Albena Tagareva
Education
NATFA "Kr. Sarafov", Theatre Art, MA, 2014.
Institute of Arts Studies, PhD, 2018
Occupation
2018, Assistant Profesor in Institute of Art Studies, Sofia
Major Publications (А. Tagareva, "The National Palace of Culture – Unrealized Ambitions", Homo Ludens, 27, pp. 287-298 2025, ISSN:1311-5111
А. Tagareva, "The director and the stage designer in the battle for the theatre space", Problems of Art, 3, pp. 47-53 2024, ISSN:0032-9371
А. Tagareva, "The transformation of Bulgarian scenography after 1968", Art Studies Readings. Metamorphoses, New Art, pp. 328-333 2024, ISSN:1313-2342
А. Tagareva, "Socialist Realism on the Stage in Bulgaria in the 1970s. The Contradictions of Time", Art Studies Quarterly, 3, pp-c 45-50, 2023, ISSN:0032-9371
А. Tagareva, "The Transformations of the Scenography", in Bulgarian Theatre 1945-1989, Collected Studies, eds. N. Yordanov, pp. 165-194, 2023, ISBN:978-619-90678-6-4
A. Tagareva, "Socialist Realism as Cancel Culture for the Bulgarian Scenographic Practice", Symbolon, 23(1(42), p-p 139-145, 2022, ISSN:1582-327X
А. Tagareva, "Svetoslav Genev as a socio-political figure in the development of Plovdiv Drama Theatre", Art Studies Readings 2022, Module "New Art", pp. 241-248 2022, ISBN:978-619-7619-22-5, ISSN:1313-2342
А. Tagareva, "The poetic wave in dramaturgy and its stage image in the performances of the 1960s", Art Studies Quarterly, 3, pp. 48-54, 2021, ISSN:0032-9371
А. Tagareva, "Set design in the 1960s. The Transfer of Aesthetics", Art Studies Readings 2020, New Art Module, 2020, pp. 281-286, ISBN:978-954-8594-78-3, ISSN:1313 – 2342
А. Tagareva, "The reflection of normative aesthetics in fine art on the visual aspect of theatrical performance. Processes, Influences, Concepts from the Mid-1940s to the Mid-1950s", Deposited Research Manuscript in NACID, Electronic Database Catalogue, Inv. No. Nd 020180001, pp. 1-93, 2018
Research projects
The reflection of normative aesthetics in the visual arts on the visual aspect of theatrical performances. Processes, influences, concepts. From the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. Funded by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences' Program for Supporting Young Scientists 2016, scientific supervisor: Prof. DSc Nikolay Iordanov
Participation in the DanceMap research project, funded by Horizon Europe by EU. An initiative of Brain Storm Project, implemented as part of the 18th edition of the Antistatic International Festival for Contemporary Dance and Performance, May–June 2025.
Conferences
Art Readings, annual scientific conference organized by the Institute of Art Studies – BAS, and other forums in Bulgaria and abroad.
2022 participation in a conference as part of the exhibition Scenography, organised by the Union of Bulgarian Artists. https://sbh.bg/bg/novini/novini/dramaturgija-na-prostranstvoto-12-noemvri-2022-lekcii-i-diskusija/1/739
2021 Participation with a paper at an international conference at the University of Arts Târgu-Mureș, Romania, International Conference of Theater Studies, XXII edition THE ARTS AND CANCEL CULTURE
2017 Participation with a presentation at the international doctoral conference 8th Conference of Doctoral Studies in Theatre Practice and Theory, JAMU, Brno, Czech Republic
Lecture courses at universities
Honorary lecturer in History of European Theater and History of Bulgarian Theater at Paisii Hilendarski University, Plovdiv
Awards
National Award of the Union of Artists in Bulgaria in the field of theatre studies 2024
(collective) for the collection of studies "Bulgarian Theatre 1945-1989“
Main areas of scientific research
Scenography, theater history, contemporary theater forms
