Marion Darova

Marion Darova is a choreographer and performer from Sofia. Her interests include philosophy, psychoanalysis, social issues, and gender. Her works are characterized by minimalism and repetition of movement. Marion explores the inclusion of the body in the question of identity and the problematization of the natural-social relationship. In her latest dance performances WO MAN and FREEFALL, Marion engages with Judith Butler and Jacques Lacan's ideas on gender. For both performances, she received an ICAR nomination and an award respectively.

Martina Apostolova will join the residency period at MDT. She is a Bulgarian theatre and film actress, known for her work in the underground and independent art fields and cinema. She graduated in contemporary performing arts and drama theatre in 2013 and since then she is a huge part of the film and theatre stage in Bulgaria. In 2020 she received numerous awards for her first leading role in the film “Irina” (dir. Nadejda Koseva), among which the European Shooting Stars in Berlinale Film Festival. Her collaboration with Marion Darova started in 2017 when they collaborated as director-actor duo in “Hating Machine”. Since then they have been working together in each following project of the choreographer.

In 2024, Marion Darova will work on her new project with the working title "Vapor" which focuses on the lonely, disappearing body in the conditions of strong visual stimulation that modernity exerts on man. She conducted research for this project in the entertainment industry - videos, series, music genres, and films.

This residency is part of Life Long Burning – Futures lost and found project (2023-2026) supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.