The performance “Just Dance: Trash” is a reflection on the significance of machismo in contemporary society. In what ways are we subject to narratives of masculinity as an attribute of the victorious, the strong, the capable, the serious, the brave, the worthy, and — not least — those who create the Show? What drives global politics and the economy, and who are the major players?

The gestures of power and the mechanisms of their social maintenance are subject to demasking through hyperbolization. The performance draws attention to the relationship between symbolic and financial capital, secured by conventions of masculinity.

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Marion Darova — the Guillotine, and Yanitsa Atanasova — the Bazooka, stand face to face and side by side to lead you into the big game. Also entering the arena: Alexander Evtimov — Shamancheto — bringing the heat with live music and keeping the match in check.

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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 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. In on of her last pieces – CODE RED – Marion explores the effects of the Gaze on the body in the context of public actions, performances and stage presentations. Her latest piece is “Never ever Monday” premiered in RCCA Toplocentrala.

Yanitsa Atanasova is a contemporary dancer and choreographer. She works in the field of contemporary dance, focusing in particular on exploring different dance languages through movement. She graduated from NATFA (National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts) with a degree in Movement Theatre. After that, she became part of the Italian dance company of choreographer Paolo Londi, with whom she performed in Mexico and Italy. In 2017, she created her original dance performance “Connections,” which received the “Golden Muse” award from the Association of Choreographers in Bulgaria. In 2018, she began teaching contemporary dance techniques at Jaying University in China. In 2022, she created the dance performance “Pastet,” which received the Audience Award at the ICAR Awards. She is also the author of the dance performance “Awl,” a co-production of One Dance Festival and the Regional Center for Contemporary Arts Toplocentrala. She is currently a teacher in the Theatre Department at New Bulgarian University in Sofia.

Alexander Evtimov – Shamancheto is a therapist, musician, and actor. He is a graduate of the Master’s program “Artistic Psychosocial Practices and Psychodrama” at New Bulgarian University. He has over 20 years of experience as an art therapist and 10 years of training in psychodrama. He is the author of the music for more than 30 contemporary dance and theatre performances. He is the founder of BigBanda – an independent music community, and Soundscapers – a music and sound design company, as well as a co-founder of the dance company Muzotanz and the Storycatchers Association. Alexander believes that art is a powerful tool for social change.