Javor Gardev - director born in Sofia, Bulgaria on 23.02.1972

Education: National college for ancient languages and cultures in Sofia. (1986 - 1991)
Philosophy studies at the University of Sofia. (1991-1996) 
M.A. degree in Philosophy - 1996.
Simultaneous studies in directing at the Academy for theatre and film - Sofia
Second M.A. degree - 1997
Additional training: European Directors School, Leeds, UK (1996)
Grant at the Academy Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, BRD (1997-1998)

The M. A. thesis, titled "Phenomenology of the ecstatic theatre" as well as other theoretical articles in the field of esthetics (theatre research) - published regularly in the cultural section of the Bulgarian liberal periodical issue "Democratic Review" of "Citizen Society". (1997-1999)

 DIRECTED THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
"Two little plays about the end"  based on texts by F.M.Dostoievski and L.Petrushevskaia
(together with Nedjalko Delchev)
(State theatre - Dimitrovgrad) 1994

"The parts of the night" by Georgi Tenev
(State theatre - Sliven) 1994

"The maids" by Jean Genet
(State theatres Haskovo and Dimitrovgrad - co-production) 1995

"The march" by Georgi Tenev
(State theatre - Lovech) 1995

"Tanya-Tanya" by Olia Mouchina
(Little city theatre "Off the channel", Sofia) 1996

"The dream of Odysseus"/"Somnium Ulixis" based on
texts by Heiner Müller, Joseph Brodsky, Georgi Tenev and Kiril Merjansky
(Theatre-laboratory "Sfumato", Sofia) 1997

“Quartet” by Heiner Müller & Co.
(Theatre-laboratory “Sfumato”, Sofia) 1999

"Russian People's Post" by Oleg Bogayev (in progressing rehearsal period) 1999

"The Seagull" by A.P.Chekhov (in concept period)

 AUTHOR'S VIDEO PRODUCTION
“Der Solitudebolero oder Raskolnikowbesessenheit”  ©1998
(Akademie Schloss Solitude production, Stuttgart, Germany) 

DIRECTED AUDIO PRODUCTION
"The Atoll" audio-project of Javor Gardev / Assen Avramov / Georgi Tenev
(Bulgarian National Radio / ARS / Theatre-laboratory 'SFUMATO' / Triumviratus Art Group co-production) 1999

 PARTICIPATION IN THEATRE PRODUCTIONS AS ACTOR
 “Apocrypha” authors’ performance of Margarita Mladenova & Ivan Dobchev
 (Theatre-laboratory “Sfumato”, Sofia / “Passages” festival, Nancy, France - co-production) 1997          

"Story of the eye" by Georges Bataille, directed by Ivan Stanev
(Passages” festival, Nancy, France / "Concept for theatre" foundation, Sofia  - co-production) 1999

Since 1991 until now - many publications in the fields of philosophy, esthetics, art and social criticism in the bulgarian philosophy and science journals, literary journals, culture weeklies and daily press. Several published translations from english and russian in the philosophy and literary journals..

Since 1994 - co-creator and member /together with Georgi Tenev (playwright) and Nikola Toromanov (scenographer, designer and painter)/ of TRIUMVIRATUS ART GROUP.