Author: renate.dinu

We are looking for a colleague to join our team, in the Technical Department, in the position of Lights Master. We are looking for a talented and dedicated individual to help bring our dance performances to life through stage lighting and videography.

Job description:

1. is present in the dressing room 30 minutes before the start of the rehearsal or performance;
2. provides lighting control for rehearsals, dress rehearsals and performances and for other CNDB events, conferences, debates, meetings, etc., while ensuring that the lighting effects of the performances are properly rendered;
3. controls, by manipulating the console, how the lighting plan has been carried out, whether the light sources have been placed on the indicated places and the console responds to commands, so as not to have difficulties in carrying out the duties of the job;
4. knows the installation of the room (the electrical circuits that can be controlled by the light control and the direct electrical circuits for the intelligent lights), so that at all times they know how to use it;
5. maintain relations with the author-choreographers, performers and organisers of any event taking place at the CNDB or elsewhere;
6. regularly checks the lighting equipment and its accessories and immediately reports any problems with its operation to the line manager;
7. informs the management of the institution of the need for materials used on the stage in good time for procurement and draws up reports on the need to purchase these products;
8. draws up performance sheets (lighting memory, number of devices, stage signals, etc.);
9. draws up the technical rider for all performances produced, co-produced or in the current season;
10. uses the equipment responsibly, according to the technical book of the installation and keeps the equipment in good condition (light control, dimmer, spotlights, reflectors, intelligent lights, cables, etc.);
11. checks that the equipment used is working properly in general and within optimum parameters;
12. manages the assets consisting of professional sound and lighting equipment and other audio-visual equipment necessary for artistic activity;
13. maintains and archives the lighting schemes for the Centre’s productions or co-productions;
14. during holidays, they keep all the components they work with safe or even store them in suitable places that do not endanger their integrity in terms of technical parameters;
15. during performances, is not allowed to leave the lighting booth except in duly justified cases and does not allow unauthorised persons access to work equipment;
16. participates in drawing up the annual activity report on the work of the department to which he/she belongs;
17. is responsible for keeping and archiving all documents drawn up within the department, in compliance with the legal provisions in force;
18. performs any other specific duties assigned to it by law or conferred on it by the manager of the institution which, by their nature, are within the competence or fall within the scope and remit of the service, in accordance with the legal provisions in force.

Requirements:

• Good level of knowledge of English
• Willingness to work unevenly distributed hours, evenings and weekends
• Ability to adapt to different types of people
• Thoroughness in carrying out work duties
• Ability to analyse and summarise, initiative, creativity, flexibility, punctuality
• Previous experience in stage lighting and/or video production.
• Sound knowledge of the equipment and technologies used in the field.
• Excellent communication and team collaboration skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Benefits:

• The opportunity to work in a creative and dynamic team.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth within the CNDB.
• Participation in high quality artistic productions.

If you are passionate about contemporary dance and artistic production and have the knowledge and skills to fill this position, we encourage you to apply! Send us your resume by May 20 to office@cndb.ro with the subject line “Lights Master Employment”.

From the open call 10 contemporary dance works will be selected to be presented at the first edition of the Moving Balkans Contemporary Dance Showcase, which will take place in Ljubljana (Slovenia), Rijeka (Croatia) and Zagreb (Croatia) between 10 and 13 May 2025. The festival will showcase productions from the Balkans region and provide opportunities to meet, exchange ideas, interact with audiences and dance professionals, and be part of a new artistic network.

Applications must be submitted via the Google form by 2 June 2024 at 23:59 CET.

For further questions, you are invited to attend a Zoom information session on 8 May 2024 at 16:00 CET (meeting link provided on the information page).

More INFO HERE.

Moving Balkans is a contemporary dance platform that brings together dance organisations from the Balkans. Our aim is to improve and support contemporary dance by raising awareness, producing dance works and organising educational activities for dance professionals in the Balkans.

Partners
Art Link Foundation (BG), SKC Novi Sad (RS), Kino Šiška (SI), Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia (SI), EN-KNAP Productions (SI), Croatian Cultural Center Rijeka (HR), Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance (HR), Interart Culture Center (MK), National Center for Dance Bucharest (RO), DAN.C.CE UNITIVA (GR), Albania Dance Meeting (AL)

In the context of celebrating 20 years of existence, The National Center for Dance Bucharest (CNDB) is extending the International Dance Day for the entire month of April. Thus, the spectators will have the opportunity to watch international dance performances presented for the first time in Romania, national choreographic productions, but also to participate in discussions with the artists.
Included in the month’s calendar are three performances from Hungary, the Netherlands and Belgium, selected from the international Twenty23/24 program, organized by the European network Aerowaves:

FATIGUE [Hungary] – April 17, 7:30 p.m
Created and performed by Viktor Szeri

Mood swings, slowed reflexes, dizziness: the various physical and psychological symptoms of burnout infiltrate unnoticed into everyday life. What can an artist do with this enervated state in a world where work makes existence tangible? In this climate, it can seem as if continuous production, the accumulation of projects, is the key to satisfaction, while all this points the way to burnout. In his solo, Viktor Szeri does not hide his apathy, but draws on his personal experiences and builds his choreography on fatigue, on wanting nothing. He explores the creative process, the limits and tolerance of his own body through the filter of burnout, while also experimenting with how the audience can relate to this sedated vision. Fatigue was awarded the Rudolf Lábán Prize 2023 awarded by the independent performing arts scene in Hungary and was selected as part of the Aerowaves ‘Twenty24 Artists’ network. “(…) Thus fatigue simultaneously has a painful truth and meaning, the true power of the piece is that it is able to turn this pain productive. The performance presents the drama of the human being set and forgotten in life clearly and poignantly (…)” – Ákos Török

MOVEMENTS OF SOUL [Netherlands] – April 24, 7:30 p.m
Concept, production, choreography and interpretation: YAV

In “MOVEMENTS OF SOUL,” YAV brings together the dynamic worlds of dance, music, and fashion to create a unique and immersive experience.YAV has deliberately chosen not to describe his piece to question our preconceived notions and conditioning, as we often find ourselves entangled in the confusion of distinguishing the message from the messenger. YAV encourages viewers to explore and interpret the performance in their own way to spark conversations about how we perceive and understand art.“MOVEMENTS OF SOUL” is an opportunity for a layered, individualised experience. It’s a reminder that art doesn’t always need words to convey meaning—sometimes, the most profound conversations arise from the unspoken, the unscripted, and the beautifully ambiguous.

DOUBLE BILL: 3/4 FACE TOUJOURS! [Belgium]
+ REVERSE DISCOURSE [Romania]
April 29, 7:30 p.m

Since on this date the International Dance Day is celebrated, initiated in 1982 by UNESCO, the spectators have the opportunity to see two performances from Romania and Belgium.

Toujours de 3/4 face!
Choreographer, composer and performer: Loraine Dambermont

According to Johnny Cadillac, a former Belgian karateka, « 3/4 face » is the ultimate defensive position: A posture so precise which inevitably betrays a will of perfectionism and a deep desire of control. Loraine Dambermont makes this principle her own and, through a live tutorial, reveals her best self-defence secret skills. Toujours de 3⁄4 face! is a 20 minute hyper energetic solo performed as a survival guide with hints of humour. Dambermont also tackles the complex Belgian identity through movements all directed towards the paroxysm of self-mockery. This performance challenges the physical and mental virtuosity of the performer by pushing the limits of a constrained body between a marathon of hyper fast movements, and the extreme precision of its own musicality.

Reverse Discourse
Concept and choreography: Ioana Marchidan

In “Reverse Discourse” I wanted to provoke emotion without mediating the gaze. To challenge the public to recall their own experiences or those transmitted and retransmitted, perpetually perpetuated by external factors, whether we are talking about people or the media. I used the body as a means of visual connection to an absurd dialogue. A bodily dialogue exposed in lines with distinct temporalities, which almost never intersect. An organic dialogue that exposes the dominator-submissive perspectives in multiple hypostases that outline the past and the present. A somatic dialogue that animates the traumas stored in our collective and individual memory. A visceral dialogue about the assumption of power and its exploitation in predominantly dictatorial, manipulative directions. (Ioana Marchidan) 

“Reverse discourse” is what the title says. An inverted speech. Depersonalized. Offered naked. Fragile. Intimate. A performance about body politics in which Ioana Marchidan short-circuits the collective body memory, identifying and bringing to the surface deeply rooted gestures, in order to unarchive them and decompose them through a body slide towards an abstract choreography. This cataloging and re-editing of the memory of submission, of the suppression and repression of the meanings of gestures, integrates the public as a participant in the dialogue, as a submissive observer.

It’s interesting to follow in this micro performance the body movements before the gestures take shape. The inventory of gestures comes as an oscillation between submission and oppression until the body gives up on the difference between the two and gets caught up in the energy of change between them. The choice to construct discourse in this form, a naked back in a space that oscillates from dark abyss to video projections, implies vulnerability. And vulnerability implies an assumed fragility, which allows focusing on the essence of the message: the destructive force of abuse of power.

In addition to the international productions, the public is expected in April at the CNDB for other events. The month begins with (anti)aging, an archive performance, under permanent construction, created in 2011 and designed to have successive stages, lasting 30 years, until 2041. The show, in the choreography and interpretation of Mădălina Dan and Alexandra Mihaela Dancs, is scheduled for April 2. Choreomaniacs is a performative docu-fiction, chronologically following the events that marked the “dance epidemy” in the summer of 1518, in Strasbourg – a mass dystopian manifestation, which affected several hundred people. This can be seen at the CNDB on April 14.

“Casual Wednesday – ideas asserted performatively” returns to the National Center for Dance Bucharest (CNDB) in a special edition on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April. Perhaps the best-known project of the CNDB and the one that attracted a large audience during the years when the institution operated in the building of the National Theatre, “Casual Wednesday” is a format initiated and conceived by artists Eduard Gabia and Maria Baroncea, and presented in collaboration with Paul Dunca/Paula Dunker. “Casual Wednesday” involves direct experimentation with ideas using performativity, but without the prior elaboration and repetition of content as in a performance. At “Light Wednesdays”, participants come with their laboratory of intimate concerns and approaches which they expose to an audience curious to participate in the performative experimentation of free statements and questions, in a setting free from the expectations, constraints and stress of presenting a finished performance. Each of these exhibitions is a premiere in itself, in a concentrated active, vulnerable, open present. When the project was launched in 2008, Eduard Gabia declared: “A show that has no past, no future, only a present – a now. By disappearing as it appeared, the show only makes the affirmation of that moment. Affirming something every Wednesday, in time, the affirmations become of a week, of months, of a year – the year of light affirmations.” Casual Wednesdays – ideas asserted performatively is an open platform where anyone can test, on stage, the ideas they have, provided they sign up in advance. Anyone can participate, regardless of age, profession, education and training. The stage thus becomes a democratic space accessible to all, creating the conditions for encounters and dialogues without boundaries, across disciplines, backgrounds, experience.

The events take place at CNDB – Stere Popescu hall (Bulevardul Mărășești 80-82).More information about the April program can be found HERE.

In 2024, the CNDB celebrates its 20th anniversary, being the only national institution whose main mission is the development of choreographic culture in Romania and which operates as a producer and host of performances, while assuming equally important missions such as research, documentation and archiving, as well as the development of programs and projects for artistic education and professional training.

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Today we have some news that is very difficult to put into words. Our colleague Ionuț Cherana has left us far too soon. Ionuț was a light and sound designer at the CNDB and a wonderful colleague, a true professional and a man who will be missed…
Farewell, Ionuț – to another, gentler world, free of suffering. Condolences to his family and loved ones.

On 8 March we wish all women a Happy New Year full of equality and solidarity and remember all those who have fought for feminist ideals throughout time.

Today, as part of the #booksonthedancefloor series, we present a selection made by our colleague Corina Cimpoieru – 8 exemplary books about women and their artistic practices, from different times and places. The books are part of 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐚 𝐂𝐍𝐃𝐁, whose program and rules you can find HERE.

𝟏. 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐖𝐚𝐫, 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦., Adrien Sina , les presses du reel, 2011

A re-examination of the role of the female avant-garde in performance and dance: a comprehensive publication with over 2500 colour illustrations, together with documentary material on Valentine de Saint-Point, Marinetti, Futurism, Canudo, the Russian ballet, German and American Expressionism (original photographs, handwritten letters, drawings, woodcuts, manifestos, first editions and ephemera).

𝟐. 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, Sternberg Press, 2021

What happens when feminist and queer ethics of care are put into curatorial practice? What happens when the notion of care based on the politics of relationship, interdependence, reciprocity and responsiveness informs curatorial practice? Presented through critical theoretical essays, practice-based case studies and manifestos, the essays in this book offer perspectives from diverse contexts and geographies.

𝟑. 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐭. 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐦, Katy Deepwell (ed.), Valiz, 2020

Feminist art activism and feminist art activism, two sides of the same coin, occur when art approaches, develops or transforms into activism and vice versa, when activisms become activisms. In both, art appears in different forms of political intervention, both at the individual, communal or collective level, evidenced in actions, events, identifications and practices. This volume reveals the diversity of these practices and realities.

𝟒. 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 – 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐕, Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2012

In a revolutionary way, starting in 1968, Austrian artist VALIE EXPORT paved the way for feminist and socially critical art. This catalogue contains numerous reproductions from the artist’s archive and also documents VALIE EXPORT’s approach and engagement with a theme. Works such as TAPP und TASTKINO and Aktionshose: Genitalpanik are presented not only as stand-alone works, but also in the context of reference material in the archive.

𝟓. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝: 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, Iman Mersal, Sternberg Press, 2018

Egyptian poet Iman Mersal presents a new narrative of motherhood in this book, moving from interior and exterior spaces, journals, readings, and photographic representations of motherhood to question old and current representations of motherhood and the related space of unconditional love, guilt, personal goals, and traditional expectations.

𝟔. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭̦𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐢. 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter Konig, 2019

This volume brings together 36 women artists from behind the Iron Curtain who worked between 1961 and 1989, attempting a contextualization of nonconformist female artistic production in the Eastern Bloc. Exploring how these women artists produced work in terms of mythology, protest and self-definition, Medea’s Insurrection rewrites the male-dominated narrative of post-war European art.

𝟕. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, Judith Butler, Verso, 2021

Judith Butler’s book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be linked to a broader political struggle for social equality. Moreover, she argues that nonviolence is often misunderstood as a passive practice emanating from a calm region of the soul or as an individualistic ethical relationship to existing forms of power. But, in fact, nonviolence is an ethical stance that lies in the middle of the political field.

𝟖. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐔𝐂̌𝐈́𝐊𝐎𝐕𝐀́, Futura Books, 2017

Anna Daučíková’s book is an incomplete attempt to summarize the most important themes in the work of the first Czechoslovak feminist and queer artist. Emigration and residence in 1980s Russia, determination through non-normative sexuality to the position of “other” and desire in relation to the visualization of sensual experience, the connection between past and presence, all intertwine in the theme of the body politic.

FRAME10 – Disobedient bodies and solidarity in the performing arts after the 90s
Episode #1 Mihai Mihalcea in dialogue with Manuel Pelmuș

FRAME10 returns to connect us with another effervescent area of Romanian contemporary art: the performing arts. Through 10 monthly meetings with artists and performers we hope to create a bridge between generations, as well as a space for dialogue and reflection on the ” crooked days, light Wednesdays and heavy weeks in the performing arts after the 90s”.

“I wanted to invite to Frame10 a small part of artists from the spheres of contemporary dance, visual arts, theatre and film, who dare, propose transformations, short-circuit inertia and generate knowledge, functioning as sensitive filters of contemporaneity,” says Mihai Mihalcea, choreographer and director of programmes and projects at the CNDB and curator of this edition.

On 8 March, we invite you to the first FRAME10 discussion: Unspoken Things. A discussion with Manuel Pelmuș, about life, art and friendship, about the construction of history through bodies that simultaneously co-create and experience a constellation of memories, affects and knowledge, which become a collective legacy that belongs to us all.

More details HERE.

Registration for the 7th edition of Fresh Start – creative residencies has started!

Fresh Start registration. 7th edition – creative residencies

9 recent graduates in acting, directing, dramaturgy, scenography, choreography, music, theatre and management are expected this summer in Cluj to discover working with devised theatre techniques, as well as to learn more about team management and production of a show in an independent environment.

More details and registration form on the website.
Apply by 𝟮𝟬 𝗮𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲, 𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝟮𝟯:𝟱𝟵!

Biennale College Danza announces call for choreographers and dancers between 18 and 28 years old. Selected artists will work in an intensive program with classical and contemporary techniques and will be part of new productions presented in the Venice Biennale International Contemporary Dance Festival!

The call is open until 8 March!
Full details HERE.

Theatre in Palm Platform is organizing a residency for emerging performing artists from 19-31 May 2024!

During the two weeks, the 5 selected artists will work on a performance based on the statement “You can’t do good for the planet if you don’t do good for yourself”. Participants in previous Theatre in Palm activities are encouraged to apply. Participation in the residency will be remunerated with 2500 lei. Transport and accommodation will be provided. The application form and more information can be found HERE.

Deadline: 30 March 2024.
Results will be announced on 15 April.
The residency is organised by Homemade Culture.

For more opportunities keep following the News category on the CNDB website.

Meet the 2024 Startup Forum participants
12 February 2024

Following the Spring Forward in Elefsina (2022) and Dublin (2023), a group of emerging dance presenters will again be guided again through the festival by Aerowaves Partners, addressing current programming issues by example. Awards will be offered to three of them to plan and present projects involving Aerowaves artists when they return home.

Aerowaves board member and former director of Dance Umbrella Betsy Gregory leads the initiative and the mentors are Pirjetta Mulari (Annantalo, Helsinki), Lisa Reinheimer (Dansateliers, Rotterdam) and Francesca Manica (Romaeuropa, Rome.

Participants:
Dimitris Chimonas (Cyprus)
Evelyn Raudsepp (Estonia)
Ilias Chatzigeorgiou (Greece)
Masako Matshushita (Italy)
Nina Fajdiga (Slovenia)
Tony Tran (Norway)
Simona Deaconescu (Romania)
Samuel Retortillo (Spain)
Renata Piotrowska-Auffret (Poland)

Dimitris Chimonas: Spanning performance, film, and sculpture, Chimonas directed the opening ceremony of the International Cyprus Film Days Festival 2023 and curated “Sessions: a series of queer happenings.” He attended artist residencies, including one at Ashkal Alwan in Beirut (2018-2019).

Evelyn Raudsepp: A Tallinn-based curator and producer for performing and visual arts, Raudsepp received degrees from the University of Tartu and the Estonian Academy of Arts. Currently working at the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM).

Ilias Chatzgigeorgiou: A choreographer and dancer, Ilias curated dance at Athens’ Epidaurus Festival from 2019 to 2022. He initiated the “DANCING CHESTNUT” Dance Festival in 2023.

Masako Matsushita: An Italian-Japanese multidisciplinary artist, Matsushita explores movement analysis through choreography, dance, and performative installations, aiming to generate architectures for socialization.

Nina Fajdiga: A multifaceted professional in contemporary dance, Fajdiga graduated from SNDO Amsterdam in 2007 and later studied Cultural Management. She collaborates with European dance houses and has curated events bridging dance and music.

Tony Tran: A Norwegian-Vietnamese choreographer, Tran’s work has toured across Europe, Middle East, Asia, and North America. He serves as the dance curator for the music festival Lyse Netter.

Simona Deaconescu: Deaconescu creates interdisciplinary works examining collective values and technology’s impact. She founded Tangaj Collective and co-established the Bucharest International Dance Film Festival (BIDFF).

Samuel Retortillo: Retortillo is a dancer, choreographer, and curator, directing La Rioja’s Choreographic Centre and Madrid’s Fiver Screendance Movement festival. He runs various dance and live arts festivals and programmes.

Renata Piotrowska-Auffret: Piotrowska-Auffret is a curator and choreographer interested in parenthood and care in artistic works. She approaches dance from a feminist and intergenerational perspective.

Information taken from the Aerowaves announcement available here.

BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery
15^TH – 19^TH April 2024; Ljubljana, Slovenia
OPEN CALL by BUNKER
www.bunker.si

BEHIND THE CURTAIN is a series of programs that has its main goal in the development of an international network and know-how of cultural managers and dance management experts. The program consists of 3 three main activities: 1. OFFLINE WORKSHOP in April 2024, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2. 10 ONLINE MASTERCLASSES in the period of APRIL 2024 – SEPTEMBER 2024 and 3. A JOBSHADOWING for 2 selected participants of the offline workshop.

1. THE OFFLINE WORKSHOP will take place at Bunker’s headquarters, in Ljubljana and it will allow the participants to get acquainted with the basics of cultural management theory and practice. The workshop establishes the joint knowledge base as well as those personal connections that will contribute to the creation of a sustainable network among participants and experts.

2. ONLINE MASTERCLASSES 10 online masterclasses will take place during the period of APRIL 2024 – SEPTEMBER 2024.  The online masterclasses will allow the participants to acquire complex professional and practical knowledge connected to cultural management, production of dance performances, communication, funding opportunities, touring, international relations and management strategies.

3. 2 PARTICIPANTS of the OFFLINE WORKSHOP will be selected for a JOB SHADOWING, to participate and to get involved in an international festival Drugajanje, hosted by Bunker, which takes place in several cities in Slovenia, and KDT (Krakow Dance Theatre), Poland. The 2 participants will have the opportunity to put into practice the theoretical framework and know-how acquired during the professional workshops and provide expertise in the implementation and organization of the event.

The project is carried out within the framework of Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery which is a Creative Europe project (2023-2026) created by Central Europe Dance Theatre – CEDT (Hungary), Bunker (Slovenia), Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance – HIPP (Croatia), Krakow Dance Theatre (Poland), M Studio (Romania) and Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts (Sweden) to foster local development of the contemporary dance fields.

Who is the Behind the curtain for?

Emerging cultural managers, dance professionals, dancers, choreographers, producers and promoters, and individuals operating in the field of performing arts.

We invite people from Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania and Sweden to apply.

Time and place

1. Offline workshop:
14^th April 2024 – arrival in Ljubljana, Slovenia
15^th -19^th April 2024 – offline workshop
20^th April 2024 – departure
Place: Bunker, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2. Online masterclasses:
April 2024 – September 2024

3. Job shadowing:
● September 2024; Krakow Dance Theatre, Poland
● November 2024;  Bunker, Ljubljana, Slovenia

What do we provide?

Bunker provides:
● accommodation for 6 nights
● catering during the stay
● travel costs to and from Ljubljana are covered in the amount of 150 EUR / person
● After the offline workshop in Ljubljana, a stipendium for the job-shadowing will be offered to 2 selected participants in the amount of €2000 each.

Mentors of the offline workshop

Leading mentor: Maja Vižin (executive producer of the international festival Mladi Levi and Beton Ltd. Theatre Company)

Lecturers: Barbara Rovere (expert on EU funding and writing grants), Mojca Jug (curator of the international festival Mladi Levi and long-time program director of Old Power Station), Tamara Bračič Vidmar (expert on communication and international collaborations, co-founder of Balkan Express network), Alma Redžić Selimović (expert on fundraising, leading European collaboration projects and cultural education), Inga Remeta (program manager at Glej Theatre),  Alja Lobnik (director of Maska), and others.

How to apply?

You can apply by sending an email to info@bunker.si containing the following information:
● CV containing information about educational background and professional experience;
● Short motivation letter about why do you want to take part in the program, how Behind the Curtain improve your career and what is your level of engagement (note that only applicants who can take part in the offline workshop and all the online masterclasses will be considered for selection)

Deadline of application: 15^th February.
We will announce the results of the open call by 23rd February.

If you have any further questions, please write to info@bunker.si.

“Dancing on the edge is the only place to be.” (Trisha Brown)

Because we already told you about the Modina project, which in February will bring together artists 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐅𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐨𝐮𝐢, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐧, 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐳 𝐎𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢 and 𝐋𝐞́𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐞́𝐝𝐢𝐧 in a residency at CNDB to dedicate a work to Trisha Brown, today we recommend, from the CNDB Media Library, three books about the famous American choreographer and dancer, a founding member of the Judson Dance Theatre performance group (1962-1967), who revolutionized modern dance by inventing a new performance language based on gravitational play and movement in flow.

Mesquita, André (ed.),Trisha Brown: Choreographing Life, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, 2020

The book presents a considerable archive on Trisha Brown, with drawings and photographs showing her contributions to the construction of postmodern dance principles. Brown’s choreography demonstrates a knowledge of space and visuality, as indicated by the artistic process evident in the drawings and diagrams included in this publication. Her work shows the extent to which movement is an artistic language that reflects the complex relationship between body and mind. The volume is a comprehensive tribute to one of the central figures of postmodern dance in America. “Do my movement and my thinking have an intimate connection? First of all, I don’t think my body doesn’t think.”

Histoire(s) et Lectures: Trisha Brown/ Emmanuelle Huynh, Les Presses du Réel, 2012

From 1992 to 1999, Emmanuelle Huynh conducted a series of interviews with Trisha Brown. In this work we discover a dialogue between artists, in which Emmanuelle Huynh’s questions reveal her concerns as a young choreographer and her evolution, as well as the nature of her vision of dance in general and a personal approach to Trisha Brown’s signature work.

Eleey, Petre (ed.), Trisha Brown: So That The Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing, Walker Art Center, 2008

Trisha Brown has been making drawings and other performative works beyond the stage that integrate the performing and visual arts for many years. Drawing has long figured prominently in her practice, moving from a schematic compositional tool to a broader investigation of the limits of her own body. Whether working within a sheet of paper, on a wall or on stage, Brown enjoys the interplay between structure and improvisation, repetition and invention, and choice and chance. This volume, published to accompany an exhibition at the Walker Art Center dedicated to the American choreographer, presents a wide-ranging survey of her visual practice. Featuring over 40 drawings, it includes essays by the exhibition curator as well as a study of Brown’s drawing vocabulary.

Discover other books about performing arts by visiting the CNDB Media Library here.

The Books on the dancefloor recommendations series continues in March!

Tangaj Collective is getting ready to pack their two beloved shows – Ramanenjana and BLOT – Body Line of Thought – into their first Canadian tour, kicking off an exciting journey in 2024!

The two shows will head to PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and Living Things: Kelowna’s International Arts Festival. During these events, Action at a Distance, a dear friend and co-creator of the BLOT show, will be joining us. stay tuned!

Check out the full schedule here:
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Ramanenjana @ Dance Centre – 19-21 January
Simona Deaconescu Conference @ Dance Centre – 21 Jan. Simona Deaconescu Workshop @ Dance Centre – 22 Jan.
BLOT – Body Line of Thought @ Left of Main – 22-23 Jan.

Living Things: Kelowna International Arts Festival
RAMANENJANA – A public lecture about a dance epidemic @ Mary Irwin Theatre – 24 Jan.
Ramanenjana @ Mary Irwin Theatre – Jan 25-26

Follow the Tangaj Collective page for more news from the tour.

President Iohannis decorated several cultural personalities, including choreographer and dancer Miriam Răducanu!

President Klaus Iohannis signed on Monday, on the occasion of National Culture Day, a series of decrees decorating several personalities in the cultural field, including the managers of the National Museum of Romanian History, Ernest Oberlander-Târnoveanu, and the National Art Museum of Romania, Călin Stegerean, as well as choreographer Miriam Răducanu.

According to the Presidential Administration, the Head of State conferred the National Order “Serviciul Credincios” in the rank of Officer to the choreographer Miriam Răducanu, “as a sign of high appreciation for the artistic prestige of one of the most influential Romanian artists, dancers and choreographers, who fundamentally redefined the vocabulary of contemporary dance in Romania”.

News source: agerpres.ro

Yesterday we received the visit of the students from the contemporary dance group of the Choreography High School “Floria Capsali” from Bucharest, who came to us together with teachers Doina Georgescu and Simona Paraschivu!

We talked for two hours about the CNDB Archive and Media Library and consulted together documentary materials about Floria Capsali, Iris Barbura, Trixy Checais, Vera-Proca Ciortea, Raluca Ianegic, Adina Cezar, Miriam Răducanu, Gigi Căciuleanu, Ioan Tugearu.

On this occasion, we would like to remind you of the CNDB Archive and Media Library: resources for documentation, research and artistic education that can be consulted by professionals in the field of performing arts (choreographers, dancers, critics, etc.), students, master’s students, doctoral students and teachers from higher and pre-university education institutions, researchers and specialists in various fields of culture!

Find the rules and programme of the Archive and Media Library HERE.

The National Center for Dance Bucharest invites professional dancers and performers to audition for a new contemporary dance performance, a co-production CNDB – “Andrei Muresanu” Theatre – Sfântu Gheorghe: “Memetics” (working title), choreographed by Sergiu Diță.

The work “Memetics” (working title) will explore contemporary digital culture and the body it creates, based on algorithms in the online environment. A study of internet memes, culture and slang.

Sergiu Diță is an emerging performer and choreographer working in the independent area. His artistic practice focuses on using pop culture as an element of social critique. He works both on his own productions (MANual, NEO-KITSCH, Pop Recycling Body Work) and on theatrical productions (Individual compus, r. Andrei Măjeri; Visul, r. Dragoș Alexandru Mușoiu).

We are looking for dancers and performers who:
‣ have experience in contemporary dance and performing arts
‣ are available for rehearsals in the following periods:

• in March 2024 – rehearsals in Bucharest at the CNDB
• in April 2024 – rehearsals in Sfântu Gheorghe at the “Andrei Mureșanu” Theatre
• the premiere will take place at the “Andrei Mureșanu” Theatre in Sfântu Gheorghe at the end of April 2024, and then at the CNDB in the first half of May 2024 (we also mention that we intend to schedule at least 5 performances of the show during 2024).

To audition, please send your CV or biography and contact details (email address, phone number) to clara.traistaru@cndb.ro.

Auditions will take place at CNDB – National Dance Centre Bucharest, Sala Stere Popescu (Bulevardul Mărășești nr. 80-82, Sector 4, Bucharest), on 1 February 2024, between 4pm and 7pm.

Deadline for audition applications: 28 January 2024.