Welcome to the Goatmilk festival!
Expect full program with workshops and concerts end of February!
Here is a taste of what is coming
GOATMILK 2010 21-24 May
Theme
I, THE STORYTELLER
How we tell stories today? What we narrate? Why we need to tell stories? Whom we recount?
We will look for the answers of these questions through the following main topics:
1. 1989 and the Northwest through the personal story
- 1989 – Mapping the Northwest project – lessons learnt
* workshop, presentation, exhibition, discussion and talk with Mariana Assenova, Chris Baldwin, Mihail Gruev
2. The stories of the monuments
- Parallels and differences with Franco’s Spain
* presentation, exhibition and discussion Mihail Gruev, Nikola Mihov , Ilko Assenov, Chris Baldwin
3. The shy (оr shameful) story of Migration
- Can we narrate the marginal - the Varshets case, a point of intersection with Cuba
* film show, workshop, exhibition and discussion with Diana Ivanova, Stefan Komandarev, Babak Salary
4. The secret tale of fairytales
- Fairytales in six languages from Istanbul, Roma tales from the other side of the bridge in Varshets
*workshop, installation and performance with Mariana Assenova, Chris Baldwin, Nilgun Oztunali, Greta Assenova
5. Northern tales
- 2 villages, 200 goats, 80 inhabitants – the paralel story of Undredal (Norway)
*presentation with Sophy Clemenz (Undredal-Bergen), Raycho Stanev, Diana Ivanova
Norwegian short docs screening, Norwegian goat cheese degustation
6. The songs of Bela Rechka
- The singing society presents the forgotten songs in new arrangement ( grandma Todorka Milevka )
*workshop and a concert with Milena Karadjova, Neda Cvetkova and others
7. The clothes as words
- White shirts from Bela (White) Rechka – how one of the festival’s symbols was born
* workshop and presentation – Galya Ivanova, aunt Deshka, aunt Nikolina
8. How to make bread in podnica (old ceramic dish) and in embers
- Svilen Klassanov and local women workshop
9. The Kazan place – never ending story
- readings, music, drums, dance, bar and dinner
*24 hours free program with Raycho Stanev, Galya Ivanova, Nadia Alexandrova, Klassanov and friends of Bela Rechka