Thursday, SEPt 5 / 16:00 & 18:00
Friday, Sept 6 / 14:00
Meeting Point: Romanian National Opera
* The guided tours last for about 60 minutes each and will be held in Romanian. Participation is free of charge. To reserve a spot, please fill the form above.
In 2021, the National Center of Dance Bucharest proposed, within the “Bodies and (in)visible stories” project, a series of performative tours guided by contemporary dance artists, thus mediating physical and affective links with Bucharest’s choreographic memory.
Maintaining the same format, the three guided tours from BIDFF #10 connect participants with the spaces in Bucharest where choreographer Adina Cezar trained, danced and created, on a route that starts at the Bucharest National Opera House and ends at the National Theatre Bucharest, placing them on a broader map of the artistic initiatives, attitudes and approaches that have contributed to the development of the Romanian choreographic area.
“We were a wild group” is an excerpt from a broader response by choreographer Adina Cezar to a question about the artistic rationale and the cultural context in which the Contemp Group emerged. Starting from this very statement, the guided tours coagulate temporalities and events and frame them within a broader construction of Romanian dance, to which Adina Cezar made a relevant contribution.
With thanks to Corina Cimpoieru, Andreea Duță, Alina Lazar Iacov. The event is organized in partnership with the CNDB Archive.
About Andreea Novac (RO)
Andreea Novac is a choreographer and performer based in Bucharest, Romania. Born in 1981, she graduated Psychology (BA) and Choreography (BA, MA, PhD) at National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest. She started making her own work in 2008 and some of her performances were presented in various national and international contexts. She participates regularly in dance, research, composition, and improvisation workshops in Europe. Artistic residencies in Great Britain, Estonia, Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Luxembourg, France, Ireland, and Romania. She received a series of scholarships to participate in the movement research workshops in Italy and Germany and regularly teaches classes for professional and amateur dancers, actors and works in theatre and film. She is the co-founder of Developing Art Association and worked as an artistic consultant within National Dance Centre Bucharest, co-curated Bucharest International Dance Film Festival in 2020 and was the artistic director of Caleido Festival in 2020, 2021, 2023. Since 2022 she has been an associated artist at Areal. She received the best choreography award for her MA graduation work offered by the National University of Theatre and Film Bucharest and The Excellence Award offered by National Dance Centre Bucharest for her contribution to the development of contemporary dance in Romania.