The Film Academy for Talents was invited to the "Priests of the Muses" festival in Lozenets, held by the sea for over 15 years with a mission to present contemporary art to audiences.
The Academy talents’ participation was concentrated on two dates, with different mini-performances. The first, "Market of Lives", is based on Natalia Dukova’s play and resulted from a five-day workshop prepared for the festival opening.
In just a RECORD 3 days of active work by the Lozenets seashore, 30 people aged 10 to 60 managed to create a unified piece that could move and affect audiences.
"Market of Lives" is a very interesting text in which you can buy the most unusual things at an imaginary market, Natalia Dukova says, continuing: "such as memories, hugs, ordering friends and so on. It contains all kinds of emotions: the performance can make you laugh, think or feel weighed down, yet leave happy and hopeful," Natalia adds.
In "Market of Lives", the theme of love is beautifully represented, because the participants include many young girls and boys, teenagers with whom the team recreates the moments of first love. These feelings carry over into life as well as onto the stage.
The second performance is also a workshop with a public presentation, called "Portrait of a Human Being", based on the book of Dukovisms, also by Natalia Dukova. Excerpts were selected to suit all ages from 9 to 50, the age range of its participants.
The performances take place in Lozenets’s new amphitheatre, in a beautiful location in the Sea Garden.
The first mini-performance’s team: Tsvyatko Tsenov, Kaloyan Paterkov and Natalia Dukova.
The second performance’s team: Tsvyatko Tsenov, Natalia Dukova and Iva Karamancheva, guest choreographer.
Actress Iva Karamancheva is behind the beautiful movement sequences set to lovely classical music or viola covers of songs.
Audiences can enjoy free access to all festival performances thanks to the personality and efforts of Georgi Vrabchev, the longstanding organiser and mainstay of "Priests of the Muses".
"Portrait of a Human Being" was presented right beside the sea, where guests had the opportunity to enjoy the performance.
Among the interesting moments in creating these mini-performances, Natalia Dukova mentions themed evenings: "Outside the festival we held themed evenings. One was ‘scary stories’: we went to the beach, lit a fire and told scary stories, just like in horror films. It was like a real film scene."
"And we promised to send our wishes out to sea in a bottle and wait for the memory of water to do its work, so they would soon return fulfilled," Natalia Dukova concludes.
