOV AND STUDENTS IN PANTOMIME; “IVAN
VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER, SOFIA

▲ G.MAMALEV ACTING 7 ROLES IN THE PRODUCTION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUfJAc2ACG0 ▲ CLERKS PHOTOS

“IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER
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”I HEAR YOUR VOICES”/“GLASOVETE VI CHUVAM “ /AFTER D.TALEV/

“NIKOLA VAPTSAROV ” DRAMA THEATER - BLAGOEVGRAD, 2012 ▼

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b98EQWhR24 STAGING AND MUSIC –B.BOGDANOV

♛ AWARD OF THE CRITICS AT THE NATIONAL FESTIVAL „STAGE / PALETTE / UTERANCE“ - 2010.
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▼„BORYANA”/YOVKOV/ „ADRIANA BUDEVSKA“ DRAMA THEATER - BURGAS, 2012

STAGING / MUSICAL COLLAGES /

ORIGINAL MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION / PHOTOS - © TSVETA BOGDANOVA

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▼ „BORYANA” - 2ND VERSION

BLAGOEVGRAD DRAMA THEATER, 2014

STAGING AND MUSIC – B.BOGDANOV

▲ ZLATIL [NIKOLAY KIMCHEV]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZjMB-TRH7g

PHOTOS: © YAVOR VESSELINOV

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“THE GERAKS”[“GERATSITE”]
BY ЕLIN PELIN
STAGING AND
MUSIC - B.BOGDANOV
BLAGOEVGRAD DRAMA THEATER
2013
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▼ “THE GERAKS”
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“MOTHER-IN-LAW”
[“SVEKARVA”]
BY ANTON STRASHIMIROV
STAGING AND
MUSIC - B.BOGDANOV
BURGAS DRAMA THEATER
2019
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▼ “MOTHER-IN-LAW”

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION /PHOTOS > © “A.BUDEVSKA”

DRAMA THEATER
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SCENES FROM “MOTHER-IN-LAW”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, 2019 / PHOTOS > © “A.BUDEVSKA” DRAMA THEATER
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“BORYANA”
BY YORDAN YOVKOV
STAGING AND ORIGINAL MUSIC - B.B.
„SAVA OGNYANOV“ DRAMA THEATER – RUSE, 2021.
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STAGING OF MUSICALS BY B.BOGDANOV:

▼ ”NERVES”- MA WORK
AFTER “NERVES FOR LOVE ”,
THEATRICAL PLAY BY K. TOPALOV
STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV
“A.STRASHIMIROV” THEATER – RAZGRAD / 1984
▼ “KINGDOM OF WOMEN”
AFTER ST.L.KOSTOV
STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV
CONDUCTOR – ANATOLIY LUKSHIKO
REGIONAL ACADEMIC THEATER
RYAZAN, USSR / 1989
▼ “ELIZAVETA BAM-I”
AFTER DANIYL KHARMS
STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV
„SOFIA“ THEATER – SOFIA / 1990
▼ “ELIZAVETA BAM -II”
AFTER DANIYL KHARMS
STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV
„SOFIA“ THEATER – SOFIA / 1991
▼„LOVE TRESSPASSES”
[DRAMATURGY TOGETHER WITH
VERONIKA BLAGOVA ]
STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV
„SOFIA“ THEATER – SOFIA / 1992
▼„SLAVEYKOVTSI”
A MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL COLLAGE
IDEA, DRAMATISATION ,
STAGING AND MUSIC – B. BOGDANOV
„OFF THE CHANNEL“ THEATER - SOFIA / 1994
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STAGING OF MUSICAL AND OPERETTA:

„ON THE ROOFS OF PARIS!“

BASED ON “THE VIOLET OF MONTMARTRE”

COMPOSER - EMMERICH KALMAN

STATE MUSIC AND DRAMA THEATER – VELIKO
TARNOVO
2019.
CONDUCTOR - IGOR BOGDANOV
STAGING – B.BOGDANOV
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▼ “ON THEROOFS OF PARIS”

ACT I [IN THE BOHEMIAN ATTIC]

ACT II [SO, LIFE GOES ON] ▼

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ACT III [HOORAY! PREMIERE!!!]

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„YALTA, YALTA!“
COMPOSER - ALFI KABILLIO
STATE OPERA AND DRAMA THEATER – RIJEKA,
CROATIA 2005.
CONDUCTOR - ALAN BELINSKY
STAGING – B.BOGDANOV
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„YALTA, YALTA!” ▼

▲ ”YALTA, YALТА!”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION

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▲ ROOSEVELT , ▲ STALIN AND CHIRCHILL ▲

▲ ”YALТА, YALТА!”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION;

PHOTO ARCHIVE – STATE OPERA AND DRAMA THEATER- RIJEKA – CROATIA, 2005.
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BALLET:
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”DELIGHT AND COLLAPSE OF LOVE”

BALLET BY B. BOGDANOV

CLOSING OF „SOFIA MUSIC WEEKS“ 44TH NTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

@ „IVAN VAZOV“ NATIONAL THEATER

COMPOSER AND DIRECTOR – B. BOGDANOV

CHOREOGRAPHER - МILA ISKRENOVА

SOFIA 2013
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“DELIGHT AND COLLAPSE OF LOVE” ,DIR. B.BOGDANOV - SСENES FROM THE PERFORMANCE

IDEA / CONCEPT / MUSIC / ORCHESTRATION / STAGING – B. BOGDANOV,

CHOREOGRAPHER – MILA ISKRENOVA
DANCERS - „АRABESQUE“ BALLET COMPANY
MAIN CHARACTERS: ACTORS FROM “IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER
REAL-TIME MULTIMEDIA AND COSTUME SELECTION – TSVETA BOGDANOVA
LIGHT DESIGN – LALYO HRISTOV
PHOTOS: TSVETA BOGGDANOVA AND ZAFER GALIBOV
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“DELIGHT AND COLLAPSE OF LOVE” ,DIR. B.BOGDANOV - SСENES FROM THE PERFORMANCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzdZ4CV-3sc
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OPERA STAGING:
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▲ POSTER OF „БОХЕМИ”, SOFIA NATIONAL OPERA TOUR IN JAPAN, 2002/3

“LA BOHÈME”
PUCCINI
NATIONAL OPERA AND BALLET – SOFIA
TOUR IN JAPAN – 2002
ТOUR – ITALY - 2010; 2012
CONDUCTORS- GEORGI NOTEV IN SOFIA AND JAPAN; ALDO SISSILIO IN MODENA
STAGING – B.BOGDANOV
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▼ „LA BOHÈME”

VIDEO EXCERPTS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lulkzwGztn0
..
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SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION IN SOFIA, PHOTOS - IVO HADJIMISHEV AND

VIDEOSNAPSHOTS / PERSONAL ARCHIVE
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LUCCIA [TSVETELINA MALDJANSKA]...

“LUCCIA DI LАМMERMOUR“
DONIZETTI
„VERDI - OPERA”
OPENING AT NATIONAL OPERA AND BALLET– SOFIA
TOUR IN USA , CАМY /
” COLUMBIA ARTISTS MANAGEMENT INC.” / - 2004
2ND SCENIC VERSION – NATIONAL OPERA – RUSE
TOUR IN SWITZERLAND – 2007

CONDUCTOR – NAYDEN TODOROV

STAGING – B. BOGDANOV
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▼ “LUCCIA DI LAMMERMOUR”

▲ REHEARSALS OF „LUCCIA DI LAMMERMOUR“ / BOYKO BOGDANOV WITH THE POP STAR ORLIN GORANOV,
SNEJANA DRAMCHEVA AND TSVETELINA MALDJANSKA; PHOTOARCHIVE – RUSE OPERA
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“ЕUGENE ONEGIN“
„“

TCHAIKOVSKY
RUSE NATIONAL OPERA
ТOUR IN SWITZERLAND – 2009

CONDUCTOR – SLAVIL DIMITROV

STAGING – B.BOGDANOV
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▼ ”EUGENE ONEGIN”
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MEPHISTOPHELES [ JULIAN KONSTANTINOV ] AND GRETHEN [MARIA TSVETKOVA] IN “FAUST”,

DIR.B.BOGDANOV , RUSE NATIONAL OPERA

“FAUST“
GOUNOD

RUSE NATIONAL OPERA

2010

CONDUCTORS:
RIKARDO RODRIGUEZ MOREZO,
NAYDEN TODOROV

STAGING – B.BOGDANOV
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▼ “FAUST”

SCENES FROM THE PRODUCTION, PHOTO ARCHIVE – RUSE OPERA

▲ “FAUST”, DIR. B.BOGDANOV, FINAL SCENE : GRETHEN [MARIA TSVETKOVA] AND CHORUS – RUSE
NATIONAL OPERA
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“ОTHELLO“
VERDI
RUSE NATIONAL OPERA 2011
ТOUR – SWITZERLAND - 2012

CONDUCTOR – GEORGHI DIMITROV

STAGING – B.BOGDANOV
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MUSIC BY B.BOGDANOV:

MUSIC FOR MORE THAN 100 THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS

[IN THE PERIOD 1983 -2021]

SELECTED FILM AND TV MUSIC:

♪ “THE CONQUERORS OF EVEREST”, DIR. – MILAN OGNYANOV, BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION [BNT] AND
“EKRAN” TELEVISION MOVIES STUDIO - 1982.(parts)
♪ “CANDIDATES”, DIR. – PETER POPZLATEV, “EKRAN” TELEVISION MOVIES STUDIO - 1980/81. (parts)
♪ “LIVES, WORKS AND STANDS ITSELF – ELIZAVETA BAM”, DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTAL
THEATRE STUDIO OF B.BOGDANOV, BNT -1992.
♪ „MOTHER IN LAW” - „OFF THE CHANNEL” THEATER AND BNT – 1994.
♪ “ОH!” – BNT - 2003.

SELECTED SONGS:
♪ OVER 50 SONGS , INCLUDING „LET YOU SOW A GRASS”, AND „FREEDOM” – RECORDED AND ISSUED ON
VYNILS IN “BALKANTON” NATIONAL RECORD COMPANY;
♪ “NEVER AGAIN COMMUNISM” - ONE OF THE HITS OF THE BULGARIAN VELVET REVOLUTION AFTER THE
DEFEAT OVER THE PARLIAMENT IN 1996.

МUSICALS:
♪ „NERVES”- AFTER K.TOPALOV, DIPLOMA WORK, ROCK MUSICAL - 1984.
♪ „KINGDOM OF WOMEN” - MUSICAL– 1989.
♪ „ELIZAVETA BAM І” – AFTER D. KHARMS, ECCENTRIC PSEUDO-OPERA-MUSICAL - 1990.
♪ „ELIZAVETA BAM ІІ” – AFTER D. KHARMS, ECCENTRIC PSEUDO-OPERA-MUSICAL - 1991.
♪ „LOVE TRESSPASSES”, – MUSICAL - 1992.
♪ „THE BEE GARDEN” – ROCK MUSICAL, 2011 – 2015.
♪ „LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE” – MUSICAL FOR CHILDREN, PUPPETS AND ADULTS, 2014-2015.

ОPERA AND BALLET:

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▼“АLGARA” - ОPERA
/ MUSIC AND ORCHESTRATION – B.BOGDANOV / 2003-2006

ЦБ

BASED ON THE PLAY „DEER`S KINGDOM” BY G.RAYCHEV

#2006: PERFORMED ONCE LIVE AS CONCERT IN NATIONAL OPERA - RUSE

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA .
CONDUCTOR - N AYDEN TODOROV .

# 2009: 30 MIN. EXCERPTS FROM THE WORK RECORDED WITH THE CHOIR
AND ORCHESTRA OF THE BULGARIAN N ATIONAL RADIO,
SOLOISTS : BOYKO TSVETANOV AND TSVETELINA MALDJANSKA
CONDUCTOR: METODI MATAKIEV (CHIEF CONDUCTOR OF THE
SOFIA N ATIONAL OPERA AND RADIO-CHOIR OF THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL
RADIO).
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▼„DELIGHT AND COLLAPSE OF LOVE” – BALLET

▼ 2003 MUSIC / ORCHESTRATION / STAGING – B.BOGDANOV /

COPRODUCTION OF : ”ORPHYKA” IMPRESSARIO AGENCY,

”АRABESK” [MODERN BALLET COMPANY], AND
“IVAN VAZOV” NATIONAL THEATER;
SOUND RECORDING AT : “STUDIO #1”- BNR M AIN STUDIO [BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO]
WITH BNR SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA;
CONDUCTOR : GEORGI DIMTROV;
SOLOISTS: TSVETELINA MALDJANSKA (SOPRANO) AND BOYKO T SVETANOV (TENOR);

„SOFIA MUSIC WEEKS 2013”

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL – 44TH EDITION
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BOOKS OF POETRY :

“IN THE YEARS OF A

QUIET TIMELESSNESS“
/ “V GODINITE NA TIHOTO
BEZVREMIE”/ 1993
“IVAN VAZOV” PUBLISHING
HOUSE – SOFIA
B.BOGDANOV AND HIS YOUNG SON ALEKSANDER READING
A POEM FROM „35 FLASHES OF LOVE“ - PRESENTATION OF
BOGDANOV`S NEW BOOK OF POETRY AT “IVAN VAZOV”
NATIONAL THEATER, SMALL STAGE – 2013.

“EYE OF A LIZARD“ “TEAR BURNED THE WATCH`S FACE“ “СОNSCIOUSNESS“

/“OKO NA GUSHTER”/ 2000
“AVANGARD PRINT” PUBLISHING
HOUSE - RUSE
PREMIERE IN „SALZA I SMIAH”
STATE DRAMA THEATER, SOFIA
/“SALZA OPARI TSIFERBLATA”/
2004
“ZAHARY STOYANOV” PUBLISHING
HOUSE - SOFIA, PREMIERE AT THE
SALON OF THE PUBLISHERS
/”SVYAST”/ 2010
„JANET 45” – PUBLISHING
HOUSE - PLOVDIV
PREMIERE @ NATIONAL
SATIRIC THEATER, SOFIA

“35 FLASHES OF LOVE“ “SNOWY BOOK” “7TH BOOK” /”SEDMA

/”35 MIGA LYUBOV”/ 2013
”AVANGARD-PRINT”
PUBLISHING HOUSE – RUSE
PREMIERE AT “IVAN VAZOV”
NATIONAL THEATER, SOFIA
/”SNEJNA KNIGA”/ 2014
”AVANGARD-PRINT” PUBLISHING
HOUSE - RUSE
PREMIERE AT “IVAN VAZOV”
NATIONAL THEATER, SOFIA
KNIGA”/ 2015
”AVANGARD-PRINT”
PUBLISHING HOUSE – RUSE
PRESENTATIONS:
”SALZA I SMIAH” STATE DRAMA
THEATER; 43TH INTERNATIONAL
BOOK FAIR, NATIONAL PALACE
OF CULTURE, SOFIA
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BOYKO BOGDANOV IS ALSO KNOWN:

# WITH HIS STRONG PUBLICITSTIC ACTIVITY IN THE EARLY YEARS OF BULGARIAN SOCIO-POLITICAL
TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY AT THE NATIONAL PRESS AND ELECTRONIC MEDIAS SUCH AS:
BULGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION; “ТHEATRE“ JOURNAL [ LEADING BULGARIAN THEATRE
JOURNAL] / ”KULTURA“ [LEADING BULGARIAN ART AND CULTURE NEWSPAPER] / “TRUD“,
“DEMOKRATSIA“, “STANDART“ [LEADING BULGARIAN DAILY NEWSPAPERS] AND MORE…

# AS THE АUTHOR OF „THE FEAR…AND THE FEAR…AND THE FEAR…“

A SOCIO- PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY EXAMINING THE SOCIAL ATTITUDES, MOTIVES AND BEHAVIOR OF THE
MASS PROTESTS IN EARLY 90 S [PRINTED IN “KULTURA“ NEWSPAPER]

# AS THE MAYOR OF „THE CITY OF THE TRUTH“

[ANTI - TOTALITARIAN PROTEST CAMP INFRONT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE SEA CAPITAL - VARNA], IN
EARLY 90S.

OTHERS ABOUT HIM:

“CULTURAL VERTICAL” “THE DIRECTORS OF THE 90-S” “ART OF LIVING – LIZARDS

BOOK ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART AUTHORS: PROF.D-R DETCHEVA, IN THE BOSOM“
AND THEATRE IN BULGARIA BY VIOLETA AND VANDOV, NIKOLA, DOCUMENTARY ABOUT
PROF.D-R KORTENSKA, MIROSLAVA, SOFIA – 2002. B.BOGDANOV, DIR. JULIA
SOFIA – 1999. KARADJOVA, BNT 2010.
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“WORK IN PROGRESS” - ONGOING PROJECTS:

▼“DREAM-FLIGHTS” [STARTED IN 2020]

ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF MARC CHAGAL`S POETRY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF HIS PAINTINGS

/IN PROGRESS/

BULGARIAN TRANSLATION FROM FRENCH AND RUSSIAN – B.BOGDANOV

“AVANGARDPRINT” PUBLISHING HOUSE – RUSE

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▼ “LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE” [STARTED IN 2015]

▼ “LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE“ – CHRISTMAS BOOK FOR CHILDREN /IN PROGRESS/

[WRITTEN IN RHYMES AND SONGS BY BOYKO BOGDANOV AND ILLUSTRATED BY HIS
DAUGHTER, SON AND HIMSELF];

▼ MINI THEATRE ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR CHILDREN /IN PROGRESS/

[ILLUSTRATED GUIDEBOOK IN THEATRE, LITERATURE AND MUSIC BASICS - FOR CHILDREN
AND PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS],
IDEA/CONCEPT/ТЕXT – B.BOGDANOV;

▼ “LET`S CREATE A SNOWY SHOW“ - MINI THEATRE ENCYCLOPEDIA ATTACHMENT

/IN PROGRESS/
[METHODICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATION OF A CHRISTMAS SHOW IN CHILDREN`S
GARDENS AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS],
TEXT – B.BOGDANOV, VISUAL MATERIAL – BULGARIAN STAGE DESIGNERS PETYA STOYKOVA
AND TSVETA BOGDANOVA;

▼ “LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE” – MUSICAL FOR CHILDREN - PIANO SCORE – B.BOGDANOV;

▼ “LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE” АUDIO CD – MUSIC AND ARRANGEMENT – B.BOGDANOV;-IN

PROGRESS

▼ “LET`S DRAW TOGETHER“

WORKSHOP BASED ON “LITTLE SNOWY FAIRYTALE” - MUSICAL BY B.BOGDANOV
[10-DAYS WORKSHOP LEADING IN THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARTS AS
MODULE OF THE PROGRAM “SUMMER ACADEMY FOR CHILDREN AND SCHOOL STUDENTS“
“N.PAVLOVITCH“ NAA – SOFIA, АUGUST – 2017]

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