“DEN GRI - X” – FOUNDATION
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA

After F.G.Lorca
Director – Elena Panayotova
Costume design – Anna Kirilova
Flamenco consultant – Luisе Catan (Holland & Mexico)
Cast: Veronika Petrova, Assya Ivanova, Rositza Gevrenova, Mila Odajieva, Tzvetelina Gospodinova, Stela Krasteva, Milena Stanoyevich

Photos: Elena Nenkova

Elena Panayotova has graduated Directing at the Theatre Department at New Bulgarian University and since than she has participated as actor, director and researcher in many international theatre forums, symposiums and workshops. She gained two times a scholarship for specializing theatre anthropology at Odin Theatre – Holstebro, Denmark. She has been working as a freelance director and her performances have been shown at many national and European festivals. For her interpretation of Lorca’s masterpiece she invites a flamenco dance consultant and brings together seven of the best Bulgarian actresses, working in the field of physical theatre. For her portrayal of the maid Ponsia, Assya Ivanova won the UBA’s 2005 award for best actress in a supporting role.

In the performance we strove for the special musical beauty and expression of the passion. Lorca’s poetry is translated into poetry of movement and gesture, and the rhythm of flamenco hits the senses of the audience to a high grade of ecstatic experience.
Elena Panayotova

The performance “The House of Bernarda Alba” is a distinct esthetic artefact and a significant socio-cultural gesture… in the theatre situation of today in Bulgaria.
Kamelia Nikolova, “Literaturen vestnik” Newspaper

An independent theatre production, realized in “Sfumato” Theatre Workshop with the support of the Swiss Cultural Program in Bulgaria, Goethe Institut – Sofia and The Embassy of Spain in Bulgaria

Drama Theatre – Main stage
tickets – 7/8 lv.
duration – 105 min.