Do you dance? Contemporary dance classes

Coordinated by Andreea Belu

For adults (beginners and intermediate)

Module III | 06.05 – 06.06.2026 |

Info

From May through June, dance classes for adults (beginners and intermediate) will continue with Module III. This module is open to both those who have completed the previous modules and those who have not participated before, regardless of age or prior physical training.

The module is led by Andreea Belu, an independent artist from Bucharest who has been active in contemporary dance and the performing arts since 2009.

Module Description Body for Movement. Movement for the Body

What changes within my own body when movement becomes a consistent, creative, and effective process? What kind of movement process do I need to become aware of and rediscover my bodily presence through sensations, to regain motor freedom and postural balance, and to exist in the space I share with others? Can I do this without giving up my own creativity, imagination, autonomy, and intimacy? Does movement alter my proprioception, my interaction with others, and my own ideas about what it means to move?

Questions we’ll answer together over 6 sessions. Together, we’ll also practice kinetic principles from various movement and dance techniques, related to posture, alignment, the relationship with gravity, static and dynamic balance, kinesthesia, and body awareness. We’ll work through improvisation and with pre-set movements. In a safe and gentle environment, where we have the time to try, discover, and question, regardless of our own experience with movement or dance.

General aspects | what you’ll learn in dance classes at CNDB:

notions about the body, motricity, the relationship with space, rhythm and energy that you put into each individual and group movement and action;
movement exercises found in contemporary dance techniques;
ways to express yourself freely, to formulate your own “voice” in movement, through choreographic exercises that use improvisation as a structured method of knowing and learning;
improving memory, mobility and muscle tone;
learning to analyse in order to “read” and relate more easily to a choreographic construction (moment or performance involving movement).

Additional benefits:

access to various information sources on contemporary dance, curated by a teacher
for the entire duration of the course, participants will benefit from a 50% discount on CNDB performances of the current season;
guided access to the CNDB media library resources (books, documents, periodicals and videos of international dance and performance performances, etc.);

Schedule
Classes for Module III will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on May 6, 13, 20, 27, and June 3, and on Saturday, June 6, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the National Dance Center in Bucharest. The workshop offers a series of six sessions open to everyone, regardless of their experience in contemporary dance.

Registration & Participation Fee
The subscription for the 6 sessions must be purchased exclusively online; proof of payment must be emailed to [email protected] by May 4, 2026.

Biography

Andreea Belu is a former choreographer and contemporary dancer who currently focuses on movement research. Her work is driven by an interest in cultivating individual and bodily awareness, and in developing bodily intelligence by preparing the body for a wide variety of movement patterns. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in choreography from the Faculty of Theater at the “I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theater and Film in Bucharest and a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, also in Bucharest. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at the doctoral school of the University of Theater Arts in Târgu Mureș.
She has consistently taught contemporary dance, Contact Improvisation, Pilates, and yoga for over 10 years. For 13 years, she has collaborated as a performer, teacher, choreographer, and student with the National Dance Center in Bucharest, the Gabriela Tudor Foundation, the 4Culture Association, Fabrica de Pensule, The Workshop Foundation (Hungary), North Karelia College (Finland), Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Germany), the University of Arts in Târgu Mureș, CiNETic – International Center for Education and Research in Innovative Creative Technologies, Tangaj Dance Collective, the German State Theater in Timișoara, the Matei Vișniec Theater in Suceava, and the Museum of Recent Art in Bucharest. She was co-coordinator of the +2017 project [on the body, love, and contemporary dance] and of the DanceCloud platform, curator and moderator of the public dialogue series “Present Histories in Uncomfortable Spaces,” and a co-founding member of the choreographic research space AREAL. She has created stage movement for theater productions, collaborating with institutions such as: the Szigligeti Theater in Oradea, the National Theater in Bucharest, the National Theater in Târgu Mureș, the Comedy Theater in Bucharest, the Metropolis Theater, the Matei Vișniec Theater in Suceava, and the Țăndărică Theater. From 2019 to 2024, she led the workshops in the series “What Kind of Body Do I Think With?”, which explored the connection between somatics, proprioception, and communication within artistic creation groups and amateur movement groups. She currently teaches in the educational programs of the National Dance Center in Bucharest (the Academy of Dance and Performance and the Performing Arts School for Children) and at the Film School, an educational project launched by director Florin Șerban, and is a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of the University of Theater Arts in Târgu Mureș. For her, movement is a direct and sincere way of connecting with people.

Main media partner
Radio Guerilla

Media partners
Zile și nopți, Scena9, Agerpress, Elle, Happ.ro, Liternet, TVR Cultural, Radio România Cultural, Revista Arta, The Institute, Zeppelin, ISCOADA, Feeder, Visit Bucharest, Ziarul Metropolis, IQads, Ceașca de Cultură, Modernism.ro, Haute Culture Magazine, munteanurecomanda.ro, Daily Magazine

06.05.2026

Wednesday

19:00

Wednesday

19:00