Balkan Ballerinas
- Dance & performance
60 min.
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Balkan Ballerinas is a performance that aims to question the boundaries of the body by relating to Eastern European and Balkan identity. Inspired by stigmas and identity stereotypes created by the West and projected onto the Balkans, the performance conducts an analysis of Balkan culture. The body is portrayed as a transition zone, between two instances – pride and shame, past and present, folklore and rave, ballet and manele. Starting from the concepts of Balkanism and post- communism, the performance investigates a reactive body that challenges prejudices, normative models, and geographical, political, and cultural boundaries.
Concept & Choreography: Anca Stoica & Sergiu Diță
Performers: Sergiu Diță, Sofia Sitaru-Onofrei & Andreea Vălean
Sound Design: RAW Creatives
Music: Daniel Stănciucu, Adrian Piciorea, David Luncă
Lighting Design: Dorian Bolca
Anthropological Studies: Laura Maria Ilie
Production: Platforma 13
Running time: 60′
More information about Balkan Ballerinas can be found by following Platform 13.
Institutional partners: National Book Center – Romanian Cultural Institute, National Center for Dance Bucharest, “Andrei Mureșanu” Theatre Sfântu Gheorghe, Hungarian State Theatre “Csiky Gergely” Timișoara, KC Magacin, Toplocentrala Center for Contemporary Arts
Media partners: ISCOADA, Happening, Teatrul Azi
The project is co-funded by the National Cultural Fund Administration. The project does not necessarily represent the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the project results can be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary.
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