Project nominated to AFCN Awards 2022, section “Addressing the young public with limited access to culture”.

“DANSate” (wordplay, from dans / dance and sate / villages) explores the collection of Romanian music collected by Béla Bartók, one of Eastern Europe’s most valuable composers and ethnomusicologists. This collection inspired the new album of the Imago Mundi ensemble.

The musical compositions are completed by an interdisciplinary video production – with contemporary dance by Andreea Belu / Eugen Curelici and mountain landscapes from Transylvania – signed by Florin Ghenade and Irinel Cîrlănaru.

During his extensive travels in Eastern Europe, Béla Bartók compiled an enormous collection of folk songs (by 1918 his collection included no less than 2,700 Hungarian, 3,500 Romanian and 3,000 Slovak dances and songs) which would probably would be lost if Bartók had not written them down. As they were (unaltered), some of them found their way into his compositions. In 1908, Béla Bartók wrote down dance songs from Transylvania. These are the source of “Romanian folk dances”.

“DANSate” supports artistic education for children from areas with limited access to culture: between October 10-14, 2022 we organized creative workshops – with music, video projections, movement and contemporary dance – in partnership with rural schools from Vâlcea county (Secondary Gura Văii village, Bujoreni commune, Voineasa village High School, Voineasa village High School, Muereasca de Sus village High School, Perișani village Professional School, Mălaia village High School, Mălaia village). The series of educational meetings was opened by a dance workshop, dedicated to refugee children and teenagers from Ukraine. The event took place on October 9 and was held with the support of the Community Center Zi de Bine.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The “DANSate” project is available on the dedicated website – dansate.imagomundi.ro

Artists involved: Imago Mundi (Adrian Buciu – flute, Oana Ivașcu – oboe, Ștefan Barbu – violin, Cătălin Ștefănescu-Pătrașcu – compositions, guitar, mandol, Daniel Ivașcu – percussion, Andreea Țimiraș – cello), Andreea Belu (dance, workshop coordination), Eugen Curelici (dance, workshop coordination), Florin Ghenade (photos, video direction), Irinel Cîrlănaru (photos, DOP, camera, colorization), Cristian Stănoiu (live video projections).

Imago Mundi approaches old and traditional musical themes from the perspective of contemporary music. The ensemble is addressed to a dynamic public, which is looking for alternatives to consumer music; the perspective from which the musical discourse is constructed is that of the contemporary man, who does not exhibit museum pieces, but sings live music; it is the perspective of the man influenced by the urban experience, who listens to jazz, rock, classical or electronic music alike, but for whom the joy of music is always motivated by what he feels, and not by what he “behaves”.

Project team: Oana Ivașcu (manager, producer), Bogdan Vuluță (music director), Andrei Barbu (sound designer), Adelina Mariș (communication and promotion), Daniel Ivașcu (graphic & web design), Alina Ștefănescu (local workshop coordinator).

“DANSate” is a cultural project organized by the ISVOR Cultural Association, co-financed by the National Cultural Fund Administration (AFCN). Partners: Bucharest National University of Music, Creart / Teatrelli, Zi de Bine Association. Mobility partner: BMW Romania. Media partners: Radio Romania Musical, Radio Romania Cultural, Days and Nights, BookHub, Agenția de cArte, Positive Romania, Culture Supplement, Pilgrim.Project, ConnectArts.

The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the results of the project may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.