This week, the first stage of the “Duets Across Borders” project began at the National Dance Center Bucharest (CNDB), carried out as part of the Co-productions program of the European platform MOVING BALKANS – the regional contemporary dance platform. The project runs from 2024 to 2027 and is co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe program.
The co-production program is developed in collaboration with Art Link Foundation (Bulgaria), the platform’s main partner, and CNDB, bringing together four artists from Romania and Bulgaria: Mariana Gavriciuc and Simona Dabija (Romania), Elena Miroslavova and Deyan Georgiev (Bulgaria).
The first artistic residency takes place at CNDB and brings together Mariana Gavriciuc and Elena Miroslavova, who have begun a process of research and choreographic exploration in a duet format. This stage marks the beginning of an artistic dialogue built on negotiation, intercultural encounter, and exchange of practices, with an emphasis on collaboration and the development of original choreographic creations in shared working contexts.
The next stage of the project will take place in March at the Derida Dance Centre, where Simona Dabija and Deyan Georgiev will be working.
The project will conclude with public presentations of the works in April 2026 in Bucharest and Sofia. Subsequently, the creations will be included in the MOVING BALKANS showcase, organized between May 13 and 16, 2026, in Novi Sad, thus contributing to the international visibility of the artists involved and the promotion of contemporary dance in the Balkan region.
Project implemented with the financial support of the Creative Europe Program of the European Union and the National Culture Fund of Bulgaria.
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Moving Balkans partners: Albania Dance Meeting (AL), Art Link Foundation (BG), Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia (SI), Croatian Cultural Center Rijeka (HR), Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance (HR), DAN. C.CE UNITIVA (GR), EN–KNAP Productions (SI), Interart Culture Center (MK), Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture (SI), The National Center for Dance Bucharest (RO), Students’ Cultural Center Novi Sad (RS).
