The practice of dance is about thinking and feeling with the body, about using its capacities as sensors, but also as means of expression.
Jan Burkhardt
Jan Burkhardt is a dancer, choreographer, musician and facilitator. He is a German artist and international educator, a connector of people and institutions from different geographical spaces. Jan is the one who has supported the Romanian contemporary dance scene by coordinating the workshop program of the CNDB Academy of Dance and Performance and the one thanks to whom the Academy has benefited from the presence of international teachers. He came to Bucharest on October 1st to participate in the launch of the second edition of the Academy and will return in February to teach young dancers.
Creator: Luana Pleșea
Producer: Gabriela Mitan
Host: Andra Petrariu
Dance Diary, part of the broadcast “Orașul vorbește”, is the result of a collaboration between the CNDB Academy of Dance and Performance and Radio Romania Cultural.
The Academy of Dance and Performance is part of the South-East European Dance Stations (SEEDS) project, coordinated by the National Center for Dance Bucharest and carried out in partnership with the Brain Store Project Foundation (Sofia) and Stanica – Service for Contemporary Dance (Belgrade) in the period between 2022 and 2025. The SEEDS project is co-financed by the European Union through the Creative Europe program. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.