Emiliya Toncheva

Emiliya Toncheva is an actress and a dance artist. She graduated with a major in Acting on a full scholarship from one of the most prestigious theatre academies in Asia – the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, China. After returning to Bulgaria, she graduated from New Bulgarian University with a major in Dance Theatre as well. Emiliya participated in many theatre and dance performances, among which are “In C” by Sasha Waltz in “Toplocentrala”, “Peer Gynt” in Theatre “Sofia”, dir. Katya Petrova, “Stravinsky and Chanel”, dir. Margarita Gradechlieva and etc. In her artistic projects, Emiliya Toncheva explores one’s striving for perfection and the initially doomed attempts to create utopian societies, which inevitably turn into dystopia.