simona deaconescu
Simona Deaconescu works across dance, performance, installation, and cinema. Her artistic practice explores the crisis of perception in society and speculates on future scenarios of the body. In her recent work, she focuses on the fragile synergy of human desires in relation to nature, history, and technology.
She studied choreography at the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest and film directing at the Media University in Romania. Her projects have been co-produced within international research networks such as Moving Digits, MODINA, biofriction, and Forecast.
She was selected as an Aerowaves and Moving Balkans Artist. She received the CNDB Award and was appointed Associated Artist of the National Centre for Dance Bucharest.
Her creations were presented across Europe, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Madagascar. Simona sees pedagogy as a natural extension of her artistic practice, facilitating workshops for both professionals and audiences, focused on chronopoetical practices and interdisciplinarity.
simona Dabija
Simona Dabija explores hybrid embodiment where mechanical and organic movement coexist. Her dance challenges perceptions of the human form, by deconstructing the movement through rhythm and speed.
She holds BA and MA degrees in Choreography from UNATC Bucharest. She remains the main collaborator of choreographer Simona Deaconescu and a core member of Tangaj Collective, performing and teaching within the company for the past 10 years.
In parallel, she has been developing projects with independent spaces and collectives in Bucharest, such as Linotip, /SAC, and Delazero.
In 2024, she premiered her first solo piece, BPM—Beats per Millennium, part of the Iridescent Festival at CNDB, and co-created the performative installation Original Spaces/Legalized Gestures, together with choreographer Ioana Marchidan.
She received the CNDB Award in 2020 for her contribution to the growth of contemporary dance in Romania.
