CNDB x Moving Balkans: Empowering a New Generation of Choreographers
- anjapiabiscak
- Apr 29
- 1 min read
The National Center for Dance Bucharest (CNDB), in collaboration with the Moving Balkans platform, successfully hosted a dynamic Workshop for Choreography from 7–12 April 2025. This intensive program aimed to foster cross-border artistic dialogue and to support the growth of contemporary dance in Southeast Europe.
The workshop gathered 24 emerging choreographers and dancers from Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Greece, North Macedonia, Türkiye, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo*, and Romania. Structured as a masterclass, the workshop offered comprehensive approach to interdisciplinary techniques, choreographic composition and text, visual dramaturgy, and artistic research methods.
Photo: Claudiu Popescu
Sessions were led by acclaimed mentors including:
Patricia Apergi (Greece), Choreographer and director of Aerites Dance Company
Rita Góbi (Hungary), Choreographer, teacher, and founder of Góbi Dance Company
Joanna Leśnierowska (Poland), Independent artist, curator, choreographer, and visual dramaturg
Mădălina Dan (Romania), Choreographer, performer, and dance educator
Simona Deaconescu (Romania), Choreographer and film director
Beyond the studio, participants explored CNDB’s extensive dance archive in the Mediateque, guided by curator Corina Cimpoieru, and took part in DANCEtalk—a public dialogue event featuring leading artists and thinkers discussing the role of movement as knowledge in today’s society.
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
