The Work-Stay: Antananarivo and Bucharest Simona Deaconescu Traces a Dance Epidemic Choreographer Simona Deaconescu and her mentor Mathilde Monnier got together in Bucharest in late March to finetune the performance Ramanenjana, which explores the 1863 “dance epidemic“ in Madagascar. Before meeting in Bucharest, Deaconescu and her dancers spent a nearly month-long work-stay in Antananarivo, Madagascar. →
A Project by Simona Deaconescu Ramanenjana Simona Deaconescu is nominated in the category Unlimited Gestures, mentored by Mathilde Monnier. She proposes a performative docufiction project looking at Madagascar’s 1863 dancing plague from a contemporary perspective. →
