⟢ Concept and choreography: Cristina Lilienfeld
⟢ Created and performed with: Dorota Michalak, Wura Moraes, Maëlle Laurent
⟢ Dramaturgy: Andreea Novac
⟢ Live sound: Maëlle Laurent
⟢ Visual elements: Alina Ușurelu
⟢ Light design: Dragoș Mărgineanu

Media partners: Bookhub, Clivaj, CVLTARTES, Happ.ro, Life.ro, Matca Literară, Observator Cultural, Palindrom, București FM, Radio România Cultural, Radio România Internațional, Revista Psyche, Subversiv, Zeppelin, Zile și Nopți.

A performance about memory, vulnerability, and the body as the locus of our experiences. Event held in English.

⟢ Concept and choreography: Cristina Lilienfeld
⟢ Created and performed with: Dorota Michalak, Wura Moraes, Maëlle Laurent
⟢ Dramaturgy: Andreea Novac
⟢ Live sound: Maëlle Laurent
⟢ Visual elements: Alina Ușurelu
⟢ Light design: Dragoș Mărgineanu

Media partners: Bookhub, Clivaj, CVLTARTES, Happ.ro, Life.ro, Matca Literară, Observator Cultural, Palindrom, București FM, Radio România Cultural, Radio România Internațional, Revista Psyche, Subversiv, Zeppelin, Zile și Nopți.

The C.R.E.S.C. Festival marks the culminating event of C.R.E.S.C. – Network for Creation, Education, Health and Research, a two-year programme developed by AREAL and its partners between February 2025 and November 2026.

Over the course of two years, the project has fostered a community of care, responsibility and creativity, grounded in meaningful relationships between people with psychiatric diagnoses, children with special needs, parents, caregivers, teachers, therapists, medical professionals, artists, students, pupils and the wider public. The network brought together cultural organisations, universities, psychiatric hospitals, special education schools and social NGOs around four key pillars: education and mental health, professional development, art as a space for community reflection, and inclusive creation.

Throughout the programme, participants engaged in therapeutic and creative interventions in hospitals and social care institutions, multidisciplinary conferences, transdisciplinary laboratories, dissemination workshops, psycho-educational research, international residencies and training programmes, as well as a series of performative works developed together with partner communities.

The C.R.E.S.C. Festival showcases the outcomes of this process through performances, participatory installations and professional gatherings that address themes such as inclusion, mental health, motherhood, ageing, and the relationship between art and care. Bringing together artists, researchers, educators, healthcare practitioners and programme participants, the festival creates a space for dialogue and reflection on participatory artistic practices and their social impact.

The festival continues and expands the work developed by the partner organisations AREAL, IndieBox and Entuziart, contributing to the consolidation of an interdisciplinary framework at a moment when expressive and creative therapies are beginning to gain greater recognition in Romania.

PROGRAM

31 August, 1, 2 September 2026 (19:00 – 21:00) | Rezidența9

mind moving
Participatory performative installation

10 September 2026 (19:00 – 21:00) | National Center for Dance Bucharest (CNDB)

Polyphony of Gestures
An inclusive performance developed together with participants from the programme’s partner communities.

25 September 2026 (19:00 – 21:00) | ARCUB – Hanul Gabroveni

The Bodies Where We Meet
A performative work developed within the C.R.E.S.C. programme, exploring the body as a space of encounter, vulnerability and belonging.

26 September 2026 | ARCUB – Hanul Gabroveni | 10:30

International Conference: “Dancing from Inclusivity towards Complexity”

10:30 – 10:40        Intruduction and Welcome Rector Prof.univ.dr. Liviu Lucaci and Vice-rector for research and development Associate professor Alexandru Berceanu 

Panel 1/ Dissemination of Results C.R.E.S.C. team and partners

10:40 – 10:55        Lecturer professor Valentina De Piante (UNATC): Research The Body as Instrument of Inclusion and Associate professor Sara Santilli (Unipd-Padova / joins online)

10:55 – 11:05        University Lecturer, PhD. Loredana Pătrășcoiu: Case studies Școala Specială Sf. Nicolae

Impact of the Project:

11:05 – 11:20        UNATC Students, department Choreography: C.R.E.S.C. inclusive programs 

11:20 – 11:30       Madalina Constantin, Teacher, Psychologist, Sf. Nicolae Special School Representative
11:30 – 11:40       Amedeea Enache – Executive Director Estuar Foundation
11:40 – 11:50       Q&A

Moderators: Alexandra Bălășoiu & Loredana Larionescu

Panel 2 / International Studies IT

11:50 – 12:00        Domenico Valenza, Deputy Director of the Italian Institute of Culture
12:00 – 12:15        Carla Bottiglieri Dance/ movement researcher and somatic educator, Rolfing practitioner and Body-Mind Centering teacher and Thomas Greil – Somatic rehabilitation and movement therapist – director of Body-Mind Centering trainings
12:15 – 12:30        Matteo Maffesant, Director and filmmaker, co-founder of Elevator Bunker collective – ”Rethinking Cultural Accessibility: Practices of Co-Creation in the Creative Process and Audience Engagement” (Translator Silvia Niculae / joins online)
12:30 – 12:40 Q&A

Moderators: Alexandra Bălășoiu & Loredana Larionescu

*Break 30 min*

Panel 3 / International Studies UK/ RO/ HU

13:10 – 13:20          Rarița Zbranca, Programme Director, Cluj Cultural Center
13:20 – 13:30          Jonathan Meth, Lecturer and Curator/Director @ The Fence Network
13:30 – 13:40          Olga Macrinici
13:40 – 13:50          Katye Coe – Freelance Dance Worker and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (joins online)
13:50 – 14:00          Dorka Farkas (HU), Choreographer and President of Artman association

14:00 – 14:10          Conclusions
14:10 – 14:30 Q&A

Moderators: Alexandra Bălășoiu & Loredana Larionescu
 

*LUNCH BREAK and NETWORKING*

27 September 2026 (19:00 – 21:00) | ARCUB – Hanul Gabroveni

moving [m]others
A performative work exploring experiences of motherhood, care and transformation.

Throughout the festival, audiences and professionals will also be invited to informal gatherings, research presentations, discussions and networking activities dedicated to practitioners working across the fields of art, education, healthcare and social intervention.

C.R.E.S.C. – Network of Creation, Education, Health, Research is a program co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN) and developed in partnership with Institutul Italian de Cultură din București, Centrul Național al Dansului București (CNDB), ARCUB, Universitatea Națională de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică „I.L.Caragiale” (UNATC), Universitatea din București – Facultatea de Psihologie, Institutul Liszt – Centrul Cultural Maghiar București, Institutul Polonez din București, British Council, Liceul de coregrafie „Floria Capsali”, Școala Profesională Specială „Sf. Nicolae”, Spitalul de Psihiatrie Voila, Spitalul de Psihiatrie „Eftimie Diamandescu” – Bălăceanca, Fundația Estuar, Asociația Entuziart, Rezidența 9, Scena9.

Parteneri media: Bookhub, Clivaj, CVLTARTES, Happ.ro, Life.ro, Matca Literară, Observator Cultural, Palindrom, București FM, Radio România Cultural, Radio România Internațional, Revista Psyche, Subversiv, The Institute, Zeppelin, Zile și Nopți.

Thank you!

We are building a network of cooperation between cultural organizations, universities ( The National University of Theatre and Film UNATC and UNIBUC- Faculty of Psychology ), psychiatric hospitals, special schools, social NGOs, around four main pillars: I. Education and mental health; II. Professional development; III. Art as a space for reflection in the community; IV. Inclusive creation.

Among the project’s activities – through which we want to stimulate both artists and professional staff but also the audience which participates to our events – we will organize therapeutic – creative interventions at two psychiatric hospitals and a Foundation that cares for persons with psychiatric diagnoses, multidisciplinary conferences in educational spaces, performances in the halls of universities, special schools and high schools, a psychoeducational research which can be shared to all parties involved afterwards, workshops for the dissemination of practices in communities of pupils, students and artists, transdisciplinary and inclusive laboratories, participation of our team and collaborating artists in art residencies and international training programs, followed by the dissemination of information to the specialized public in Bucharest, the presentation of 6 performative works hosted by our project partners and finally, the organization of the C.R.E.S.C festival hosted by ARCUB, CNDB, Rezidenţa9 in September 2026 as the official closing of the project.

The project comes as an organic continuation of the initiatives and programs carried out by the partner organizations AREAL, Indiebox and Entuziart and we believe that it is the most complex and complete form through which the interests of the team converge. Moreover, we believe that the timing is also opportune, given the fact that we witness in Romania the first Government’s and Ministry of Health’s initiatives which would regulate expressive-creative therapies, so indispensable when we talk about the real help that patients with mental illnesses or disabilities, as well as their relatives or related medical personnel, can receive.

C.R.E.S.C. – Network of Creation, Education, Health, Research is a program co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN) and developed in partnership with Institutul Italian de Cultură din București, Centrul Național al Dansului București (CNDB), ARCUB, Universitatea Națională de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică „I.L.Caragiale” (UNATC), Universitatea din București – Facultatea de Psihologie, Institutul Liszt – Centrul Cultural Maghiar București, Institutul Polonez din București, British Council, Liceul de coregrafie „Floria Capsali”, Școala Profesională Specială „Sf. Nicolae”, Spitalul de Psihiatrie Voila, Spitalul de Psihiatrie „Eftimie Diamandescu” – Bălăceanca, Fundația Estuar, Asociația Entuziart, Rezidența 9, Scena9.

Parteneri media: Bookhub, Clivaj, CVLTARTES, Happ.ro, Life.ro, Matca Literară, Observator Cultural, Palindrom, București FM, Radio România Cultural, Radio România Internațional, Revista Psyche, Subversiv, The Institute, Zeppelin, Zile și Nopți.

Thank you!

“Instead of knowing” offers a doorway into the creative process of Asia Dębska and Aniela Turkot. We invite you to have a look into a two-headed dragon’s maws. You don’t know what that means? Don’t worry. Knowing anything is not required this evening. We appreciate not knowing. We see the state of uncertainty not as something shameful but as a starting point to expand our understanding of the world. Where there are no answers, we look for symbols. We will show you how we deal with reality using, what we call, somatic superstitions. You will have a chance to see what this means, talk with the artists, and explore the inspirations behind this research.

Asia Dębska and Aniela Turkot are polish performance artists who graduated this year from the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Bytom. They work independently as actresses, dancers, performers and creators. For this research they are joining forces to explore latest interests in their practices. They are at the beginning of their careers engaging with different aspects of performing arts, currently staying in Bucharest for an ERASMUS internship with AREAL collective. 

The event is free of charge, interested person can register at email areal@arealcolectiv.ro or directly to the registration link

The event 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 is organised with the support of the 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 through 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗨𝗕 – 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.

Saturday, October 4, 2025 | 11 AM & 5 PM

𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 is an outdoor performance that combines dance and sound. It invites audiences and passers-by to see their city and the people around them in a new way. Together with choreographers Pascal Merighi and Thusnelda Mercy, six local performers from Bucharest – Cristina Lilienfeld, Eva Danciu, Ema Alexandrescu, Tamara Găgeatu, Robert Popa și Cosmin Manolescu – guide the audience on a sound-walk dance journey through the streets of Bucharest.

The show is based on a special sound composition created by the artist Mikel. R.Nietto (Spain) and takes place on the route – departure Goethe Institute Bucharest, Calea Dorobanti 32, Str. Ernest Broșteanu, Str. Polonă, Bdul. Dacia, Parcul Ioanid, Parcul Gradina Icoanei. At the end, everyone gathers in the courtyard of Rezidența9, str. I.L.Caragiale no. 32, for a glass of wine and a discussion session. Here, the artists and the audience can exchange impressions, feelings and questions.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸
To participate, people only need headphones, a smartphone with internet and geolocation, and the event’s QR code. Through a simple app, the city of Bucharest is displayed on a map with different sound zones. When participants enter one of these zones, a specific sound begins to be heard. In this way, the route from the Goethe Institute Bucharest to Rezidenţa9, two emblematic cultural institutions of Bucharest, becomes a special listening and walking experience.

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Emotional Sound Walk will premiere on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟴 with two performances 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭 𝗔𝗠 & 𝟱 𝗣𝗠.
We meet on the platform in front of the Goethe Institute Bucharest, Calea Dorobanti 32, where the technical and artistic team provides technical assistance and guidance. For approximately 60 minutes, each spectator present on the journey can create their own sound and spatial experience and become part of the show. Passers-by also have a surprising and creative encounter with the dance and sound of the city. No reservation is required for this show. If you have any questions, you can contact us at cosmin@arealcolectiv.ro, mobile 0722 322 366.

A second series of performances will take place on October 4th, at 11:00 and 17:00 on the same performance route.

𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸
concept: Thusnelda Mercy & Pascal Merighi (Germany)
choreography: Pascal Merighi together with the performers
performers: Cristina Lilienfeld, Eva Danciu, Ema Alexandrescu, Tamara Găgeatu, Robert Popa, Cosmin Manolescu
sound universe: Mikel. R.Nieto (Spain)
management: Cosmin Manolescu
production: Sabina Popescu
photo: Cornel Brad
visual layout: Bogdan Ceaușescu
duration: approx. 60 – 70 minutes

𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 is a performance by AREAL and Tanz Station Barner Bahnoff Wuppertal as part of the choreographic exchange program “Moving Encounters Wuppertal- Bucharest”, a component of the AREAL European Choreographic Program, a project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund and realized with the support of the Bucharest City Hall through ARCUB – the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Bucharest and Rezidenta9. The project does not necessarily represent the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the program or for the way in which the results of the program may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding beneficiary. Media partner: Zile si Nopti.

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?

“Game of Life”, 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.

“Game 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 not… 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.” (Corina Șuteu, 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. 

𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦: 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
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 Ușurelu
object design: Maria Mandea
duration: aprox. 120 minute
produced by: Gabriela Tudor Foundation, in the frame of What’s 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

a lecture-performance by Giselda Ranieri (IT)

20 February, 19:00 

I SCREAM – Performative Methodology is the final presentation of a three-week residency in Bucharest. This event will take the form of a lecture-performance, where Italian choreographer Giselda Ranieri will share her artistic research on the relationship between body and voice within the spectrum of laughter and crying. Through a combination of videos, images, and live performative demonstrations, she will illustrate her technique and methodology, offering the audience an immersive experience into her creative process. This evening is not just a presentation but an invitation to witness and engage with a practice that explores the fluidity of emotional states, the plasticity of the body-voice, and the transformative power of movement. 

The lecture-performance is free of charge, all people interested should book their place by making a reservation by email at areal@arealcolectiv.ro or WhatsApp number 0722.322.366

Giselda Ranieri is an eclectic and expressive dancer and choreographer specialised in Multimedia Production/Live Performing Arts and instant composition. Her creations often play between real/ fake autobiography with irony on live and digital stages. In Italy, she received support from different festivals, National theatres, MIBAC and she is Associate Artist at Gruppo E-Motion. She studied MA Performing Arts and Dance at DAMS in the historical Alma Mater Studiorum University (Bologna). Since 2010 she collaborates as dancer with ALDES/ Roberto Castello. She collaborates with Cosmin Manulescu for the triennial european project EMOTIONAL Rethinking Dance and the piece Fragile that toured in Europe and United States. Interested in public spaces project she co-created the participatory HO(ME) with the ItalianTunisian collective Corps Citoyen and her instant composed dance and music based project BLIND DATE toured in venues like Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence). She teaches in academies and institutions such as, Brera (Milan), Alma Artis Academy (Pisa), Accademia Nazionale di Roma, Balletto di Roma, CCNN Nantes. She is interested in embodied memories, poetry of gesture and real/fake autobiography. In December 2024, her last dance and voice production duet ICE_SCREAM premiered in Rome at Teatri di Vetro Festival. This production deepens Ranieri’s interest in an integration of the body, voice and the emotional in dance art and performance practice. https://giseldaranieri.com

The lecture-performance I SCREAM is organised part of the AREAL residencies 2025, offered in partnership by AREAL and Italian Cultural Institute Bucharest in the frame of the project European Choreographic AREAL, project co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The programme does not necessarily represent the standpoint of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN cannot be held liable for the content of the programme or the manner in which the outcomes of the programme may be used. These shall devolve entirely on the beneficiary of the financing. 

The I SCREAM residency in Bucharest is organised with the financial support of Cultures Moves Europen, program co-funded by European Union. This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. 

with the participation of: Adora Tănăse, Alexandra Petcu, Alexandra Alina Popa, Alina Tofan, Alis Nina,  Andreea Ionela, Ana Maria Cononovici, Catalin Munteanu, Catrina Prager, Catrinel Teodora Lazar, Cristina Antochi, Diana Bratu, Diana Zavalaș, Eliza Marin, Maia Axinte, Raluca Nancu, Sara Ciolpan, Octavian Preda

What brings us together? 
How do bodies meet?
What drives us beyond the body?

Vibrant center of our sensory experience, the body responds to the environment and is shaped by it, weaving a unique intelligence. Treasure chest of personal memory that intertwines with the collective one is a kaleidoscope of lived moments revealed through the dance.

The two Italian choreographers – Maruska Ronchi & Ilaria Verga – will present a restitution of the creative process of a collective and participatory creation with a group of 18 people with different ages, genders, and background in the frame of an artistic residency AREAL 2024. The residency Corpo Vivo, who took place in Bucharest between November 2-14, will end with a informal presentation & performance on 15 November, 19.00 at the Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest, Aleea Alexandru street 41. The participation to the performance is free of charge, reservation is compulsory, please book your place at email areal@arealcolectiv.ro.

Corpo Vivo | Corp Viu is a research project supported by AREAL in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest in the frame of AREAL Residencies 2024, project co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN cannot be held liable for the content of the programme or the manner in which the outcomes of the programme may be used. These shall devolve entirely on the beneficiary of the financing.

Part of the AREAL Residency 2024 programme, two Italian Artists Maruska Ronchi and Ilaria Vergani, will offer a dance workshop & performance experience to a group of 10-12 people based in Bucharest for a collective and participatory creative process on the theme “What brings us together”. The aim of this workshop is to create a dynamic and collaborative space where Romanian participants work together to explore the theme and develop new artistic ideas and choreographies. The most important will be the process that will be shared step by step with all participants, and it will end a site-specific performance presented at the Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest as a final presentation of the Corpo Vivo residency.

What brings bodies together? What collective needs do we have today and how can we raise awareness in our bodies? What physical forces are we subject to, time, gravity? What anthropological, cultural and social forces are we subject to? How do these forces affect us and change our bodies? How can we return to the “wild” within us to liberate, transform, unite? How is the nervous system of an adult who lived through the 90s in Romania different from a teenager today who spends a lot of time on social media, how does she react to movement, how do her archetypes influence her? What can we learn from different bodies/biographies? In this era of hyper globalization which constantly contradicts itself on the question of identity and borders where the need to belong is of purely economic interest, it is interesting to return to the wild/body to distinguish what truly brings us together and unites us from those instincts finally imposed by the system.

The body is the primary element through which we interact with the world, serving as the centre of our perceptual experience. The body (leib) as a living body is the body that responds to experience and is shaped by it. It possesses its own intelligence, a personal memory, but also a collective one. The body is like a treasure chest of memories that can be opened through movement and dance. In an increasingly complex society, where an overwhelming multitude of information travels at the speed of light, taking a step back, pausing, lingering, withdrawing, contemplating, and listening to oneself can be a revolutionary act. (Maruska & Ilaria).

FACILITATORS

The two facilitators of the workshop – Maruska Ronchi and Ilaria Vergani – are experienced professional dancers and choreographer based in Italy who will guide the creative process, offers technical suggestions, and help to maintain a collaborative and respectful environment. They may also provide specific tools and techniques to enhance the participants’ skills and facilitate the creative process. The workshop fosters a strong sense of community and mutual support. Sharing ideas and being open to others’ opinions are essential for the success of collective creation. Each participant is encouraged to contribute actively and support their peers. The workshop will take place in English. 

PARTICIPANTS & REGISTRATION

We are looking for a diverse group of 10-12 people with different ages, gender, ethnicities, and experiences. The project is open to artists, dancers, movers, actors, as well as people with any kind of experience. We are looking for people interested in a creative process. If you are looking for an inspiring and transformative experience that encourages collaboration and experimentation, leading to the creation of new and original dance works, this workshop is for you. Please register to the email areal@arealcolectiv.ro by October 25 with a short letter of interest mentioning age, profession and interest. If you have questions, please contact Cosmin Manolescu at cosmin@arealcolectiv.ro.

All participants should be available for the whole duration of the workshop as follows

Saturday 2 November, Sunday 3 November | 11h-17h00 with lunch break (1h), AREAL space 

Friday 8 November | 18.00 – 21.00, AREAL space 

Saturday 9 November and Sunday 10 November – – AREAL space | 11h-17h00 with lunch break (1h), AREAL space 

Wednesday 13 November & Thursday 14 November – rehearsals (time will be agreed later) – Italian Cultural Institute

Friday 15 November – final site-specific performance | 18 – 21 – Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest

Corpo Vivo workshop & final performance are part of the two-week AREAL residency 2024 offered to Italian choreographers Maruska Ronchi and Ilaria Vergani, jointly co-organised by AREAL and Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest, cultural project co-funded by Administration of National Cultural Fund. The programme does not necessarily represent the standpoint of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN cannot be held liable for the content of the programme or the manner in which the outcomes of the programme may be used. These shall devolve entirely on the beneficiary of the financing.

photos : Paolo Gabrieli