ASTRA Museum is the third partner to organise a series of workshops in Sibiu, Romania, from the 9th to the 11th of October 2023.
The aim of the workshops is to share our experiences and knowledge about cultural mediation of dance activities and dance transmission in participative contexts.
The workshops are open to the public, but registration is required. Everyone involved with dance, intangible cultural heritage and/or museums is welcome to join one or more workshops.
There is no registration fee, but registration is required via e-mail: simona.voica@muzeulastra.com
Location:
Romania, ASTRA Museum
Strada Pădurea Dumbrava 16, Sibiu
Programme in EEST Time.
Day 1: Monday, 9 October 2023
Programme:
09:00–09:30 Welcome and Registration
10:00 – 11:30 Museum engagement in the communities
ASTRA Museum:
10:00 – 10:30: Ovidiu Baron, Deputy Manager – The Secret Memory of the Objects
10:30 – 11:00: Lucian Robu, Director of the Open Air Museum – Communities in ASTRA Museum
11:00 – 11:30: Mihaela Gherghel, Curator – The Country Fair and the Rural Communities of Sibiu County
12:00– 12:30 Webinar: Intangible Heritage and Participation
Dr. Marilena Alivizatou
14:00– 16:00 Workshop: Dance Pedagogy in Museums
Dr. Silvestru Petac
Day 2: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Programme:
09:00–09:30 Registration
Dances Inscribed on the UNESCO ICH List Today
09:30-10:30 Romanian Traditional Dancing. Community Ritual, Artistic Performance, UNESCO Heritage
Dr. Ioana Repciuc Baskerville
10:30-11:00 Căluș ritual and Lads’ dances in Romania – Practices of the Romanian traditional culture
Dr. Silvestru Petac
11:30-12:00 Webinar: Heritage dance & Sustainability - making living museums is the need of the hour!
Amitava Bhattacharya
Participative dance and dance transmission. Sustainable models and strategies for the future
12:00-12:30 The museum as a dance arena
Espen Mindrebø
12:30-13:00 The role of storytelling in sustainable models for participative dance transmission in museums
Tone Erlien Myrvold
13:00-13:30 Dansstorm festival, a nomadic dance festival by Danspunt
Leen Devyver
Case study of a village dance group
15:30-19:00 Rășinari village (Sibiu county)
Day 3: Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Programme:
09:00–09:30 Registration
09:30–10:30 The Group of Carolling Lads from Rucăr
Movie & discussions with the community
Dance transmission in Transylvania; sustainable models of dances playing an active role in developing communities and cultural tourism
10:30–11:00 The transmission of Saxon dances in Transylvanian youth organisations
Arion Sebastian
11:00–11:30 Another Museum of Dance – Community building and (Re)Creating Heritage through a Dance Revival Movement among the Hungarian Minority of Post-Communist Romania
Kovács János
11:30–12:00 Romanian Folk Dances in Sibiu County: Tradition and Fashion
Dr. Silvia Macrea
12:30–13:30 Museum Tour
15:00–19:00 Public Dance Event - Open air museum
The event will be filmed for documentation.