๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จย ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด,ย ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐บย ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆย ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉย ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ดย ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ,ย ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ,ย ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ-๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ,ย ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญย ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ,ย ๐บ๐ฐ๐จ๐ขย ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉย ๐๐ท๐ข,ย ๐ข๐ช๐ณย ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฆ๐ค๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ด๐บย ๐ฐ๐งย ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ,ย ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ดย ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ,ย ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด,ย ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ดย ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณย ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด,ย ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆย ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด.ย ๐๐ฆ๐น๐ตย ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ:ย ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆย ๐ฐ๐งย ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.ย ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ชย ๐๐ณ๐ตย ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ.
The international premiere of Game of Life, the last project created by Cosmin Manolescu, co-director AREAL, will take place in th Frei Arts Festival in Freiburg in the frame of European Choreographic AREAL, an exchange program proposed by AREAL in partnership with Studio Pro Arte, cultural project co-funded by Administration of the National Cultural Fund in Romania.
In a fragmented world in which we experience a decresing respect for life and individuality, we must find ways to live with other people, emotions and ongoing challenges. What is next in our lives? How can we enjoy the present moment? Do you like to dance? Have you ever thought about how you would like your life to end? How can we take better care of our body and soul?
โGame of Lifeโ, the workshop & performative experience led by Cosmin Manolescu (RO) between September 15 – 18, is an opportunity to reflect to some of these questions, have an authentic dance experience and think together about life and death, moving through light and shadows. The workshop will conclude on September 18, when the participants, together with artists Eva and Cosmin, and the audience will share the stage dancing together. For more information please click here.
โGame of Life is an intersection of dance, moments of mindfulness, touch and distance and maybe more. You decide to participate or not, to move or not, to connect to the other or not, to touch or notโฆ Over the course of an hour and a half, an intensity of the temperature of connection between the participants is released that becomes palpable. Even as a witness, you feel it. Above all, a thought is transmitted: we are so alone and, at the same time, so connected to each other. If I had to enclose what I saw under a few anchor words, they would be: openness, candor, curiosity, longing. In the truest sense of the word, it is a performance about the other, about the inclusions and exclusivities in our lives, about the way we see ourselves and others, about invisible barriers in relationships and about the intense need to overcome them. The performance is also an invitation to the viewer to create their own story, one in which loss and love, meeting and parting play out endlessly. Exactly like in life.โ (Corina ศuteu, article for Magazine 22, July
+16. Game of Life includes moments of interaction between performers and the audience and can generate moments with emotional impact.
๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ: ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ
concept & artistic direction: Cosmin Manolescu
choreography & performance: Eva Danciu, Cosmin Manolescu
with: Eva Danciu, Cosmin Manolescu and the participants to the workshop “Game of Life”
soundscape: Lala Misosniky
video: Ioana Buraga, Alina Uศurelu
object design: Maria Mandea
duration: aprox. 120 minute
produced by: Gabriela Tudor Foundation, in the frame of Whatโs Next – European platform for research and creation, cultural program co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund and European Union – Creative Europe. The project was developed during several residencies supported by AREAL, AgitLab & Improvise & Organise Association (2024), OM Choreographic Center Cluj-Napoca (2025).
COSMIN MANOLESCU is a choreographer, designer of performative experience, community builder and
artistic director of Serial Paradise Company / Gabriela Tudor Foundation and co-director of AREAL, based in
Bucharest (RO). He is currently interested in cross-border cultural exchange, experiments and artistic
innovation, leading a series of international projects taking place across world, organising residencies
projects, teaching and coaching young artists across borders and creating projects that challenge the
artists and audience in Romania and beyond. Since 1997, Cosmin Manolescu played an important role in the
development of contemporary dance in Romania and in the creation of National Dance Centre Bucharest
(2004) and AREAL – space for choreographic development (since 2020).
photo credit : Razvan Precup
