IVO DIMCHEV & BAND

A concert by Ivo Dimchev feels like being simultaneously on Broadway, at the Eurovision Song Contest, at a Berlin party, at the Vienna State Opera, and at a Balkan wedding. A unique blend of songs, stand-up comedy, and audience interaction awaits you—in other words, artistic eclecticism as only Dimchev can deliver it.

He explores the boundaries of what is considered acceptable on stage and in society. With humour, vulnerability, and a sense of contradiction, Dimchev’s performance takes us on a journey through all that we believe shouldn’t be said or done, and yet perhaps must be said and done.

Ivo Dimchev is a theatre maker, choreographer, visual artist, singer-songwriter, and queer activist from Bulgaria. His work is an extreme and colourful mix of performance art, dance, theatre, music, painting, and photography. Dimchev is the founder and director of Bulgaria’s Humarts Foundation. In 2009, after doing his master’s studies on performing arts at Dasarts Academy in Amsterdam, he opened Volksroom in Brussels, a performance space that presents young international artists. In 2014, he opened MOZEI in Sofia, Bulgaria, as an independent space for presenting contemporary art and music. In addition to his artistic work, Dimchev gives master classes at the National Theater Academy (Budapest), the Royal Dance Conservatorium of Belgium (Antwerp), Hochschule der Künste (Bern), Amsterdam University of the Arts, and DanceWeb (Vienna), among others.

EASY READ

Ivo is a singer. His style is quite wild. There are influences from many different music styles in his songs. On this evening he’s performing with his band.