Galina Kalcheva, general repetitor and manager  of the ballet troupe of the State Opera – Burgas.

Galina Kalcheva is a long-time prima ballerina of the State Opera – Burgas. Since 2019, she has been a general repetitor of the ballet troupe of the Burgas Cultural Institute.  She graduated from the State Choreographic School – Sofia in 1991 in the class of prima ballerina Evgenia Krasteva.

Her repertoire includes the roles of: Juliet, Giselle, Paquita, Salome, Cinderella, Demna, Konstanz, Masha and others. She has toured in France, Austria, Spain, Denmark, Italy, Turkey, Macedonia and others. In 2001, she graduated with a master’s degree from the Academy of Performing Arts “Prof. Asen Diamandiev” – Plovdiv in the class of Prof. Petar Lukanov – with specialties “Ballet Pedagogy” and “Directing”. She taught classical ballet at the National Ballet School “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” – Burgas, a teacher at the Children’s Ballet School “Kapka”. Winner of the “Crystal Lyre” of the Union of Music and Dance Artists, a graduate of the Ministry of Culture for contribution to the development of Bulgarian culture, winner of an award for outstanding contribution to the development of ballet art at the Annual Fashion and Show Business Awards in Burgas. Winner of an award from the Municipality of Burgas on the occasion of the Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture.