EDUCATION
Studied dance from 1983 till 1992 at "Floria Capsalli" Choreography High School in Bucharest, Romania.
MA in Dance Pedagogy at IDA, Bruckner University in Linz, Austria.
Currently a PhD candidate at University of Arts in Linz.
RESIDENCIES / COMPANIES
2022-2023 Part time teacher at MA studies of Institute of Dance Arts, Anton Bruckner University Linz
2023 Choreographic supervisor for "Traumzeit" at Landestheater Linz
2021-2023 Guest trainer at Landestheater Linz (Classical and Contemporary Dance)
2021 Choreographic supervisor for "The Garden" at Landestheater Linz
2019 Contemporary dance teacher at IDA, Bruckner University in Linz, Austria
2016-2017 Choreography assistant and rehearsal director at Landestheater Linz
2015 Artist in residency at Barker Teatteri, Turun Vapaan Taiteen Näyttämö, Finland
2015 Artist in residency at Godsbänen Theatre in Aarhus, Denmark
2014 Artist in residency at Radnet in Tromso, Norway.
2014 Artist in residency at HONGEUN ART CENTRE in Seoul, South Korea
2013-2014 Choreography assistant and rehearsal director at Theater Sankt Gallen in Switzerland
2012 Artist in residency at TEATRO VIRIATO in Viseu, Portugal
2012 CPI member, a cultural exchange during a 6 months residency offered by SIDance and the Korean Ministery of Culture in Seoul, South Korea
2012 Video artist in residency at MEJERIET in Odense, Denmark
2010-2013 Performed in creations by Beatrice Massin, Davide Sportelli, Johannes Härtl, Minka-Marie Heiss in Munich, Prague, Bratislava, Bremen, Brno, Seoul, Busan, Taipei, Tainan
2007-2010 TANZTHEATER BREMEN, director Urs Dietrich. Choreographies by Emanuel Gat, Tero Saarinen, Ingun Biornsgaard, Rami Be'er
2005-2007 STAATSTHEATER BRAUNSCHWEIG, director Hans-Henning Paar. Choreographies by Marco Goecke, David Williams, Gayetano Soto
2003-2005 STAATSTHEATER SAARBRÜCKEN, director Marguerite Donlon. Choreographies by Christian Spuck, Constanza Macras, Martino Müller
2001-2003 STADTTHEATER AUGSBURG, director Jochen Heckmann.Choreographies by Kyle Bukhary, Gabriel Ken-Wong
1998-2001 "OLEG DANOVSCHI" STATE THEATRE CONSTANTA, Romania. Choreographies by Christine Bastin, Gigi Caciuleanu, Sergiu Anghel, Romulus Neagu
1993-1998 ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA HOUSE, Bucharest. Solo roles in "Swan lake", "Coppelia", Giselle", "La fille mal gardee", "La Bayadere", "Paquita", "Romeo and Juliet"
CHOREOGRAPHIES / VIDEO WORKS / WORKSHOPS
2022 “With and without” (TanzQuelle, Munich) Choreography and Soundtrack
2022 “Room of Wondering” - Shared evening with Damian Cortes Alberti (Redsapata Linz)
2022 “Rolling by the river” - Co-choreographer with Damian Cortes Alberti (Linz, Vienna)
2021 “Tactile Talk” - Choreography, Video, Performance (Odense, Linz)
2021 "The Garden" Choreography supervisor, Landestheater Linz
2021 "Wind" choreography for Kaohsiung City Ballet
2020 "Fire" choreography for Kaohsiung City Ballet
2019 "Water" choreography for Kaohsiung City Ballet
2019 "La creation d'une Monde" dance video presented at Brucknerhaus in Linz
2019 "Love.Fly.Little Princess" choreography for Tainan City Ballet
2018 "Breath" choreography for Kaohsiung City Ballet
2017 “Light” choreography and video design for Kaohsiung City Ballet
2017 "Peak to peak" video artist and choreographer, collaboration with Vlad Stãnculeasa and James Maddox
2016 “Heart’s Map” choreography for Tainan City Ballet, Taiwan
2016 “Die kleine Meerjungfrau” video artist for Mei Hong Lin’s choreography at Landestheater Linz, Austria
2015 “Water drop in the fish-eye” video artist, dance video choreographed & directed by Batarita
2015 “Pepetuum...” video artist, dance video in collaboration with Romulus Neagu
2015 “Layers of us” video artist, collaboration with Taneli Törmä and Nille Bech
2015 "Nutcracker" choreographer and video artist, for Kaoshiung City Ballet
2015 "Black Side" video artist, collaboration with Taneli Törmä and Søren Lyngsø Knudsen
2015 "Alice in Wonderland" choreographer and video artist, for Tainan City Ballet
2015 "See me, hear me" improvisation and composition workshop with final presentation for students of Jobra Dance Conservatory in Branca, Portugal
2015 "Ladies and Fans" choreography for Kaohsiung City Ballet
2014 "Legacy" choreography for "The very secret dance company" in Turin, Italy
2014 "BODY / MAPS" Interactive performance/installation at HONGEUN ART CENTRE in Seoul, South Korea after a three months choreographic residency
2014 “Coppelia” choreography, at Kaohsiung City Ballet, Taiwan
2013 “Today in Sankt Gallen” dance-theatre improvisation evening at Theater St.Gallen, Switzerland
2013 “Dialogue” collaboration with Shane Yuan, performed in Taiwan and South Korea
2013 "Symptom Tanz" teacher of a video workshop for high-school students, in collaboration with THEATER BREMEN
2013 “Tanz im Alter” video documentary about the dance improvisation workshop of Hella Immler with people between 50 and 80 years old.
2013 “PENGUINS & PANDAS” video projection, choreography by Samir Akika for Theatre BREMEN, Germany (with Till Botterweck)
2013 “Stand” video dance, Top 10 at 60 Seconds Dance Competition in Denmark
2012 “Real shapes make mistakes” improvisation and composition workshop with final presentation for students of Jobra Dance Conservatory in Branca, Portugal
2012 “-IN-LINE-” solo created for SIDance Festival in Seoul, South Korea
2012 “Intension&Intention” , collaboration with Batarita, Adedayo Liadi, Shang-Jen Yuan, for SIDance Festival
2012 “8220” , collaboration with 6 international choreographers as part of the residence offered by CPI, Seoul
2012 “Echo”, a live video dance installation, developed and performed together with Audrey Van Herck and Alberto Franceschini as part of “25 Years Tanztendenz-München”
2012 “Everyday is Sunday” , choreographer and director of a video dance
2012 “Tracker” , a video dance in collaboration with Taneli Torma
2012 “Aschermittwoch” a video production choreographed by Alberto Franceschini and David Russo. Filmed inside the Frauenkirche in Munich has been presented in Muffathalle, Munich
2011 “Shiny” , video design for a choreography by Exequiel Barreras at Theatre CHUR, Switzerland
2011 “Fracta #2” , a video-dance performance for 9 dancers as a conclusion of a one week workshop together with Raffaele Irace, in Bussana Vecchia (Italy)
2011 “P&C Wien”, choreography for mapping projection, with URBANSCREEN
2011 “Sliced” , choreographer and director. Dance video exhibited at Museo Civico in Treviso, Centre Pompidou in Paris, etc.
2010 “Run” , choregrapher and video designer, at THEATRE BREMEN
2010 “Hidden”, video design for a video-dance production of Theater Bremen and Arts Council Korea by Mimi Jeong
2010 “Spacing” , choreography, mapping projection of URBANSCREEN, Bremen for “Internationale Tanztage Münster”
2009 “Grenzfläche” , choreographer, art director and performer. Mapping projection, with URBANSCREEN
2008 “Remake” , choregrapher, performer and video designer, a production of THEATER BREMEN. A video-dance performance created together with Mimi Jeong
2007 “Missing link” , choreography and video design at Staatstheater Braunschweig
2006 “Landschaft mit Sturz” , choreography and video design at Staatstheater Braunschweig
2005 “Platine B2” , sound and choreography installation, a production of Staatstheater Saarbrücken together with Susanne Striegler, Marc Käuble, Camelia Neagu
2000 “Lesson in loneliness” , choreography for Madalina Dan
AWARDS
2019 UNIsono Masterpreis for the MA Thesis “A fluid perspective on dance training”
2014 Second Prize and Cinema Prize at "Choreographic Captures Competition" in Munich with the short video "Stand"
2013 Second Prize at One-minute Jumping Frames Dance Video Competition with the short film "SLICED"
2011 Prize for innovation, “IDILL-International competition for films of movement and dance” with the short film “SLICED”
2009 “IDILL” Main Prize, International competition for films of movement and dance with the short film “SPIN!”
2000 Choreography Prize, International Dance Competition Constanta, Romania
1998 Grand Prix for classical dance and First Prize for contemporary dance, International Dance Competition Constanta, Romania