Biography
Ani Vaseva was born in 1982 in Sofia. She has graduated theatre studies and theatre directing at NATFA, Sofia. She is theatre director, the author of theatre plays, of critical and theoretical texts on dance and theatre and holds a PhD degree in performance studies from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Among her visual projects are Still Here. On The Meteor Arhcipelago (together with Georgi Sharov, Museums Night, Plovdiv, 2015), Gorgons In The Depot, or Apocalypse Now (exhibition curated together with Monika Vakarelova and Boriana Rossa, part of The Other Eye project of Maria Vassileva at the Sofia Municipal Gallery, 2013), In-Out (installation, part of the Love exhibition, curated by Maria Vassileva, Raiko Alexiev gallery, 2012), Power Fridge Points (together with Natalia Todorova and Ivana Nencheva, Tanzquartier Wien, 2011), The War Of The Little Girls (together with Ivan Donchev and Boyan Manchev, Vaska Emanuilova gallery, 2010) etc. Among her last performances are A Play For Us (2018), Roadtrip to Hell (2017), The Murderer And The Whore (2017), Lovecraft (2016), Total Damage (2016), Maldoror (2015), A Play for You (2014). Her book What Is Contemporary Dance (2017) explores the complex processes and conflictual ideologies that stand behind the concept of contemporary dance. Between 2015 and 2018 she has been teaching history and theory of theatre and literature at New Bulgarian University and the Luben Groys Theatre College, where together with Leonid Yovchev she was leading an acting class 2017-2018.
About
In her visual projects Ani Vaseva is focused on the ways that through working with materials, relations, time, tensions (like the one between shown and hidden) etc. a coherent world with peculiar laws is created; a world that in away mimics mechanisms from all that is ordinary, but also creates its own techniques, its own forms of life. The erotism of the formless (In-Out), the tension between terror and joy in the image of the infantile (The War of the Little Girls), the recasting of the archive as means of creating a reality that functions both linearly and retrospectively (Still Here. On The Meteor Arhcipelago) are among the themes, developed in her work. Her theatre practice has powerful visual impact and she often shares the work of the stage designers or designs the costumes and the objects on stage by herself.
Gallery
concept: Ani Vaseva; photography: Ivan Donchev; theory: Boyan Manchev
The War of the Little Girls, 2010.
Photography
Details
- Photographer: Ivan Donchev
- Property of: Sofia City Gallery
- Description: The photograph is part of The War of the Little Girls, project of Ani Vaseva, Ivan Donchev and Boyan Manchev
- Copyright: Ani Vaseva, Boyan Manchev, Ivan Donchev
concept: Ani Vaseva, Ivana Nencheva, Natalyia Todorova; text: Ani Vaseva; photography: Ivan Donchev; artist: Yasen Zgurovski
Power Fridge Points, 2011.
Drawing
Details
- Photographer: personal archive
- Material: comix
- Property of: all participants in the project
- Description: Comix, created by Yasen Zgurovski, based on the text of Ani Vaseva and photos by Ivan Donchev, part of the project Power Fridge Points of Ani Vaseva, Ivana Nencheva and Natalyia Todorova.
- References: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Metheor-1522069314785413/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2013331238992549
concept and installation: Ani Vaseva; photography: Ivan Donchevtheory: Boyan Manchev
The War of the Little Girls, 2010.
Installation
Details
- Photographer: personal archive
- Property of: Sofia City Gallery
- Description: The installation The War of the Little Girls - concept and installation of Ani Vaseva, including photographs by Ivan Donchev, is based on common reflexive work with Boyan Manchev. The War of the Little Girls is presented for the first time at the Vaska Emanouilova Gallery.
- Copyright: Ani Vaseva, Ivan Donchev, Boyan Manchev
- References: http://www.kultura.bg/bg/article/view/17196
https://www.dnevnik.bg/sled5/izlojbi/2010/05/30/909051_malki_momichenca/?ajaxobj=sled5k
http://www.dramaturgynew.net/2008-12-01-13-56-16/82-2011-03-10-23-02-48
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Metheor-1522069314785413/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1522319068093771
Ani Vaseva, Boyan Manchev
The World of S, 2012.
Installation
Details
- Photographer: personal archive
- Property of: Ani Vaseva, Boyan Manchev
- Description: The Installation The World of S, by Ani Vaseva and Boyan Manchev, is part of the Reactions exhibiton, curated by Vladyia Mihaylova, Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, 2012.
- Copyright: Ani Vaseva, Boyan Manchev
- References: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Metheor-1522069314785413/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1522323688093309
Ani Vaseva
A Play for You, 2014.
Performance
Details
- Photographer: personal archive
- Property of: Metheor
- Description: The A Play for You performance - author, director and designer Ani Vaseva, with Leonid Yovchev and Alexander Uzunov, was created in 2014 in Institut français de Bulgarie.
- Copyright: Ани Васева