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561 years since the first documentary attestation of Bucharest Between September 16th and 20th, 2020 - we celebrate the Capital in a safe setting of access to art and culture: • Exhibition of moving urban art: personalized trams with graffiti; • iMapp Bucharest 2020 International Festival online; • Video projections on the facades of some buildings in the heart of the city - the "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre of Bucharest, InterContinental Hotel and the University of Bucharest. To mark the celebration of the 561st anniversary of the first documentary attestation of Bucharest, the Capital City Hall, through Creart, proposes to the audience the special project Bucharest - One Heart. One Story. This dynamic concept, which will take place between September 16th and 20th, 2020, can be enjoyed by anyone, safely. Hosted in the open air, the project “Bucharest - One Heart. One Story. ” will reach the major areas of the Capital, emphasizing the ability of art both to traverse various environments and social contexts, as well as to celebrate the city through unity, messages, colour and beauty. It does not involve crowding participants in dedicated public gatherings, but bringing artistic acts on their daily route, as follows: The exhibition of moving urban art "Bucharest - One Heart. One Story. ”: From September 20th to December 10th, 2020,Seven tram sets (lines 1, 10, 21, 25, 27, 40 and 41), which transit the most important areas of the Capital, will be transformed into a real moving graffiti exhibition by some of the best street artists in Bucharest, coordinated by curator Mihai Zgondoiu: Irlo, Home Boy, Kero Zen, Ocu, Mser, Obie Platon, Erps, Square Cat, Robert Obert, John Dot's , Mircea Modreanu, Lux, Mircea Popescu, Graffetele (Irina Mocanu, Sandy Bălășoiu), Livi Po, Sweet Damage Crew (To, Shatran, Pandele, Cage). Thus, art reaches the eyes of viewers, without the need to bring people together in an event and a dedicated space.From September 20th, in partnership with the Bucharest Transport Society, the moving mural art exhibition will offer Bucharest residents a modern cultural alternative, whereby the identity of an effervescent and vibrant Bucharest is expressed - stories that transcend images and challenge the viewer to see beyond them. And to discover, in another way, this phenomenon of urban art, as well as the beautifully outlined messages of street artists. Video projections on the facades of three buildings in the heart of the Capital - University Square: Sunday - September 20th, 2020In order to offer the public, in safe conditions, a unique show, with the theme of a strong message - "Bucharest - One Heart. One Story. ” - and to generate an echo this year locally, nationally and internationally, given the current worldwide situation, video projections will take place on the facades of three buildings in University Square, important landmarks in the history of the city: the "I.L. Caragiale ” National Theatre, the InterContinental Hotel and the University of Bucharest. The projections will not have sound, and the artistic content will be short-lived (in a loop), so that passers-by do not park, thus avoiding congestion.These screenings will animate the downtown Capital on Sunday, September 20th, on Bucharest Day, between 8:30 and 11:00 p.m. Three of the most important teams of video artists in Romania will create video content on the theme “Bucharest - One Heart. One Story. ” And various animations will run on each building, which will be synchronized to create a perfect show.The project „Bucharest - One Heart. One Story. ” revolves around the solidarity campaign "One World. One Heart. ”, initiated by the iMapp Bucharest International Video Mapping Festival, organized by the Capital City Hall, courtesy of creart, through which a message of solidarity and hope was sent that resonated worldwide, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. IMapp Bucharest 2020 online festival: from September 16th to 19th, 2020Because, in recent years, iMapp Bucharest, organized during the event "Bucharest Days" - on the occasion of the city's celebration, has won many fans in the Capital, in the country and around the world, it will take place in 2020, but in a separate format, which takes into account the need for physical distance and the safety of citizens: thus, one of the most important 3D video mapping events in the world, an international competition organized annually by the Capital City Hall, through Creart, which in 2019 became the Winners League, will take place online this year.Thus, one of the most recent memorable stories from "Bucharest Days" will be told using modern means of communication, addressing both local and national and international audiences, who show a major interest in this event and for this emerging art form - video mapping.The iMapp Bucharest 2020 online festival will follow two complementary lines: iMapp Talks: from September 16th to 18th, 2020For three days, from September 16th to 18th, the most important voices in the international world of video mapping will gather within webinars and conferences with managers of the most famous light festivals in the world, international artists, organizers and specialists in video projection, respectively over 20 speakers in 6 live and recorded sessions, moderated by Vlad Craioveanu. The iMapp Talk project will take place daily, from Wednesday to Friday, between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.These online mini-events are dedicated to the general audience and the visual arts, and the streaming will be available to those interested on the iMapp Bucharest online channels. Online retrospective of the iMapp Bucharest Festival: Saturday, September 19th, 2020.The iMapp Bucharest Festival will culminate with a retrospective of the I - VI editions, in the online environment, including the best works projected over the years in this international video mapping competition, respectively those of the winners of the Jury Awards and the People’s Choice Awards in each year. iMapp Bucharest 2020 will be a 100% virtual edition and will take place on Saturday, September 19th, at 8:00 p.m. During live streaming, the public will be able to choose their favourite by voting online.Happy birthday, Bucharest!  Details on: www.creart.ro // f / creartpmb // www.imapp.ro // f / iMappBucharest Organizers: Capital City Hall, through creart Partner: Bucharest Transport Company With the support of: „I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre of Bucharest / / InterContinental Hotel // University of Bucharest // Apa Nova Media partners: Magic FM // Romania TV Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

The HOP Young Actor’s Gala – under the artistic direction of choreographer and dancer Gigi Căciuleanu – will take place at the “I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre of Bucharest, in the open-air Amphitheatre, between September 3rd and 6th, 2020.From 3 to 5 September, every evening from 9.00 p.m., the audience can watch the live broadcast from the NTB Amphitheatre and then, on September 6th until 7.00 p.m., it has time to vote for the favourite dancers on www.galahop.uniter.ro.The vote of the audience matters! The People’s Choice Award will be announced at the award ceremony on Sunday, September 6th, 2020 at 10.00 p.m.The site of the HOP Gala https://galahop.uniter.ro/, the official Facebook account of the HOP Gala (https://www.facebook.com/GalaHopGalaTanaruluiActor), the UNITER official YouTube account (UNITER Romania) are the channels where you can watch the competitors' presentation films and live-streaming from the Bucharest National Theatre from September 3rd to 6th (broadcast simultaneously on Facebook, and YouTube). Sunday, September 6th, 20209:00 pm Guest show outside the competition"Iona" by Marin Sorescu, stage coordination Victor Ioan Frunzăwith Lari Giorgescu, Adrian Nour, Lucian Maximoriginal score Lucian Maxim, scenography Vladimir Turturicăcostumes Corina Bobocproducer: Romanian Playwrights Theatre10.00 pm Awards Ceremony   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

The HOP Young Actor’s Gala – under the artistic direction of choreographer and dancer Gigi Căciuleanu – will take place at the “I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre of Bucharest, in the open-air Amphitheatre, between September 3rd and 6th, 2020.From 3 to 5 September, every evening from 9.00 p.m., the audience can watch the live broadcast from the NTB Amphitheatre and then, on September 6th until 7.00 p.m., it has time to vote for the favourite dancers on www.galahop.uniter.ro.The vote of the audience matters! The People’s Choice Award will be announced at the award ceremony on Sunday, September 6th, 2020 at 10.00 p.m.The site of the HOP Gala https://galahop.uniter.ro/, the official Facebook account of the HOP Gala (https://www.facebook.com/GalaHopGalaTanaruluiActor), the UNITER official YouTube account (UNITER Romania) are the channels where you can watch the competitors' presentation films and live-streaming from the Bucharest National Theatre from September 3rd to 6th (broadcast simultaneously on Facebook, and YouTube). Saturday, September 5th, 2020, 9:00 pmIndividual section competitionIulia PopaIulian TrăistaruMarina MunteanuAlexandra OișteNicolae DumitruPatricia GavrilGroup section competition“Conflictual”, with Nikolai Becker, Andrei Dominte, Andrei Mărcuță and Iulian Trăistaru  Translated by Simona Nichiteanu   

The HOP Young Actor’s Gala – under the artistic direction of choreographer and dancer Gigi Căciuleanu – will take place at the “I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre of Bucharest, in the open-air Amphitheatre, between September 3rd and 6th, 2020.From 3 to 5 September, every evening from 9.00 p.m., the audience can watch the live broadcast from the NTB Amphitheatre and then, on September 6th until 7.00 p.m., it has time to vote for the favourite dancers on www.galahop.uniter.ro.The vote of the audience matters! The People’s Choice Award will be announced at the award ceremony on Sunday, September 6th, 2020 at 10.00 p.m.The site of the HOP Gala https://galahop.uniter.ro/, the official Facebook account of the HOP Gala (https://www.facebook.com/GalaHopGalaTanaruluiActor), the UNITER official YouTube account (UNITER Romania) are the channels where you can watch the competitors' presentation films and live-streaming from the Bucharest National Theatre from September 3rd to 6th (broadcast simultaneously on Facebook, and YouTube). Friday, September 4th, 2020, 9:00 pmIndividual section competitionTeodora Daiana PăcurarGeorgiana VișanRăzvan OmotăCristina TudorDragoș IonițăGroup section competition“One by Two”, with Ana Baciu and Bianca Temneanu“Dictum Meum Pactum”, coordinated by Teodora Velescu,with Alexandru Ionescu, Robert Iosif and Alexandru Petcu  Translated by Simona Nichiteanu   

The HOP Young Actor’s Gala – under the artistic direction of choreographer and dancer Gigi Căciuleanu – will take place at the “I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre of Bucharest, in the open-air Amphitheatre, between September 3rd and 6th, 2020.From 3 to 5 September, every evening from 9.00 p.m., the audience can watch the live broadcast from the NTB Amphitheatre and then, on September 6th until 7.00 p.m., it has time to vote for the favourite dancers on www.galahop.uniter.ro.The vote of the audience matters! The People’s Choice Award will be announced at the award ceremony on Sunday, September 6th, 2020 at 10.00 p.m.The site of the HOP Gala https://galahop.uniter.ro/, the official Facebook account of the HOP Gala (https://www.facebook.com/GalaHopGalaTanaruluiActor), the UNITER official YouTube account (UNITER Romania) are the channels where you can watch the competitors' presentation films and live-streaming from the Bucharest National Theatre from September 3rd to 6th (broadcast simultaneously on Facebook, and YouTube). Thursday, September 3rd, 2020, 9:00 pm - Livestreaming Opening of the HOP 2020 Gala9:00 pm Individual section competitionMădălina MușatRadu AnastasClaudia MoroșanuIleana UrsuVlad HaneșGroup section competition“On the Moon”, with Bianca Temneanu and Iulian Trăistaru Translated by Simona Nichiteanu     

Concert-Show Emy Dragoi & Grande Orchestra What happens when the music in the "City of lights" encounters the music in Little Paris? A show loaded with energy, colour and passion, a show that brings along, then transmitting them to the public, the melody of the accordion, the perfume of music from famous Parisian neighborhoods and authentic Romanian folk harmonies reinterpreted. Grande Orchestra and Emy Dragoi set the stage for a musical collaboration full of fantasy and originality, which will take the spectator from the streets of Paris, from the bridges of the Seine, from the small bistros in Montparnasse to the Bucharest bridge Mogosoaia, the famous Royal Palace and the well-known passage, Lipscani. All in a festive atmosphere, in the style of the twenties and thirties, on the rhythms of some musical genres - swing and manouche - with a special charm, which have made and continue to make history. A milestone show that faces the audience with total artists: Emy Dragoi, Ion Caramitru, Toni Grecu. Along with them will appear on stage Grand Orchestra - an orchestra that gathers valuable instrumentalists: 20 violinists, piano, percussion, bass, guitar, etc., Alls'choir - a choir consisting of soloists from the Romanian Opera in Bucharest, but also Magic Violin. The hypostasis in which artists present themselves to the audience may seem unusual, but is fully justified by their artistic background. Emy Dragoi is an artist who does not need any more introductions. He has won countless competitions, played on the most important stages of the world, reached the performance of being designated, even in France - the homeland of the accordion - as the "Accordionist of the year". “I was born in Prahova, to a family of musicians from the Slanic Valley. My parents, uncles, distant relatives, were all in the news, being called to weddings and other parties. My father was giving accordion lessons and I keep alive the image from the summers of my childhood when, under the walnut tree in the yard, he sat for hours surrounded by students. Both parents performed both instrumentally and vocally, being cherished especially for the performance of old songs. My whole childhood, like my whole life, is related to music. There are many memories, but I have never forgotten nor will I forget the day when, at the age of only 3, I received my first accordion as a gift. I feel best on stage. Out of respect for the audience, I am never satisfied with what I do and I always set my mind on more. I have always admired those who managed to excel in one field or another, thus also in the musical one. Of course I compare myself to the best in the field, but not in order to copy them, but to succeed in my turn to become better and better. We promise you a show that has never been created in Romania and you may not miss it ”. Emy Dragoi   Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

The film "The Oak" (1992), the first Romanian production restored in 4K digital format by Fundatia9 and BRD - Groupe Société Générale, will celebrate the gala premiere on February 4th, 2020, from8:00 p.m., in the Grand Hall of the National Theatre of Bucharest, in the presence of the actors and intimatesof the great director Lucian Pintilie. Directed by Lucian Pintilie, "The Oak" is a Romanian-French co-production and premiered in 1992 at the Cannes Film Festival. The film presents the story of a young teacher and physician from a local hospital, who tries to cope with the last days of communism and struggles for normality in a Romania marked by stereotypes. The original negative of the film was digitized in the Hiventy laboratory, in France, and the 4K restoration was performed in Romania by the Avanpost Media studio, with the support and advice of the image director Florin Mihailescu, an intimate friend of director Lucian Pintilie. The restoration process lasted for over 6 months, aimed at improving the image and sound and translating the film into 4K digital format. The cast features: Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc, Marcel Iures, Dorel Visan, Mariana Mihut, Gheorghe Visu, Magda Catone, Dorina Lazar, Florin Calinescu. "The Oak" will arrive in Romanian cinemas on February 6th, being distributed by Transilvania Film. Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

Private event hosted by the National Theatre of Bucharest. The organiser is exclusively liable for the quality and content of this event! Dusty Ride Cultural AssociationA Vlach folklore concert reinterpreted with Alina Ciolca and her guestsGrigore Lese, Altona Ensemble, Cristian Chiriac, Anca Constantin at the NTB Painting Hall."Darkness and light: incursions into the Vlach song from the northern and southern Danube bank" - a conceptual folklore concert reinterpreted "otherwise", scheduled for February 3rd, 2020 at the Painting Hall of the National Theatre of Bucharest.Alina Ciolca (voice), accompanied by Adrian Chepa (percussion, bass, drum) and Bogdan Binga (electric guitar), (re) interprets traditional songs not only in different Romanian Northern-Danube tongues, but also in Aromanian, Meglenoromanian and Istroromanian, highlighting a musical heritage of the reunited and reconstituted oriental Romanianhood, historically rendered under the generic concept of "Vlach". A unity in diversity, relatively unknown to the general audience, beyond any commercial approaches.Alina Ciolcă will have as guests: the well-known artist and researcher Grigore Leșe, the ensemble of dances and traditional Meglenoromanian songs "Altona", Cristian Chiriac (the voice of the ethno-rock band Iarba Fiarelor), actress Anca Constantin.The show will also include the launch of a video of a traditional meglenoromanian love song entitled "Chitu Mila" ("Dear Chitu" in Daco-Romanian), filmed in the commune of Cerna (Tulcea County), where the only compact community of Meglenoromanians in the country lives.The repertoire and the staging will illustrate, with variations of intensities and frequencies, antitheses and thematic tensions revealed in the Vlach folklore of the northern and southern Danube bank, probing, in fact, nothing but luminous or darker, yet always complementary, transfigurations of the human soul, ranging from love to jealousy, from longing to alienation, from rebellion to reconciliation. The unique accompaniment and a vocal performance that keeps the elements of traditional song unaltered will tell the stories of these songs in all their regional colour.Beyond the cultural purposes of this show, it does not aim to be and is not an elitist one. At the entrance to the concert hall there is no need for theoretical initiation, but only for feeling and opening to a stirring of the soul ... Media partners: Radio Seven, Radio Romania Cultural, Sunete, The Romanian Journal, "Remix" (TVR3), Days and Nights Translated by Simona Nichiteanu  Trailer

Private event hosted by the National Theatre of Bucharest. The organiser is exclusively liable for the quality and content of this event! Prominent ballet names come to Romania, on January 20th, 2020, from 8 pm, to the Grand Hall of the National Theatre of Bucharest, for a unique show, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth of Romania (Carmen Sylva), patroness of arts, founder of charitable institutions, poet, essayist and writer. On the stage will be great artists such as the famous Iana Salenko and Dinu Tămăzlăcaru, ballerinas of Staatsballett Berlin, Brooklyn Mack, International Principal Guest Artist, Francesca Velicu, demi-soloist at the English National Ballet, for the first time on a stage in Romania after she won the Olivier prize; Julian MacKay, first ballerina at the Mikhailovsky Theater in Russia and Marina Minoiu, ballerina at the Royal Danish Theater. The "Carmen Sylva" Ballet Gala, a show by Ars Gratia Regalia, will stage an authentic labyrinth of emotions, marked by everything the personality of Carmen Sylva means to our culture. We will find fragments of classical ballet under the signature of great and major choreographers such as Sir Frederick Ashton, Johan Kobborg, Mauro de Candia, choreographies inspired by the magic of the forest and moments from great love stories. Also, choreographer Andrei Cozlac will create, for the first time, a moment dedicated to the Queen Writer, Carmen Sylva. CastIana Salenko –Staatsballett BerlinDinu Tamazlacaru –Staatsballett BerlinBrooklyn Mack - Independent ArtistJulian Mackay –Mikhailovsky TheatreFrancesca Velicu –English National BalletMarina Minoiu - Royal Danish BalletHenry Dowden - English National BalletRin Okuno - Bucharest National OperaBucharestRobert Enache - National Opera BucharestCristian Preda - Bucharest National OperaTudor Moldoveanu - Czech National BalletWith the participation of pianist AnaSylvester and violinist Raphael Butaru. Artistic director: Alice MinoiuOrganizer: Literati AssociationPartner: PiArt Vision Translated by Simona Nichiteanu 

The show Traces will be presented for the first time in Bucharest, during the festival Europalia Romania, thus opening the international tour of the company Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus, with a unique performance at the "IL Caragiale" National Theatre of Bucharest, on January 9th, 2020. The event is organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute, in partnership with the “IL Caragiale” National Theatre of Bucharest and the Europalia Arts Festival Brussels.The show Traces is part of the performing arts program of the Europalia Romania festival, curated by Andreea Capitanescu.In his new show, Traces, Wim Vandekeybus returns to the body, to the instinctive reaction, to the immediate energy that dictated the pace of his first shows. Taking into account the contemporary, complex, chaotic and contingent reality of bodies, Traces is not about the outside world, about the culture developed by man, but about exploring the traces of nature that the body has forgotten.Traces is a rediscovery of a vulnerable vitality, in a world full of technological and ecological threats. Wim Vandekeybus looks back at the insights from the beginning of his choreographic pursuits: the drama of impulses and instincts; at the interplay of energies and intensities. In the overwhelming nature of Romania, with the last virgin forests of Europe, Vandekeybus seeks traces older than man and his memory. Traces is the evocation of an "inner story", the story that takes place before or beyond language and can only be told through the impulses of dance and music. Traces is a search for the traces of nature that the body has forgotten or repressed. Video   Video The Ultima Vez company was founded in 1986 by the choreographer, stage director and filmmaker Wim Vandekeybus. Since its establishment, Ultima Vez has developed its activities as an international contemporary dance company based in Brussels and Flanders.Wim Vandekeybus was born in Herenthout on June 30th, 1963. After high school, Wim Vandekeybus went to Louvain to study psychology. In 1985, he got an audition with the famous choreographer Jan Fabre who entrusted him with a role in "The Power of Theatrical Madness". A year later, Vandekeybus founded Ultima Vez. His first show, "What the Body Does Not Remember," became an international hit. In all its different productions, Ultima Vez remains true to its own language of movement. Tension, conflict, the body facing the mind, risks and impulses. Each time, passion, intuition and instinct will take a different form in his performances. EuropaliaThe International Art Festival Europaliais considered the largest cultural event in Belgium, being organized under the patronage of the Royal Family of Belgium, every two years, in Belgium and in neighboring countries - France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany or the United Kingdom. The Romanian Cultural Institute is the coordinator of Romania's participation in the 27th edition of the Europalia Festival, a large-scale project carried out between October 2019 - February 2020 and implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and National Identity and the General Secretariat of the Government, together with the Association Europalia International, the traditional organizer of the event. The 27th edition of the Europalia Festival is dedicated to Romania. Translated by Simona Nichiteanu