Dansoteca
- Workshop Marathon
- Afterparty
- Recommended age: 16+
- Free entry upon registration
5 hr
Info
The National Centre for Dance in Bucharest (CNDB) is turning up the volume for International Dance Day and launching Dansoteca, a marathon of movement and connections that will break you out of your routine.
The space and dance floor transform into a choreographic playground with four workshops featuring different styles and energies: from improvisation to street influences and reinterpreted iconic references. And when the workshops end, no one goes home because the party begins with a DJ set by Sillyconductor & Rekabu.
It doesn’t matter if this is your first time or if you’re already familiar with contemporary dance. Dansoteca isn’t just an event—it’s a great excuse to move, meet people, and be part of a community that knows that sometimes the best way to communicate is simply to dance. It’s not about performance. It’s about allowing yourself to enter a space where, for a few hours, movement becomes a simple and direct way of being.
About the workshops
Enter The Flux | George Pleșca
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
This workshop aims to create a space where technical skills can be easily applied and adapted within an improvised setting, taking into account the relationship between space, time, and partner.
Participants will be introduced to various ground movement techniques and tools inspired by contemporary dance, martial arts, and capoeira. Subsequently, they will be guided through various situations where improvisation will serve as the driving force, and imagination and play will build upon the physical foundation studied in the first stage.
It Takes Two | Iulia Andro & Mihai Petrin
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM
We work through dialogue and collaboration to create choreographic structures, and this workshop explores that process. We blend street dance styles (house, hip-hop, popping) with principles of contemporary dance to build choreographic material. The relationship with music is essential: we transform sounds into movement and integrate them into the creation of choreographic phrases, using tools from our own creative process.
Dancing through rep | Laura Murariu
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
This workshop will take you on a journey through the world of the piece Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich, choreographed by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. It is a piece I have danced myself, and I will be happy to share it in an intense session of mind-focused work. We will explore the principles of the piece and learn some of the ways in which the phrases are created, and then, of course, we will play with them to the music.
Waacking Workshop | Waana Neagu
Time: 7:30–8:30 p.m.
This waacking workshop is a dynamic experience that combines technique, expressiveness, and the cultural context of the style. Starting from waacking’s origins in the underground clubs of Los Angeles as a form of expression for the LGBTQ+ communities, participants will explore essential elements such as musicality, attitude, and freedom of expression. The workshop emphasizes developing a personal voice in dance, encouraging authenticity, confidence, and connection with the music and with others.
Party | DJ Set: Sillyconductor & Rekabu
Time: 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM
The dance floor is just an excuse; genres become negotiable in the improvised b2b DJ sets by Rekabu and Sillyconductor, where leftfield disco slips in unannounced into rhythms drawn from entirely different latitudes, stoically juggling between the periphery, the epicenter, and extravagance.
Admission is free, and each workshop is an invitation to play with movement and discover new ways of being in your body, of dancing with yourself and others. You can participate in one or more workshops. Participation is limited to available space (maximum 20 people per workshop). To register, please fill out the form available HERE.
Schedule:
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Enter The Flux | George Pleșca
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM – It Takes Two | Iulia Andro & Mihai Petrini
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Dancing through rep | Laura Murariu
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM – Waacking Workshop | Waana Neagu
8:30 PM – 10:00 PM – Party | DJ Set: Sillyconductor & Rekabu
Biographies
George-Alexandru Pleșca is a performer and choreographer who is active both in Bucharest and throughout the rest of the country, as well as abroad. He has been part of the independent cultural scene since 2016. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the U.N.A.T.C. Faculty of Theater, specializing in Choreographic Art, during which time he collaborated with various figures in the fields of dance, theater, and film. He continued his academic career by completing the Dance and Performance Academy educational program (2022–2023), initiated by the National Center for Dance in Bucharest.
He is a member of the Contemporary Creative Dreamers dance company and part of the Late Field Collective. He collaborates with Linotip, Delazero, the National Centre for Dance, and Tangaj Dance on various creative projects. He teaches movement and dance classes nationally and internationally, for both beginners and professionals.
His most recent collaborations as a performer include Nowhere Like Here (2025) by Francesco Scavetta, UNSTABLE COMBRADES (2024) by Igor Koruga, WASTE (2024) by Ioana Marchidan, Oaza Nebunilor (2024) by Daniel Dragomir/Contemporary Creative Dreamers, Wet Dreams (2024) by Anastasia Preotu, OMEN (2023) by Arcadie Rusu, and Patosfera (2023) by Mădălina Dan.
Mihai Petrini is a dancer and choreographer, a graduate of the Choreography Department at the “I.L. Caragiale” National University of Theater and Film in Bucharest (B.A. and M.A.). In his artistic practice, he blends styles from the street dance genre with contemporary dance and improvisation. He is currently a member of the ballet corps at the “Ion Dacian” National Operetta Theater and works as a performer and choreographer on various projects as a freelancer. He has served as a dancer, choreographer, and judge in international dance projects and competitions, having been invited to teach and judge at World of Dance competitions. He has also collaborated with artists from the music industry on performances, music videos, television productions, and stage productions.
Iulia Andro is a dancer and performer active in the field of contemporary dance, with experience in various street dance styles. She is a student at the “I.L. Caragiale” National University of Theater and Film in Bucharest and at the National Dance Center in Bucharest, as part of the Dance and Performance Academy program. Her artistic career includes appearances in contemporary dance performances, choreographic projects, and artist residencies in Romania and abroad, as well as appearances in television productions. She is constantly involved in artistic projects that explore the expressiveness of movement, improvisation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Laura Murariu (2000, Iași) is an emerging Romanian performer and choreographer, currently based in Belgium and Romania. She studied at the Academy of Dance and Performance (CNDB) from 2019-2020, and between 2020-2022 she performed in various productions with The National Center of Dance Bucharest, as well as internationally, touring with Choreomaniacs by Simona Deaconescu. She hold a BA in Choreography from the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest, and graduated in July 2025 the three-year Training Cycle at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels.
Passionate about music and history, Waana Neagu explores the social and cultural dimensions that led to the emergence of various dance styles, from the 1960s to the present, and how these come to life in diverse communities. She is part of Romania’s first generation of freestyle street dancers and has played a key role in developing the local “street & club culture” scene by organizing hundreds of workshops, competitions, and events. Constantly active on the international scene, she has been teaching for over 15 years and continues to contribute to the growth and connection of dance communities.
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