Do you dance? Contemporary dance classes at the CNDB

Registration & participation fee:
To attend the course you need to send an email to by 3.03.2025 with proof of payment for the first module. Registration is valid following a confirmation email.

Number of participants: 15.
Places will be filled in order of registration.
The first module fee can be paid by clicking HERE.

*Access to the course is subject to full payment of the first module.

First module (8 sessions): 515 RON
Second module (6 sessions): 385 RON
Both modules (14 sessions): 850 RON

Coordinators biographies

Andreea Novac is an independent artist, choreographer and performer. She studied Psychology at the University of Bucharest and then Choreography at the National University of Theatrical and Cinematographic Arts “IL Caragiale” Bucharest (bachelor, master, doctorate). Her performances have been presented in various national and international contexts. She undergoes numerous professional training periods, participates in national and international residencies (France, Hungary, Luxembourg, Italy, Estonia, Holland, etc.), creates choreography for theater and film, works interdisciplinary, holds contemporary dance workshops for professionals and amateurs. She is co-founder of Developing Art Association established in 2017. She was coordinator of the Communication Department and artistic advisor at the National Dance Center Bucharest from 2008 – 2015, associate curator Bucharest International Dance Film Festival in 2020, artistic director of Caleido Festival in 2020, 2021, 2023. She is Areal associate artist since 2022. She constantly collaborates with independent artists and structures to support and develop projects in contemporary dance and performing arts. She received the prize for best choreography at the UNATC gala (master) in 2017 and the Prize for the contribution to contemporary dance awarded by the National Center for Dance Bucharest in 2020.

The workshop I propose is built around the idea of the body in movement as a complex space to be explored, a container of rich and diverse kinetic, affective, cognitive and social experiences. We will use guided improvisations, choreographic structures and practices to discover our own way of being in movement, but also how dance can bring us together and connect us. We will train our sensitivity and kinesthetic intelligence and discover multiple answers to the question “what moves us”. I would like our meetings to bring a better knowledge of our own body, to facilitate contexts for efficient, expressive, creative movement, to encourage new perspectives to approach, look at, understand, practice movement.
– Andreea Novac

Alexandra Mihaela Dancs, an independent artist from Bucharest, has been active in the field of contemporary dance and performing arts since 2004. She has studied with choreographers such as Florin Fieroiu, Eduard Gabia, Valentina De Piante, Pascal Allio, David Zambrano, DD Dorvillier, Benoît Lachambre, Ko Murobushi, Keith Hennessy, Jonathan Burrows, Miguel Gutierrez, Vera Mantero, Meg Stuart, Deborah Hay. She was danceWeb fellow at the ImpulsTanz Vienna festival in 2010 and 2012. She has danced in works by Pascal Allio, Cătălina Gubandru, Florin Flueraș, Rui Catalao, Mădălina Dan, Vava Ștefănescu, Doris Uhlich, Florin Fieroiu, among others. He has created contemporary dance performances that have been presented on the local and international scene, in festivals such as Temps d’Images, Like CNDB, Bucharest Fringe, Teszt, Explore Dance Festival, Homefest, FNT. Since 2022 she has been collaborating with Vlad Benescu and co-created “Luați de VAL…s”, “Somatic Freaks 1.0”, “Tura de noapte” and “Somatic Freaks – Revolution of Proprioceptors”. Since 2019 he is part of the performative musical project “pj.lo & the accidentals” by Jean Lorin Sterian. She choreographed, acted and danced in the theater performances “Lizica” (2023) by Alex Tocilescu and “Dreamz” (2024) by Robert Bălan. Between 2021 and 2024 she was an AREAL associate artist. She has guided movement and dance workshops since 2009. She has guided movement and dance workshops since 2009. She conceived “All for Endorphins”, a program produced by CNDB for all dance enthusiasts, running from 2016 to 2023. In 2014 she received the Award of Excellence from CNDB for her contribution to the construction of contemporary dance, and in 2024, the Special Jury Award for bodily expressivity at the Bucharest Fringe Festival. For several years, Alexandra has dedicated herself with the same passion she has for dance, to surfing.

We lose the connection with our own bodies, we set false boundaries for all sorts of reasons and we feel that dancing is not for us. In fact, dance is for everyone. It’s a tool for learning, self-awareness and relating to the world around us, within everyone’s reach. In this workshop we will acquire theoretical notions and basic movement techniques specific to contemporary dance, through exercises, guided improvisations and short choreographic sequences accessible to all to discover a personal physicality based on each one’s experience and individuality, with an emphasis on authenticity rather than on approaching a particular movement vocabulary or aesthetic. Over time we will see not only improvements in posture, flexibility, physical endurance, coordination, balance and energy levels, but also a transformation in the way we interact with the reality in which we live.
– Alexandra Mihaela Dancs

Supported by
Ministerul Culturii, Cinema Union, Cărturești, 1000 de Chipuri, 5 to go

Main media partner
Radio Guerilla

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