HARMONIC MOTION DANCE PACK

Additionally, the work based on choreographic composition aims to improve the ability to memorize quickly, adapt to a different body logic by respecting the elements that make up movement phrases: points of contact with the floor, points of orientation of the body in space, movement quality, and the timing of each action.

Upon assimilating the movement phrases, the perspective from which the choreographic structure can be viewed will change, focusing on the individual quality of the participants to transform and alter the quality of the movement phrases based on specific themes and objectives.

The “Round Around” workshop has as its main theme the idea of ​​the rounded body which will be deepened through specific exercises that help to understand the need of the body to be in contraction by positioning it in the fetal position. The round body is a natural position of the body that can be seen as a defensive action by consciously or unconsciously transforming an impact (contact point) into a continuous energy generating impulse.

Awareness of the integration of the moment of impact (with the ground / partner / a segment of one’s own body) can lead to the efficiency of the body action by deciding whether or not to transform the impact into a continuous energy generating impulse depending on the necessity.

The idea of ​​“Round/Roundness” is deepened on several levels:

I. Circular movement

II. Transformation of the impact into a continuous impulse by curving the body

III. Circularity in Contraction and Extension

IV. Working simultaneously with Straight Line and Curved Line and constantly transitioning from one to the other as needed

V. Rolling – types of rolling, awareness of the body in relation to the ground

VI. Jump vs. Suspension as Process and Integrated Action of the Process – Theory and applied comparison: similarities and differences

VII. Round Jump – Using the principles of rolling types and applying them to jumping

VIII. Jump/Suspension + Rolling – Consciously generating an impulse through Jump or Suspension and using it to build continuous movement on level change

IX. “Around” – using the notions of “Straight Line/Curved Line” to apply them to moving through space

Teachers’ Biography:

Iulia Andro is a professional dancer with training in contemporary dance, improvisation, and street dance. She is a member of the contemporary dance company Contemporary Creative Dreamers and studies Choreography and Performing Arts at the National University of Theatre and Film "I.L. Caragiale" in Bucharest. Iulia has over 10 years of dance experience gained through participation in workshops, intensive courses, and development programs on both national and international levels. She has studied with renowned artists such as David Zambrano, Horacio Macuacua, Jennifer Moonson, Archie Burnett, Kyle Tutin, Toby Deedaran, Mecnun Giasar, Mihai Petrini, Alex Nuț, Daniel Dragomir, George Pleșca, and others.

Andreea Vălean is a graduate of the "Floria Capsali" Choreography High School in Bucharest, class of 2017. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Performing Arts - Choreography in 2020 and her Master's degree in "Choreographic Art" in 2022 at the National University of Theatre and Cinematographic Arts "I.L. Caragiale" in Bucharest.

To further develop her skills as a dancer, Andreea participated in the Kalamata Dance Festival editions of 2022, 2023, and 2024, where she worked with internationally recognized teachers such as Anton Lachky, Horacio Macuacua, Linda Kapetanea, Josef Frucek, Edivaldo Ernesto, and Lali Ayguadé.

As a ballerina, she collaborated with the Comic Opera for Children from 2015 to 2017, and since the 2017 season, she has been a member of the ballet company at the Bucharest National Opera House. She gained recognition for her solo roles: "Tzeitel" in Tevye, "Little Swans" in Swan Lake, "Russian Dance" in The Nutcracker, "Solo Drums" in Bayadere, and "Solo Czardas" in Coppélia.

In contemporary dance, she performs with the company Contemporary Creative Dreamers in the shows "When Darkness Becomes Light," "Nihil Sine Deo," and "The Last Raid of Humankind," choreographed by Daniel Alexandru Dragomir. She also collaborates with Platforma 13 in the performances "Through here you can escape, run?!", "Play Replay Remix", and "Balkan Ballerinas" – choreographed by Anca Stoica and Sergiu Diță.

As a choreographer, she created "Hold ON", presented at the Young Choreographers’ Evening 2019, "Let me slip Through Your Fingers", a duet presented at the Florence Dance Festival 2022 and the Young Choreographers’ Evening ONB 2021, "Scraps of Sky", a solo presented at the Young Choreographers’ Evening 2021, the Jerusalem International Solo Dance Festival 2022, and SzólóDuó 2023, "Earthly Links", a duet presented at the Florence Dance Festival 2022, and her MA performance "Nexus", created in May 2022, which won the "Best Choreography" award at the UNATC Graduates Gala 2022 and the Dbutan-T Festival Award 2023.

As an assistant choreographer, she worked on "The Last Raid of Humankind" and "The Journal of Love", a show that is part of the repertoire of the Bucharest National Opera.

Daniel Dragomir is an artist who works in the field of Choreographic Art. He is a choreographer, dancer, teacher and manager of the independent company Contemporary Creative Dreamers.

He graduated with a bachelor's degree, specialization "Performing Arts - Choreography" (2017), and master studies, specialization "Choreographic Art" (2019), at the National University of Theater and Cinematography "I.L. Caragiale" Bucharest.

For his development as a dancer and choreographer, he participated in national and international workshops and seminars with teachers: Simona Deaconescu, Valentina de Piante, Kalamata Dance Festival 2022 (Edivaldo Ernesto, Lali Ayguadé, Christine Gouzelis & Paul Blackman, Akira Yoshida, Arias Fernandez), Kalamata Dance Festival 2023 (Anton Lachky, Horacio Macuacua, Linda Kapetanea, Josef Frucek), Fabian Wixe, Natalia Pieczuro, Vittoria de Ferrari Sapetto, Antonio Minhoca (Alemar Capoeira Bucharest).

As a choreographer he created the performances "Nu mai sunt eu (2016)", "When Darkness Becomes Light" (2017), "Nihil Sine Deo" (2019), "The Last Raid of HumanKind" (2021), "Let me slip Through Your Fingers" (2022), "Oasis of the Fools" (2023).

As a teacher, he teaches workshops dedicated to beginners, but also workshops dedicated to advanced level and professionals in the field of Choreographic Art: U.N.A.T.C "I.L.Caragiale" Bucharest, "Unfold Motion" Dance Company Timișoara, "George Enescu" University Iași, The "Ideo Ideis" festival, the "Creative PlayGround Intensive" study program.

As a manager and choreographer of the Contemporary Creative Dreamers company, he implements projects based on production and touring, and activities in the educational area (workshops for beginners, workshops for professionals with teachers from abroad, the study program "Creative PlayGround Intensive”.)

Company’s Description:

Contemporary Creative Dreamers Dance Company is an independent cultural organization which carries out its activity in the field of Choreographic Art since 2018, the year in which the company was established at the initiative of the choreographer Daniel Alexandru Dragomir.

The purpose of the organization is to build a favorable context for carrying out activities artistic in the area of ​​contemporary dance, for young dancers, performers, composers and visual artists.

Among the main objectives are listed:

1. Development of Choreographic Art in Romania through the production and broadcasting of performances by contemporary dance at national and international level;

2. Increasing the quality of training of professional dancers by organizing programs intensive professional training;

3. Supporting the new generation of professionals through projects dedicated to pupils and students state and private vocational education institutions;

4. Encouraging the practice of contemporary dance as a form of physical development by any person by constantly organizing contemporary dance workshops for amateurs;

5. Connecting to the international context and building an educational platform international by inviting and hosting workshops supported by teachers who operates in the European Union, the United States of America and Asia;