Passing Through

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“Passing Through” is a performance that explores the concept of the transition between life and death, bringing to the forefront a profound perspective on human existence. The title is representative in its mother language because it has two symbolic meanings: first meaning Passing– from life to the after life, and the second meaning Racing– with the time, towards the end of our existance.

Life is portrayed as a space where human beings are gradually consumed by the physical and mental agitation and pressures of everyday existence, to the point of total exhaustion.

In contrast, the afterlife is presented as a release, a space of transcendence and absolute freedom, where the physical body is left behind, and the soul is free to float unrestricted in an environment where weightlessness and sensory experience become the guiding principles.

The performance invites the audience to reflect on the nature of the passage between life and death, offering the choreographer’s personal insight into these fundamental aspects of the human condition.

Biography Sofia Sitaru-Onofrei

Sofia graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Choreography from the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest. She completed her first year of a master’s program at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and later danced with the Jerusalem Dance Company. During her time in Israel, she worked with choreographers such as Noa Zuk, Shahar Binyamini, Pablo Girolami, Noa Shadur, and Eyal Nahum.

Sofia earned her master’s degree in choreographic creation at the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest in 2024.

 Currently, she collaborates as a performer with Platforma 13, Delazero and the National Center for Dance Bucharest, performing regularly in different productions in Bucharest and all over Romania.

Her most recent choreographic creation was for the production “De treci codrii”, directed by Eugen Gyemant, a co-production of the Andrei Mureșanu Theatre in Sfântu Gheorghe and the Godot Theatre in Bucharest.

Sofia is also the choreographer of the dissertation performance “ÎnTrecere”, which was presented as part of the “Teatrul de Joi” (Thursday Theatre) season at the Polytechnic University and during the “Dance, Art, Multidisciplinarity” (DAM) festival in Iași. This production won the award for Best Choreographic Creation at the UNATC 2024 “Graduates’ Gala.”

Sofia collaborated with the National Opera of Bucharest as a ballerina between 2019-2021 seasons.