Mila Baleva

Mila puts on shows for children as she writes a poem, or as she draws a drawing. She likes to take her spectators on sensitive walks, where she invites them to contemplate landscapes and pay attention to small details that are not obvious but which tell a lot. She creates stories that are built by touches, leaving real room for the imagination of those who watch her. For this, she likes to go into abstraction, the absurd and surrealism. Her experiences as an actress have led her to experiment with numerous registers, for children and adults alike, with a particular taste for clowning.

Trained at the Puppetry department of the National Academy of Theater and Cinema in Sofia, Bulgaria, then at the National Higher School of Puppet Arts in Charleville-Mézières, Mila manipulates all types of puppets, objects, silhouettes or images with magnificent simplicity in her shows. She shares her pleasure of the game with different audiences, and more particularly with her privileged audience, children.