Eighty Five Percent of What You Remember and the conference “Somatic Methods—Practice and Theory”
- Dance & performance
- Conference
- Recommended age 14+
2 hr
Info
About the performance
A body reacts, archives itself, and unarchives itself repeatedly in an attempt to survive; it metabolizes and transforms in a continuous dialogue with the surrounding reality, which is sometimes overwhelming. A body makes room for you in its imagination, which shapes it with every new breath and reshapes it with every new external stimulus. A body reminds you that the way you experience what unfolds before you constructs reality. A body opens warmly toward you, listening to its cellular breath and welcoming you into its space.
Eighty Five Percent of What You Remember was conceived as a space for observation and reflection, where attention gradually shifts from the stage to you, the viewer, and to your inner process. The solo explores themes of strangeness, pain, limits, and transformation, posing the question: to what extent can a performance provide a healing framework?
In its creation, a series of somatic methods, such as Body-Mind Centering, and psychological tools were explored, thus creating a direct link between art and psychology, a space for self-reflection for the audience, and a context for discussion about hybrid artistic formats and the role of art in society.
The performance emerged from research into the multiple impulses that influence the audience’s perception of a dance performance and how this process can be made visible. The research took place during the REEDANS residency, organized by the National Dance Center Bucharest in partnership with Fabrica de Pensule, Cluj, in 2019.
Since then, the performance has had several presentations, either in a one-to-one format (presented at the AREAL space) or in a one-to-all format for a small number of spectators. Currently, we are presenting a version aimed at the general public.
About the conference
Following the performance, after a short intermission, the conference “Somatic Methods: Practice and Theory” will take place, where choreographer Valentina de Piante and Cristina Lilienfeld will discuss with the audience the role of somatic methods in the creative and therapeutic processes.
Valentina De Piante and Cristina Lilienfeld propose a dialogue between two pillars of somatic disciplines, exploring the body as a cognitive tool and a space for self-discovery that bridges theory and practice, offering a framework where the fundamentals of neuroscience and art intersect with personal experience.
Valentina De Piante uses the Feldenkrais® Method (Awareness Through Movement) to guide attention toward the unknown body and its emotional knots, transforming movement into a political and social act.
Cristina Lilienfeld introduces Body-Mind Centering®, aiming to expand perception and foster genuine contact with internal messages, in order to cultivate the sensation of finally being “at home” in one’s own body.
The session is an invitation to move beyond theory and, through practice, access the deep mechanisms of learning and connection to one’s own cellular reality.
Performance Credits
Concept and choreography: Cristina Lilienfeld
Soundtrack: Alva Noto, Max Richter, Marian Cîtu
Light design: Alexandros Raptis
With the support of Cristian Iordache and Viktor Ruban
A production supported by the National Centre for Dance Bucharest
Biographies
Cristina Lilienfeld studied choreography and psychology, constantly seeking the point where the two disciplines intersect. In recent years, she has collaborated and continues to work with various choreographers and dancers, as well as visual artists and musicians, as part of several interdisciplinary artistic groups.
Her performances and collaborations have been presented on stages in Bucharest, across the country, and internationally. Over the past 15 years, she has presented/researched, performed, and taught in countries such as Portugal, Ghana, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Serbia, the US, Luxembourg, Norway, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, and China. She is currently a co-founding member of the AREAL Collective, and from 2015 to 2020 she was a member of the PETEC Association.
In 2024, Cristina began training in Body-Mind Centering®, a comprehensive somatic method created by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen.
In the workshops she leads, Cristina strives to highlight the authenticity inherent in every situation.
www.cristinalilienfeld.ro
Valentina De Piante is a choreographer who has lived in Romania for over 20 years. She was born in Udine, Italy, where she studied classical languages as well as classical and contemporary dance. She arrived in Romania in 1998, and the following year began her studies at UNATC, where she is now an associate professor with a Ph.D. in theater and the performing arts.
She is a choreographer, performer, independent artist, and co-director of AREAL; she supports European dance and pedagogy projects and is Romania’s first certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner. Her work is diverse, and among the projects she has created are those designed for children with special needs.
Over the years, she has worked with gifted children, elite athletes, students from vocational high schools, and seniors. She is the mother of three children. She is currently a co-founding member of the AREAL Collective. Both choreographers are co-directors of the C.R.E.S.C. program—“Creative, Education, Health, Research Network” (C.R.E.S.C.), a program of training, conferences, performances, and research for students at UNATC and UNIBUC, as well as for artists who will work in communities of children and adults with special needs. C.R.E.S.C. is a multi-year program organized by AREAL DANS and co-funded by AFCN.
“C.R.E.S.C. – Network for Creation, Education, Health, and Research” is a program co-funded by the National Cultural Fund Administration (AFCN) and developed in partnership with: the Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest, the National Dance Center Bucharest (CNDB), ARCUB, Bucharest City Hall, the “I.L. Caragiale” National University of Theater and Cinematography (UNATC), the University of Bucharest – Faculty of Psychology, the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center in Bucharest, Polish Institute in Bucharest, British Council, “Floria Capsali” Choreography High School, Dinu Lipatti National College of Arts, “Sf. Nicolae” Special Vocational School, Voila Psychiatric Hospital, “Eftimie Diamandescu” Psychiatric Hospital – Bălăceanca, Estuar Foundation, Entuziart Association, Rezidența 9, Scena9.
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The project does not necessarily represent the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or for how the project’s results may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the grant recipient.