International Conference-Debate “30 years of Pantomime Higher Education in Bulgaria” - NATFA

NATFA – National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts – Sofia

International Conference-Debate “30 years of Pantomime Higher Education in Bulgaria”

On Monday, December 20th from 3pm to 5pm EET (2pm to 4pm Paris/Berlin/Belgrade time) will be held Conference-debate on topics:

1. “30 years of Pantomime Education in Bulgaria – reminiscence & analysis.”

2. “World Pantomime Art and Education in the Face of the Challenges of the Present.”

The conference will be streamed live, you can watch it here.

Organizer: Prof. Dr. Velimir Velev, head of the specialty Theater of Movement – PANTOMIME “(BA) at NATFA.

The conference will take place in the following order:

–  Introduction and greetings from Prof. Dr. Velimir Velev, Head of the specialty “Theater of Movement – Pantomime” at NATFA

–  Greetings from Prof. Plamen Markov – Dean of the Faculty of Performing Arts, NATFA

–  Greetings from Mr. Tobias Biancone the Director-General of the International Theatre Institute.

PART 1

Presentation of Bulgarian Mime (Education)- reminiscence and analysis of our Bulgarian colleagues (30-45 min)

Moderators / Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Velimir Velev (NATFA), Head of the specialty “Theater of Movement – Pantomime” (BA) at NATFA. Supervisor and mentor of 2nd-year Pantomime students (BA)

and

Prof. Dr. Alexander Iliev (PU), Co-founder of the specialty “Theater of Movement – Pantomime (BA) in NATFA. Supervisor and mentor of 4th-year Pantomime students (BA)

Speakers:

–  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margarita Bozhilova – Lecturer in Pantomime, NATFA (Bulgaria)

–  Ivo Leonkev – mime, director, actor, director of the Polychimnia Theater

– Traiche Georgiev (Northern Macedonia) – Actor at the Macedonian National Theater,

director and mime, Director of the International Pantomime Festival and Physical Theater PANFIS – Skopje, Macedonia.

PART 2

Discussion: “Mime Art & Education Facing Challenges of Today”

Moderators / Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Velimir Velev (Bulgaria)

National Academy of Theater and Film Arts “Kr. Sarafov ”

Head of the specialty “Theater of Movement – Pantomime” (BA) at NATFA. Supervisor and mentor of 2nd-year Pantomime students (BA)

and

Marko Stojanović

President of the World Mime Organization

Co-president of the ITI-WMO Physical Theater Working Group

and

Speakers:

– Tatjana Ažman (Slovenia), playwright and theatrologist, International Theater Institute (ITI) Worldwide Executive Council Member, Head of Slovenian Center ITI

–  Daniel Bausch (Switzerland) Vice Dean / Head of Advanced Studies at Accademia Dimitri, Member of the ITI Executive Council and co-president of the ITI-WMO Physical Theater Working Group Swiss ITI Center

–  Prof. Dr. George Mascarenhas (Brazil) Professor of Drama and Physical Theater at the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil). Artistic Director of Mimus theater company (Brazil).

– Prof. Ph.D. Vladimir Nikitin, Head of the Department of Philosophical Anthropology and Art Therapy, Moscow Social and Pedagogical Institute; Chairman of the Eastern European Association of Art Therapy

–  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Margarita Bozhilova – Lecturer in Pantomime, NATFA (Bulgaria)

–  Ofer Blum (Israel), vice-president and co-founder of the World Mime Organization

International Conference-Debate on Monday, December 20th from 2pm to 4pm (Paris/Berlin/Belgrade time) supported by the WMO and organized by the National Academy for Theatre and Film “Krastyo Sarafov” (NATFA) in Sofia on the occasion of celebrating 30 years of mime education at the NATFA.

This conference is proudly supported by the World Mime Organisation and the ITI-WMO Physical Theatre Working Group.