DRUM’ BASME PERFORMATIVE INSTALLATION (and sound mixing workshops)
The audio-video performative installation ”Drum’s Basme” was budgeted within the ”Extension - Contemporary dance season Timisoara, third Edition (DINAM)” (INSIDE TIMISOARA 2023) and included in DINAM Season as an event to enrich its cultural offer. The installation (with a duration of 60 minutes) was made by DJ George Allen (Alin Jurj), together with VJ Cristian Vaduva. The performative component was achieved through the presence of a narrator (Teodor Caus) and a dancer (Carolina Tapoc).
The concept underlying the installation is represented by the fairy tale - as a factor of intergenerational cohesion. After each performance was facilitated by George Allen an introductory mixing workshop during which the spectators had the opportunity to use, under supervision, the equipment used in the installation. The duration of a workshop was between 1h and 1h30min.
Calendar of sound mixing performances and workshops:
- Drum’n Basme at the Youth House (4 November);
- Drum’n Basme at Ion Vidu High School (10 November);
- Drum’n Basme at the Faculty of Arts and Design (16 November);
- Drum’n Basme at Bookstore ”Two Owls” (26 November);
Through this cultural approach, the Unfold Motion Association aims to develop new audiences for the field of contemporary dance and to lay the foundations for the accessibility of a constant cultural offer for the consumer of contemporary dance performances and events related to it such as: Dance films, workshops, etc.
The contemporary dance season is the first such initiative of choreographers working in Timisoara, under the umbrella of the Unfold Motion Association and was born out of the need to have a context for watching dance performances, as is possible in the world of theater. In a cultural context in which contemporary dance does not enjoy sustained support at national level, the visibility of dance performances is affected by the lack of contexts of presentation to the public. And DINAM is trying to be one of those contexts.
The curatorial vision of the season is eclectic because we believe that the evolution of different aesthetics of contemporary dance (both nationally and internationally) enriches through diversity, an event such as the season. We want the audience to get in touch with as many artistic currents and choreographic visions as possible so that they can form and develop a critical sense and preferences for certain genres.
The third edition of the DINAM season took place between 6 October and 25 November 2023 and included: 10 contemporary dance performances, Q&A sessions with invited artists, workshops and interviews “meet the artist/sharing practices”, 3 dance film screenings, an audio-video performance installation and a series of sound mixing workshops for the audience.
Partners: Mihai Eminescu National Theatre Timisoara, Victoria Cinema, Faculty of Arts and Design Timisoara, Ion Vidu Art High School, German Cultural Center, French Institute Timisoara, Faber, Iulius Town, Delazero Association, Contemporary Creative Dreamers, At two Owls (n.r. “la Două Bufnițe”) Library, Social assistance Department of Timisoara, iabilet.ro.
Project implemented with the support of the Timis County Youth Foundation and the National Dance Center Bucharest.
Media partners: TVR Timisoara, West City Radio, best of Timisoara, Carturesti bookshops;
Producer: Unfold Motion
DINAM season is part of the Cultural Program Timisoara 2023-European Capital of Culture and is co-financed by the City of Timisoara through the Project Center.
Credit foto: Lorena Dumitrașcu
The concept underlying the installation is represented by the fairy tale - as a factor of intergenerational cohesion. After each performance was facilitated by George Allen an introductory mixing workshop during which the spectators had the opportunity to use, under supervision, the equipment used in the installation. The duration of a workshop was between 1h and 1h30min.
Calendar of sound mixing performances and workshops:
- Drum’n Basme at the Youth House (4 November);
- Drum’n Basme at Ion Vidu High School (10 November);
- Drum’n Basme at the Faculty of Arts and Design (16 November);
- Drum’n Basme at Bookstore ”Two Owls” (26 November);
Through this cultural approach, the Unfold Motion Association aims to develop new audiences for the field of contemporary dance and to lay the foundations for the accessibility of a constant cultural offer for the consumer of contemporary dance performances and events related to it such as: Dance films, workshops, etc.
The contemporary dance season is the first such initiative of choreographers working in Timisoara, under the umbrella of the Unfold Motion Association and was born out of the need to have a context for watching dance performances, as is possible in the world of theater. In a cultural context in which contemporary dance does not enjoy sustained support at national level, the visibility of dance performances is affected by the lack of contexts of presentation to the public. And DINAM is trying to be one of those contexts.
The curatorial vision of the season is eclectic because we believe that the evolution of different aesthetics of contemporary dance (both nationally and internationally) enriches through diversity, an event such as the season. We want the audience to get in touch with as many artistic currents and choreographic visions as possible so that they can form and develop a critical sense and preferences for certain genres.
The third edition of the DINAM season took place between 6 October and 25 November 2023 and included: 10 contemporary dance performances, Q&A sessions with invited artists, workshops and interviews “meet the artist/sharing practices”, 3 dance film screenings, an audio-video performance installation and a series of sound mixing workshops for the audience.
Partners: Mihai Eminescu National Theatre Timisoara, Victoria Cinema, Faculty of Arts and Design Timisoara, Ion Vidu Art High School, German Cultural Center, French Institute Timisoara, Faber, Iulius Town, Delazero Association, Contemporary Creative Dreamers, At two Owls (n.r. “la Două Bufnițe”) Library, Social assistance Department of Timisoara, iabilet.ro.
Project implemented with the support of the Timis County Youth Foundation and the National Dance Center Bucharest.
Media partners: TVR Timisoara, West City Radio, best of Timisoara, Carturesti bookshops;
Producer: Unfold Motion
DINAM season is part of the Cultural Program Timisoara 2023-European Capital of Culture and is co-financed by the City of Timisoara through the Project Center.
Credit foto: Lorena Dumitrașcu