BORN(E)

Concept, Dramaturgy & Text: Maria-Luiza Dimulescu & Maria Beatrice Tudor
Director & Video Editor: Corina Andrian
Director of Photography: Cătălin Rugină
Sound design: Adrian Piciorea
Dramaturgy consultant: Camelia Neagoe
Graphic design: Iulian Cristea
IT: Ilie Ciotir
Technical: Alexandru Andrei

This project would not have been possible without the voluntary participation of the following people: Ema Pleșcan, Matei Nițulescu, Cătălina Ionescu, Ionuț Sebastian Dobrin, Laila Abdel Hafiz, Valentin Teodorescu, Victoria Digori, Matei Bărbulescu, Adina Ionescu, Andrei Popa, Mara, Stelian Tudor, Ana Tudor, Iustina Andrian, Tudor Baciu, Elena Ștefan, Constantin Ștefan, Elena Georgescu, Irina Purcăreanu;

Bio

Maria-Luiza Dimulescu graduated from the Faculty of Theatre of the UNATC Bucharest in Performing Arts (Choreography) and is a graduate of the master’s program “Choreographic Creation” at the same university. In 2023 she was awarded by the National Dance Center Bucharest for her contribution to contemporary dance. In the last 2 years she has collaborated as a performer in 3 Tangaj Collective productions: “BLOT-Body Line of Thought” (Simona Deaconescu & Vanessa Goodman), “Ramanenjana” (Simona Deaconescu & Gaby Saranouffi) and “Isolation in a series of liminal states” (performative installation signed by Simona Deaconescu). She has also collaborated with various artistic institutions such as the National Dance Center, LINOTIP, Odeon Theater, Metropolitan State Circus, Excelsior Theater and Apropo Theater. In 2021 she initiated, under the umbrella of the Delazero Association, the cultural project “Last Drop”, which involved a choreographic production on the theme of domestic violence and dance therapy workshops in 5 cities across the country. As a choreographer she is the author of the shows “But why should I keep silent?”, “Bad Feminist”, “Ultima Picătură” and “Gen Roz” (directed by Luiza Mihăilescu) and the dance films “Breath” (awarded at the festivals ZED, Girona en Moviment, Danzattak, Movong Body), “Call of Pink” (awarded at the festivals BIDFF, Ziel Spring), “Depaysement” and “Disconnected”.

Beatrice Tudor graduated from UNATC Bucharest (Choreography-License and Master). She works mainly in the independent cultural sector in Romania and is part of two cultural associations: Unfold Motion (Timisoara) and Delazero (Bucharest). He is a performer, choreographer, cultural manager and teaches contemporary dance classes for several age groups. In the last 4 years, her artistic activity has focused on real timpe composition performances, street performances and cultural interventions in public space in small and medium sized communities. In 2022 she received from the Bucharest National Dance Center the Award for her contribution to the construction of contemporary dance and in 2023 one of the projects initiated by her- “Dans Nomad” was nominated at the Radio Romania Cultural Awards Gala (in the Performing Arts category).

Unfold Motion is the first local landmark of contemporary dance in Timisoara and the western part of the country and was born at the initiative of choreographer Lavinia Urcan. The association is actively involved in the Timisoara cultural scene, contributing, through the projects it initiates, to the consolidation of the city’s cultural-artistic network and seeking to offer the widest possible cultural experiences to the public, which is in a continuous formation. The aim of the association is to develop the quality of the socio-cultural factor by initiating and promoting cultural-artistic activities and projects, with a view to enriching the national and international artistic heritage. The Association has implemented projects involving: production and dissemination of dance performances in conventional and unconventional spaces, promotional tours, cultural interventions, creative residencies, mentoring, dance education (workshops for different categories of participants, including those from vulnerable backgrounds), dance film making, documentaries, costume performance and audio-video installations.
Unfold Motion has been one of the key cultural operators in the Cultural Program Timisoara 2023 European Capital of Culture by including two of its projects in the Bid Book. To date, co-funding (managed under good conditions) has been obtained from: Timisoara Project Center, AFCN and Timis County Council. Among the partners providing financial, logistic and/or mentoring support to the association are: FITT Timisoara, CNDB and Iulius Mall Timisoara. Over time, the association has developed collaborations with: French Institute Timișoara ,Noi Re-Creăm Association, Basca Theater, German Cultural Center, Contemporary Creative Dreamers, Delazero Association, German State Theater Timișoara, Hungarian State Theater Timișoara, National Theater “Mihai Eminescu” Timișoara, Romanian National Opera Timișoara, Diogene Cultural Association, Moveo Dance Company, Le Plus Petite Cirque du Monde, Benedek Productions, Cie MF, Roser Lopez Espinosa Dance Company, Ziggurat Project, Bucharest National Theater, Linotip Independent Choreographic Center, Studio M, Craiova National Theater, Tangaj Collective, Toma Caragiu Theater Ploiești.

Oraganised by
Unfold Motion Association

Sponsors
Timis County Youth Foundation & Iulius Town

Partners
Basca Theater, National Dance Center Bucharest, Spațiul de Artă Contemporană/SAC, Kinema Ikon, Arad Museum Complex

Media partners
Presspectiva and Radio Romania Cultural

The installation was created as part of the cultural project “Preocupat/Prea-Ocup Occupied”. The project is organized in partnership with the Municipality of Timișoara, through the Project Centre and is co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the results of the project may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary.