{"id":41762,"date":"2024-12-19T12:29:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T11:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/?post_type=news&p=41762"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T11:53:12","slug":"neda-kovinic-dance-performance-at-national-dance-center-in-bucharest","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/news\/neda-kovinic-dance-performance-at-national-dance-center-in-bucharest\/","title":{"rendered":"Neda Kovini\u0107: dance performance at National Dance Center in Bucharest"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_type":[664],"class_list":["post-41762","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_type-news-en"],"acf":{"bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","custom_color_css_variable":"","content_type":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":8,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"The dance performance Moody Threads: Affective Resistance<\/em> was recently showcased on the stage of the National Dance Center in Bucharest. <\/span>It resulted from a collaboration between Neda Kovini\u0107, former Solitude fellow from Serbia, and Romanian dancers Eliza Trefas, Georgia Elza, and Sergiu Dita. Kovini\u0107 developed this project during the Arc Bucharest artist residency, which is part of the Eastern European Network Program of Akademie Schloss Solitude.<\/span>\r\n\r\nKovini\u0107\u2019s project delves into the interdisciplinary field of affect theory, examining the distinction between affect \u2013 pre-conscious, visceral responses to stimuli \u2013 and emotion, the socially constructed expression of those responses. The work proposes that bodily experiences within specific spaces can evoke reactions beyond rational thought, providing fertile ground for resistance against normative structures. The research process included dance exercises, culminating in public rehearsals at the House of the Free Press (1957), a structure emblematic of Ceau\u0219escu's dictatorship. The choreography included a section referencing the collective mass dances of former Yugoslavia slet<\/em> and another inspired by the iconic dance piece Genesis<\/em>\u00a0of renowned Romanian choreographer Miriam R\u0103d\u0103canu.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe project emerges in a time of profound uncertainty, marked by the rise of right-wing politics, including recent election results in Romania and ongoing protests in Serbia against corruption and violent police responses. Amid ongoing wars, humanitarian crises, and increasing societal pressures, the project raises a poignant question:<\/span>\r\nHow do dancing bodies respond to these conditions of living?<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n Since 2022, Akademie Schloss Solitude has been cooperating with ARC Bucharest<\/strong><\/span> as the main partner in Romania in the Eastern European Network Program. It is a residency program designed for curators working and living outside Romania to explore the effervescent art scene in Bucharest. It aims to spark new opportunities and exciting exchanges both for artists based in Bucharest (and beyond in Romania) and arts professionals from the wider art world while forging durable personal and institutional relationships on the long run.<\/span>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_img","bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":6,"img_gallery":true,"img":[41761,41759,41757,41755,41753,41751,41749],"img_gallery_format":"is-4by3"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","bgcolor":"has-bg-yellow","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":12,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"Neda Kovini\u0107<\/strong> <\/span>(Solitude fellow 2022\/2023, sphere of practice: Visual) is a Yugoslavian-born, Serbia-raised, and Berlin-based research artist whose practice spans visual arts, dance, and film. Her latest research is based on creating networks between artists of conceptual dance and various nationalities, dance backgrounds and age, in order to create the practice of togetherness, care, and the exploration of social, political and art-political issues.<\/span>"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_type?post=41762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}