Patosphere

  • Dance & Performance
  • Part of the CONNECT #5 Contemporary Dance Festival
  • Recommended age 14+

1 hr 10 min

Info

Pathosphere – is the sphere of pathos (emotion), the sphere/medium in which contradiction, contrast, overlapping, deformation, the fabric of paradoxes, seen both micro – biologically and psychologically – and macro, in relation to the surrounding reality and universe, cohabit.

Mădălina Dan proposes an artistic universe structured around a unitary bodily composition, in which individualities, dynamics and affective subjectivity form an extended body. Pathosphere is a decomposed and recomposed compound of realities that expand and contract according to the pulsations of life that stir in the smallest cracks around us. A sphere of the pathos of emotion, created through movement, dance, sound, text, image, like the city and the water that flows through it.

Pathosphere is a synthesis of influences as diverse as iridescence, fitness classes, cosmology, trap music, the study of ants, the study of the affects of urban space and technology, which merge, intersect, overlap.

Credits:
Concept and artistic direction: Mădălina Dan
Dancers/performers: Georgeta Corca, Mariana Gavriciuc, Nanci/Cristian Nanculescu, Virginia Negru, George Pleșca
Coreography in collaboration with: Georgeta Corca, Mariana Gavriciuc, Nanci/Cristian Nanculescu, Virginia Negru, George Pleșca
Text and dramaturgy in collaboration with: Mihaela Michailov
Sound design and musical compositions: Denis Bolborea, Cătălin Diaconu.
Set/ video design: Alina Ușurelu
Costumes: Ioana Surdu (Noir Morphosis)
Light design: Marius Costache

Biography

Mădălina Dan is a choreographer and performer, one of the established creators of contemporary dance in Romania, active on international stages, but also very present and involved in the local choreographic context, in which she generously invests time, energy and knowledge. The artist creates complex contents and sophisticated working methodologies that she shares in contexts that become spaces of communication, being a true explorer and connector between people, collectives and ideas.

The performance “Patosphere” is presented as part of the 5th edition of the CONNECT Contemporary Dance Festival, organized by the Delazero Association with the support of the National Centre for Dance Bucharest, and as part of the “Patosfera” Performance Tour project. Performance practices and training. The projects are co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The AFCN is not responsible for the content of the projects or for how the project results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the grant recipient.