We are excited to invite you to the premiere of two dance miniatures, created in the frame of MOVING BALKANS COPRODUCTIONS 26′!
_Seems Familiar_
„Seems Familiar“ grows from a stretched time: the slow formation of a first connection inside something new. Two realities and two temporalities meet – our lives, our meeting, and the work we are creating together. On stage, we seem to carry each other, or to co-exist in a suspended time. From this proximity, a familiarity between our bodies begins to emerge. By spending time together, sharing life stories, and moving with and through each other, we open that sense of familiarity and belonging to the audience as well.
Concept and choreography: Simona Dabija, Deyan Georgiev
Music: Bojidar Vasilev
Music: Bojidar Vasilev
Suck it up, buttercup!
You are an artist.
You are a thinker. You are the author, the performer and the critic, a bit auto-critical.
You are a teacher, a researcher, a project manager, an event planner, an organizer, an accountant, a cleaning person, a flyer distributor. You are creative.
You are a PR and a marketing person. You make promo photos, promo texts, promo reels, promo statements on promo trends, promo campaigns, promo podcasts, promo posters.
You need to make content. What other skills do you have?
You are a salesman.
You have a piece.
You look and hope for grants, residencies, open calls. You apply, you write to festivals proposing your work.
Please, please, help me be on time for this deadline, you pray.
You are emerging. Still emerging. Not yet emerging.
You meet the audience. You thank the audience for being there. You try to explain to a guy that what you are doing is useful, while he says that football is more useful, football has a bigger audience. You invite him to give you a follow on instagram and come to your other performances.
You are already late for that big opportunity.
You try networking. You are disappointed. You are a disappointment.
You’re an athlete.
You go to workshops, hoping you can still get the moves. You are tired.
Is it enough?
“You’re an artist and that means: you’re a dreamer, you’re a clown. That is what some people think.”, Dieter Lesage
You are a thinker. You are the author, the performer and the critic, a bit auto-critical.
You are a teacher, a researcher, a project manager, an event planner, an organizer, an accountant, a cleaning person, a flyer distributor. You are creative.
You are a PR and a marketing person. You make promo photos, promo texts, promo reels, promo statements on promo trends, promo campaigns, promo podcasts, promo posters.
You need to make content. What other skills do you have?
You are a salesman.
You have a piece.
You look and hope for grants, residencies, open calls. You apply, you write to festivals proposing your work.
Please, please, help me be on time for this deadline, you pray.
You are emerging. Still emerging. Not yet emerging.
You meet the audience. You thank the audience for being there. You try to explain to a guy that what you are doing is useful, while he says that football is more useful, football has a bigger audience. You invite him to give you a follow on instagram and come to your other performances.
You are already late for that big opportunity.
You try networking. You are disappointed. You are a disappointment.
You’re an athlete.
You go to workshops, hoping you can still get the moves. You are tired.
Is it enough?
“You’re an artist and that means: you’re a dreamer, you’re a clown. That is what some people think.”, Dieter Lesage
Idea and choreography: Elena Marinova and Mariana Gavriciuc
Performers: Elena Marinova and Mariana Gavriciuc
Collaborator: Ralitza Nikolova
Music and sound design: Martina Stefanova
Produced by: Derida Dance Center and The National Center for Dance Bucharest
Part of: Moving Balkans Co-productions 2026
Performers: Elena Marinova and Mariana Gavriciuc
Collaborator: Ralitza Nikolova
Music and sound design: Martina Stefanova
Produced by: Derida Dance Center and The National Center for Dance Bucharest
Part of: Moving Balkans Co-productions 2026
The two performances are realised with the financial support of the EU’s Creative Europe programme, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria, and the Sofia Municipality – Cultural Events Calendar.
