Differsonalities project includes a dance performance (Differsonalities/RazLichnosti/РазЛичности) and a series of dance performative actions (Differsonalities: Closer) in urban environments and various cultural, educational, and social institutions. The project examines types of discrimination, aiming to provoke socio-cultural exchange between the communities in Bulgaria and increase levels of tolerance among them.
Differsonalities Dance Performance
Magical realism or absurdist psychological thriller. The plot of the dance performance moves along the thin line between opposites. Four people are forcibly locked in a room, gathered in one place they cannot leave, under circumstances beyond their control, deprived of their right of free will. In this extreme situation, the labels that everyone puts on others, their prejudices, fears, traumas, and shadows of the past heat up the atmosphere and unlock the manifestation of unsuspected, primitive, unconscious, or well-disguised behaviours. The dark and bright sides of the characters find expression in an ever-changing constellation, in which everyone can be a persecutor, a victim, or a rescuer. The personality drowns in the eyes of the others and becomes a word. A word that determines their future path. Is it possible to unite in differences? Or until the stigma reaches us, do we tend to remain (in)different?
One room. No door. Strangers. Four pairs of eyes. They look at the other. Encounter. Fog. Your perception. My perception. I. And they. In their eyes, you are someone else. Trembling. Gesture. Gaze. Encounter. Or a clash. I remind you of someone. And you become different. And I become someone else. Four. Between four walls. And four walls between them. Circle. Vicious. Is that me? Behind the walls. And behind the eyes. There. There is a door. And the exit is an entrance.
The dancers
Choreography, Direction, and Dramaturgy: Ina Gerginova
Music: Alexander Evtimov-Shamancheto
Scenography: Constantin Valkov and Lyudmil Venev
Costumes: Constantin Valkov
Dancers: Ina Gerginova, Mariana Kapoustyanova, Maria Cossa, Radoslav Yordanov
Lighting Design: Victor Georgiev
Producers:
Photo and Video: Ivan Nikolov
Graphic Design: Vessela Dantcheva
In 2022, Differsonalities received a nomination for an ArtAction of the Year award for Art with a Cause in the category “Avant-gArt I Performing Arts.”
The project is implemented with the financial support of:
Партньори:
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Differsonalities: Closer
dance miniature
Six close encounters with you!
Jewish Cultural Centre
Voenna Rampa Refugee Camp
66th Primary School “Philip Stanislavov”
The Women’s Market (Zhenski Pazar)
Sveta Nedelya Square
Giuseppe Garibaldi Square
Differsonalities project includes a dance performance (Differsonalities/RazLichnosti/РазЛичности) and a series of dance performative actions (Differsonalities: Closer) in urban environments and various cultural, educational, and social institutions. The project examines types of discrimination, aiming to provoke socio-cultural exchange between the communities in Bulgaria and increase levels of tolerance among them.
The Women’s Market (Zhenski Pazar)
©️ Nikola Gyulmezov
Sveta Nedelya Square
©️ Nikola Gyulmezov
Giuseppe Garibaldi Square
©️ Nikola Gyulmezov
Voenna Rampa Refugee Camp
©️ Nikola Gyulmezov
Jewish Cultural Centre
©️ Nikola Gyulmezov
66th Primary School “Philip Stanislavov”
©️ Nikola Gyulmezov
Producers:
Choreography, Direction, and Dramaturgy: Ina Gerginova
Music: Alexander Evtimov-Shamancheto
Scenography: Constantin Valkov
Costumes: Constantin Valkov
Dancers: Ina Gerginova, Mariana Kapoustyanova, Silvia Cherneva, Nikolay Raichev
Video: Ivan Nikolov
Photographer: Nikola Gulmezov
The project is implemented with the financial support of:
Special thanks to:
Partners:
The dancers
Differsonalities – ATLAS/ImPulsTanz
dance miniature
In 2022, Ina Gerginova was awarded a scholarship for the largest international dance festival, ImPulsTanz, in the 5-week training program for choreographers ATLAS.
During the final days of her stay in Vienna, Ina collaborated with dancers Yun Liu (Taiwaн) and Francesco D’Amelio (Italy). Within a 10-hour rehearsal process, she experimented with the theme of Differsonalities and created the dance miniature “Differsonalities: We and She”, which was presented at the final showcase of the ATLAS program.
Ina Gerginova
Idea and realization
Ina Gerginova is a choreographer, dancer, actress, and teacher. She is interested in interdisciplinary and experimental art forms. Ina is the founder of Muzotanz Dance Company, which focuses on social engagement in the arts. The main tool of expression in her work as a choreographer is contemporary dance. In her last two performances (“Plast-tonia” and “Differsonalities”), she explores the use of dance dramaturgy, large-scale scenography, and cinematic approaches in theatre. Ina also practices playback theatre and works as a voice-over artist.
In 2022, she directed her first short dance film, “Inner Room,” which received a nomination for IMPULS (Annual awards of the professional dance community in Bulgaria). Ina Gerginova graduated from NATFA “Krastyo Sarafov” with a BA in Dance Theatre in 2013. Since then, she has worked with many Bulgarian and foreign choreographers and participated in numerous workshops with world-renowned teachers such as David Zambrano, Francisco Cordova, Rob Hayden, Marion Sparber, Alan Fuentes-Guerra, and Fighting Monkey, among others. She takes part in prestigious international forums and festivals. In 2022, she received a scholarship for the largest international dance festival, ImPulsTanz, in a training program for choreographers – ATLAS.
Ina created the platforms Muzotanz: Live (a series of improvised dance performances with live music), M.U.T.E (laboratories for experimental collaboration between artists from different fields), and the online platform for socially engaged contemporary arts – Move for Change. In 2022, Ina also created the interactive dance format Danceperimental.
Ina has been involved in playback theater for 10 years (as an actress and a conductor). She is the co-founder of the Storycatchers Association. Her master’s degree in Artistic Psycho-Social Practices and Psychodrama enriches her creative vision, knowledge of group dynamics, and management of artistic processes, and develops her interest in psycho-social work with art. She creates and conducts various seminars for professional artists, amateurs, people interested in theater and dance, and groups with different needs. Ina is inspired, motivated, and driven by the belief that art is for the people, it should be accessible, and it should “speak” about things that usually remain unspoken.