If it's Thursday, it's IndepenDANS

SMART, working with Philip Morris Romania, Solitude Project and MAD Foundation organised at the Majestic Hall of the Odeon Theatre a manifestation called IndepenDANS – Days of Contemporary Dance. The event will last until Sunday. Several of the most valuable Romanian artists will attend the manifestation: Vava atefanescu, Mihai Mihalcea, Florin Fieroiu, Catalina Gubandru, Ema Ciobanu, Ion Dumitrescu, Mateia Stanculescu, Lorette Enache, Eduard Gabia, Elena Zamfirescu, Ioana Popovici, Laura Iva, Silvia Mihai and Carmen Riban.

During the opening, the audience and the press will have the opportunity to participate to a contemporary dance workshop opened to any form of dialogue, whether it is spoken word or body movement. The programme: Friday night, the show “Urme de elan pe zapada” (Elk tracks on snow); the choreography and interpretation belong to Catalina Gubandru, followed by “Quartet” (choreography Lorette Enache, interpreters: Carmen Riban, Mihaela Zamfirescu, Lorette Enache, cello player Radu Georgescu), “Cinci minute din viata mea” (Five minutes of my life); choreography and interpretation Eduard Gabia, “Catre nicaieri” (Towards Nowhere); choreography and interpretation Mateia Stanculescu, “Leitmotiv” (choreography Ema Ciobanu; interpreters Valentina de Piante-Niculae, Maria Baroncea, Carmen Riban and Ema Ciobanu. Saturday is reserved to the shows: “Ingeri sorcoviti” (choreography and interpretation Ion Dumitrescu and Marius Iorgulescu), “Hammam” (scenic display Mihai Mihalcea, interpreters Valentina de Piante-Niculae, Mateia Stanculescu, Carmen Riban, Irina Roncea, Maria Baronce and Ana-Maria Pavel), “Iluzii de hartie” (choreography Elena Zamfirescu, interpreters Silvia Mihai, Catrinel Sandu, Elena Zamfirescu and Alexandru Gheorghiu), “Expulzatii” (choreography Ioana Popovici, interpreters Maria Baroncea, Ema Ciobanu, Gabriel Costea and Ioana Popovici). The festival will end Sunday with “Romanta” (choreography and interpreter Laura Iva), “ai… Acum?” (choreography Silvia Mihai; interpreters Andreea Duta, Elena Zamfirescu and Silvia Mihai), “Fiinte ale mainilor” (choreography Carmen Riban; interpreters Ema Ciobanu, Mateia Stanculescu and Carmen Riban), “Orfeu sau despre cadere” (choreography Vava atefanescu, interpreters Andreea Duta, Valentina de Piante-Niculae, Ioana Popovici, Eduard Gabia, Dan Popa and Silvia Mihai) and “Alcool Amar, Amor” (directing and choreography Florin Fieroiu, interpreters Mihaela Radescu and Dorina Crisan-Rusu). This last show will be performed at the Green Hours Club.