Memetics

Concept & choreography: Sergiu Diță
Choreography assistance: Anca Stoica
Performers: Eva Danciu, Oana Jipa, Fatma Mohamed, Sofia Sitaru-Onofrei & Anca Stoica
Dramaturgy: Ioana Toloargă
Sound Design: RAW Creatives
Music: Daniel Stănciucu, Adrian Piciorea, David Cristian, Robert Găgeată
Costume designer: Larisa Petcuț

Biography

Sergiu Diță (1999) is an emerging performer and choreographer working in the independent area. His artistic practice focuses on using pop culture as an element of social critique; thematically he is interested in investigating gender stereotypes. In his own performances – “NEO-KITSCH” (2021), “MANUAL” (2023), “MEMETICS” (2024) – he uses the technique of “manifesto-collage-recitative”, which involves critical exposition of the subject, collage of quotations, socio-cultural clichés and text. His research involves processes of recycling, sampling and remixing. The performance “MANual” won the Grand Prix at the Festival-Competition “D-butan-t” (2023) and was selected for the Mittelyoung 2024 festival.
Sergiu Diță graduated from the Bachelor’s and Master’s program of the National University of Theatrical and Cinematographic Arts “I. L. Caragiale” Bucharest, Choreographic Art section and the Academy of Dance and Performance (CNDB).
Together with Anca Stoica they work as an artistic duo under the name Platforma 13, an independent initiative dedicated to transdisciplinary experimentation. Their performances: “Pop Recycling Body Work” (2022) & “Balkan Ballerinas” (2024) are about a reactive body that attacks prejudices, normative patterns and geographical, political and cultural demarcations.
Choreography and stage movement for theater performances: “Central Center” (directed by Irisz Kovacs), “Individual Composed” (directed by Andrei Măjeri), “The Dream” (directed by Dragoș Alexandru Mușoiu), “My Own” (directed by Raul Coldea), “A Child on a Liter of Gasoline” (directed by Irisz Kovacs).

The performance is the result of the Festival-Competition “D-butan-t”, organized by the “Andrei Mureșanu” Theatre Sfântu Gheorghe and the Constanta State Theatre, with the support of the National Dance Centre Bucharest (CNDB), 7th edition, whose Grand Prize was won by choreographer Sergiu Diță.

Co-production
The National Center for Dance (CNDB), Theatre “Andrei Mureșanu” Sfântu Gheorghe.

Supported by
Ministry of Culture, Aerowaves, Creative Europe, Starea Naţiei, Odeon Theatre, Bucharest National Theatre, CINETic (UNATC), LINOTIP – Independent Choreographic Center, Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest, Goethe-Institute Bucharest, Cinema Union, Cărturești, 1000 de Chipuri, 5 to go

Main media partner
Radio Guerilla

Media partners
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