Boryana Todorova

Actress / Performer / Assistant Director

2018 — 2019

  • Strange Attractors II (conception, performance) performance in collaboration with Élisabeth Bard, Brussels (BE), work in progress
  • Nous les moineaux / We, sparrows  (actress) young audience show, work in progress
  • Talking room (voice) sound creation of Alicia Jeannin, La semaine du son, Brussels (BE)
  • Mythologies (jeu) theatrical creation of Hélène Lacrosse, Les Riches Claires, Brussels (BE)
  • On avait de bonnes dents / We had a good teeth (actress) theatrical creation of Céline Estenne, Peruwelz (BE)
  • Member of La Liseuse, the reading committee of Le Rideau de Bruxelles since 2013, Brussels (BE)

2017 — 2018

  • Strange Attractors I (conception, performance) performance in collaboration with Élisabeth Bard, Brussels (BE), work in progress
  • Lande - perfusion poétique / Heath - poetry perfusion (conception, performance) poetic performance in collaboration with Carole Lambert, François Badoud, Maxime Deckers, fiEstival maelstrÖm reEvolution, Bookshop Maelsröm, Brussels (BE)
  • Trepkodoune (conception, performance) dance performance created with Yumi Osanai, Never Walk Alone # 3, Centre Culturel Strombeek, Strombeek (BE); Dag van de Dans, Beursschouwburg, Brussels (BE) &  Curiouser # 9, Bruxelles
  • Métamorphoses / Metamorphoses (assistant) theatrical creation of Pascal Crochet, Théâtre des Martyrs, Brussels (BE)

2016 — 2017

  • Trepkodoune (conception, performance) performance with Yumi Osanai
  • Aida (actress, dancer) opera, conductor Alain Altinoglu, director Stathis Livathinos produced by La Monnaie/De Munt, Brussels (BE)
  • La terre est plate / The Earth is flat (actress) theatrical creation of Virginie Thirion and Alice Piemme, XS Festival 2017, Théâtre National, Brussels (BE)
  • Mécanique de la chambre intérieure / Mechanics of the inner space (actress) film directed by Drita Kotaji, Alice Piemme and Véronika Mabardi, Brussels (BE)
  • Mythologies (assistant) theatrical project by Hélène Lacrosse, La raffinerie, Brussels (BE)
  • Oïkos (assistant) theatrical project of Pascal Crochet

2015 — 2016

  • Intervention dans l’espace public  / Intervention in the public space (conception, performance) two long duration performances in collaboration with Eve Bonneau, Molenbeek, Brussels (BE)
  • The Water, The Soil, The Jungle (performer) animated camouflage costume for Müge Yilmaz, Working Title Festival # 4, Workspacebrussels, Brussels (BE)
  • Collage aveugle, La mer humaine, Tentative, Extension du domaine du sensible / Blind Collage, Human Sea, Attempt, Extending the Area of Sensitive (conception, performance) four long duration performances, Parcours d’Artistes Saint-Gilles & Forest 2016, Brussels (BE)
  • Je ne vois plus le visage de l’homme / I can not see the human’s face (actress) theatrical creation of Elisa Lozano-Raya, Courant d’Airs festival, Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Brussels (BE)
  • De la Beauté / About the Beauty (actress) theatrical creation of Pascal Crochet, Centre Culturel de Huy, Huy (BE)
  • Éloge du fragile / Déloge le fragile / Eulogy of the Fragile / Dislodge the Fragile (conception, performance) performance presented during the Hypercynical Evening, curated by Ignacio Galilea, Barlok, Brussels (BE)
  • Hidden Sense (voice) performance of Yumi Osanai

2014 — 2015

  • DisApParaître/ Dis/Appear (conception, performance), long duration performance presented during the Flash Flood, curated by Eve Bonneau, Sign6, Brussels (BE)
  • De la Beauté / About the Beauty (actress) theatrical creation of Pascal Crochet, Rideau de Bruxelles, Brussels (BE)
  • Le Marcheur / The one who walks (conception, sound recording and montage) sound piece - carte blanche, for the exhibition Van Gogh au Borinage at Beaux-Arts Mons (BAM) during the event Mons2015 European Capital of Culture, Mons (BE)
  • Crac dedans / Inner Snip (assistant) a piece for youth public written and directed by Stéphanie Mangez, Compagnie La Tête à l’Envers, Noël au Théâtre and  Les Rencontres Théâtre Jeune Public de Huy, Huy (BE)
  • L’inquiétude d’être au monde / Being and anxiety (actress) theatrical creation of Pascal Crochet, text Camille de Toledo, Théâtre de la Vie, Brussels (BE)

2013 — 2014

  • De la Beauté / About the Beauty (actress) workshop directed by Pascal Crochet
  • J’ai enterré mon frère pour danser sur sa tombe / I buried my brother to dance on his grave (actress) rewriting of Antigone myth by Axel Cornil, Minimales / Artistes en résidence, La Bellone, Brussels (BE)
  • La colère du mouton / The Anger of The Sheep (actress) a piece for youth public written by Brice Mariaule, stage director Anton Kouzemin, Cocq’art Festival, Le Petit Théâtre Mercelis, Brussels (BE)
  • Crac dedans / Inner Snip (assistant) a piece for youth public written and directed by Stéphanie Mangez, Compagnie La Tête à l’Envers, Noël au Théâtre et Cocq’Art Festival, Le Petit Théâtre Mercelis, Brussels (BE)
  • C’est avoir / It’s about having (assistant)  a piece for youth public written by Christian Dalamier, directed by Valérie Joyeux, produced by Théâtre du Copeau, Noël au Théâtre and Les Rencontres Théâtre Jeune Public de Huy, Huy (BE)
  • Actions mêlées / Mixed Acts (performance) performance directed by Carmen Blanco Principal, Drita Kotaji, Véronika Mabardi and Gwendoline Robin, Un pas de trop, Le Manège, Mons (BE)

workshops and Professional training

2015 — 2018

  • Dance classes (contemporary - Karin Vyncke, Fatou Traoré; African dance - Hippolyte Bohouo)
  • Lessons for the voice based on the Feldenkrais method (Sylvie Storm)

2014 — 2015

  • Seeing ourselves from outside in workshop with Steven Cohen, Les Brigittines, CIFAS, Brussels (BE)
  • Workshops of dance and choreography, 5 weeks at P.A.R.T.S. Summer School, with Daniel Linehan, Femke Gyselinck, Fumiyo Ikeda... Brussels (BE)
  • Iyengar yoga lessons (Leslie Maerschalck)

2009 — 2013

Academy of arts - Arts au carré (dramatic arts), Mons, classe of Frédéric Dussenne, Master degree

  • L’inquiétude d’être au monde / Being and anxiety (actress) work directed by Pascal Crochet, text Camille de Toledo
  • Palimpseste performance work (writing, performance and sound improvisation) directed by Carmen Blanco Principal, Véronika Mabardi and Drita Kotaji
  • Je veux (seulement) que vous m'aimiez / I only want you to love me work based on the Rainer Werner Fassbinder's work (films, plays, interviews), directed by Antoine Laubin
  • Une femme qui a le cœur trop petit and Chaud et froid / A woman with a small heart and Hot and cold text Fernand Crommelynck, and La balade de l'escalope viennoise / The walk of the Viennese schnitzel text George Tabori, two works directed by Michael Delaunoy
  • Sépultures / Graves performance based on Quatre heures à Chatila / Four Hours in Chatila by Jean Genet, work directed by Frédéric Dussenne
  • Le soulier de satin / The satin shoe text Paul Claudel, work directed by Frédéric Dussenne
  • Andromaque text Racine, work directed by Thierry Lefèvre
  • Les fables / The fables of Lafontaine, work directed by Yasmine Laassal
  • The poetry of Victor Hugo, work directed by Manuela Sanchez
  • Writing of a young public play, work directed by Luc Dumont
  • Puppet theater, work directed by Bernard Clair

2000 — 2009

  • Drama practice (Théâtre Universitaire de Franche-Compté - Joseph Melcor; Nouveau Théâtre-CDN de Besançon - Patricia Zouggar; Théâtre Alcyon - Patrick Melior), Besançon (FR)
  • Drama workshops (Richard Brunel, Laurent Hatat, Gildas Milin, Eric Massé, Robert Cantarella), Besançon (FR)
  • Dance classes (buto dance Atsushi Takenouchi, contemporary dance Annie Dubet), Besançon (FR)
  • Tai-Chi-Chuan and Qi-Gong (Hervé Gérard), Besançon (FR)
  • Yoga based on the Tibetan yoga method (Christiane Cywinski), Besançon (FR)

university degrees

1999 — 2000

  • Master 2 on Law and Economy of the Energy, University of Montpellier (FR)

1995 — 1999

  • Master 1 on Economic and Social Administration – Management, University of Besançon (FR)