Another Recomposition / Lizica Codreanu
- Dance & performance
- Recommended age: AG
40 min.
Info
A performance conceived by choreographer Vava Ștefănescu, dedicated to the Year of Constantin Brâncuși and the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great artist. The performance draws on one of the lesser-known stories from the Brâncuși universe: the collaboration between Constantin Brâncuși and dancer and choreographer Lizica Codreanu. In 1922, Brâncuși created a special costume for her and invited her to dance among the sculptures in his studio, to the music of Erik Satie. He photographed the moment in seven images that have since become precious testimonies to the encounter between sculpture and dance.
Inspired by these photographs, Lizica Codreanu’s dance was reconstructed by Vava Ștefănescu in 1995 for a documentary dedicated to Brâncuși. In 2014, it became the starting point for the performance Reenacting Lizica Codreanu, created together with students from the Bucharest Choreography High School. This year, the story continues with a new reinterpretation, developed alongside the children of the Performing Arts School for Children, who carry forward the spirit of experimentation and freedom that defined the encounter between Brâncuși and Lizica Codreanu.
Concept: Vava Ștefănescu
Lead Choreographers: Catrinel Catană and Andreea Belu
Costumes: Cristian Marin
Performers: Students of the Performing art school for children: Eva Bumbac, Smaranda Florescu, Ilinca Militaru, Eliza Marin, Catalina Stanescu, Eveline Balan, Adina Radu, Natalia Mâinea, Maya Axinte.
A production by CNDB / Performing Arts School for Children (2014)
Biographies
Vava Ștefănescu is a choreographer and dancer based and working in Romania.
As a performer and choreographer, her artistic portfolio includes original choreographic works, performance installations, as well as projects created in collaboration with theatre and film directors. Her works have been presented at prestigious national and international festivals.
She teaches contemporary dance, choreographic composition, stage movement, and Reading Movement at the Choreography High School, UNATC, UBB, CESI, as well as at choreographic and postdoctoral centres, festivals, and independent workshops.
Her contribution to choreographic and performance culture has been recognised through numerous awards and distinctions.
From 2006 to 2013, she served as Artistic Director, and since 2014 she has been the Manager of The National Center for Dance Bucharest (CNDB).
Catrinel Catană is a choreographer, contemporary dance teacher, performer, physiotherapist, and practitioner of Spatial Dynamics therapy.
She teaches contemporary dance and body awareness through classes and workshops for children, young people, and people with physical and intellectual disabilities, working with schools and non-governmental organisations. Her practice is grounded in a deep understanding of the role and importance of movement in their lives.
Catrinel graduated from the National University of Theatre and Film “I.L. Caragiale”, specialising in Choreography, and holds a Master’s degree in Choreographic Art. Since 2007, she has participated in workshops focusing on contemporary dance, choreographic dramaturgy, and movement therapy. She specialised in Physiotherapy and Special Motor Skills and completed a Master’s degree in Physiotherapy for Locomotor Disorders at the same university.
She is interested in the mapping of emotions within the body and in the therapeutic dimension of dance and bodily expression.
In 2020, The National Center for Dance Bucharest awarded her a prize in recognition of her contribution to the development of contemporary dance.
Andreea Belu is a choreographer and contemporary dance performer, currently focusing on movement research.
She regularly teaches contemporary dance, Contact Improvisation, Pilates, and Yoga. Over the course of 13 years, she has collaborated as a performer, teacher, choreographer, and student with several institutions and organisations, including the The National Center for Dance Bucharest (CNDB), Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Germany), the University of Arts in Târgu Mureș, CiNETic – Bucharest, Tangaj Dance Collective, and the Museum of Recent Art Bucharest.
She currently teaches within the educational programmes of the National Dance Centre Bucharest – the Dance and Performance Academy and the Performing Arts School for Children – as well as at the Film School. She is also a PhD candidate at the Doctoral School of the University of Arts in Târgu Mureș.
For her, movement is a direct and sincere way of reaching people.
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Ministry of Culture · Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN) · Aerowaves · Moving Balkans · European Union · Onassis Stegi · Greek Embassy in Bucharest · Greek Union of Romania · Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest · MNAC – National Museum of Contemporary Art of Romania · “I.L. Caragiale” National Theater · “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History
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