Marta's choreographed thoughts

Ромео Кастелучи is how “Romeo Castellucci” is written in Bulgarian-cyrillic. I read this name in a post on Toplocentrala’s facebook page towards the 20th September. However, maybe because of the lack of double consonants due to its transliteration, or maybe because, in spite of my being in Bulgaria and using cyrillic daily, this alphabet is still something unfamiliar to me at first sight, I didn’t immediately connect these characters to the name of the great Italian director I knew. But the following day I received some other notifications and I realised that, yes, some of ROMEO CASTELLUCCI’s works would be presented in Sofia, anticipated by a documentary movie on him!  This happened on 29th September-2nd October in Toplocentrala : four days dedicated to him, presenting the documentary film Theatron , the record of his Divine Comedy and the video-performance The Third Reich .  To be honest, I didn’t and still don’t have a very wide knowledge of his work, but I was thrilled ab...

I like festivals, in general. There is that feeling of something well thought and organised around a particular theme, that sense of “something is going on and I should take advantage of it”, and that sort of festive atmosphere that surrounds all the events. The dance festivals are the ones I know best, so that’s where I will focus from now.  Usually, they are quite dense, as the program is very rich, with plenty of performances, conversations with artists, workshops, masterclasses, or conferences. A lot of things, happening in just a few days! On the one hand it can be a bit tiring or overwhelming, but on the other hand this abundance of stuff going on usually brings me a treasure of emotions, reflections, memories, relationships, conversations that stays with me forever. As a spectator, the last festivals I have (partially) attended are ONE DANCE WEEK in Plovdiv, whereas in Italy I can mention Biennale Danza in Venice, Opera Estate in Bassano del Grappa and Prospettiva Danza T...