Mădălina Dan

Biography

Mădălina Dan studied at the Choreography Highschool and also in the choreography department of the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest, where she also received her Masters in Creative Writing. She was invited to the Herberger Institute, School of Dance (Arizona State University) and in 2008 received the danceWEB scholarship in Vienna. Since 2005 she has been teaching contemporary dance to non-professionals at the National Dance Centre in Bucharest. Dan is involved in a variety of international exchange programmes, for instance in New York and Potsdam. Works by the dancer and choreographer have been shown at the Springdance Festival Utrecht, Tanzquartier Wien, Balkan Dance Platform Novi Sad, eXplore Dance Festival Bukarest, Temps d’Images Cluj, SouthBank Center & Chisenhale Dance Space London, Fabrik Potsdam, DTW New York and others. In 2012, together with Mihaela Dancs, she initiated the Azuga Summer School, an annual artistic workshop programme for children. Since 2014 she has been studying in Berlin at the HZT “Solo/Dance/Authorship”.