Tzveta Baliyska

Tzveta Baliyska Sofia, Bulgaria Tzveta Baliyska is an actress, teacher, director, psycho-dramatists, cultural manager, Accredited Playback Theater Trainer (CPT), member of the board of Center for Playback Theater (USA). She graduated from Sofia University "Sv. Kliment Ohridski" in 2001, bachelor in "Social pedagogic". In 2006 she finished her drama acting education at the National Academy of Film and Theater (NATFA), Sofia. In 2013 she finished a master's degree in the program "Artistic psycho-social practices", New Bulgarian University (NBU). In addition, she studied for five years to be a psychodrama specialist. In 2010 she founds and leads Dramedy Academy and Dramedy Theatre. There she works with kids and teenagers as a drama teacher and director. Main goal Is developing emotional culture and career orientation with theater and psychodrama methods. She facilitates and direct devising theater with kids and youths - they create together dramaturgy, music, poems, characters etc. The theater has over 20 plays with many awards from festivals and competitions. From January 2013 she's a founder, art director, trainer and conductor of Playback Theater "Here and Now" - improvisational theater whose script is audiences' stories, feelings and memories. This is the first professional group in Bulgaria, member of International Playback Theater Network (IPTN) with hundreds of performances all over Bulgaria and abroad. They are engine of Playback society in Bulgaria and organize courses, workshops, annual festivals and have been chosen to host European Playback Theater Gathering, live in Sofia, 17-21 November 2022. She is trained by the founder of Playback Theater Jonathan Fox and serves as a member of the board of directors of Center for Playback Theater (USA). She is Chair of the board and founder of the Creators Association (2017), an active NGO with many art and social projects. Creators Association is a pioneer in Bulgaria presenting audio description of theater performances for visually impaired people. It has many projects for youth, marginal groups, professional artists etc. She is the founder and director of the annual Festival of Authors Theater in Sofia where she curates performances from Bulgaria and abroad and presents theater authors and companies to the public. During the event artists form program has workshops, discussions and exchange. Since 2015 she works with visually impaired youth as an expert in Applied Theatre. She develops a theater program for increasing self-esteem, social skills and career changes of visually impaired youth. She participates in different social projects where she facilitates groups of children in school age. Projects as "Prevention of aggression", "Creativity in everyday life", "Towards stage of life", SOS Child Villages from Dren etc.