April 2, 2025, 4 PM – 6 pm, Ileana Berlogea Hall
Keynote Speaker: Assist. Prof. Valentina de Piante Niculae PhD of the UNATC “I. L. Caragiale”
Valentina De Piante is an Assistant Professor at the I.L. Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest, Doctor of Performing Arts, choreographer, performer, project coordinator, and a Feldenkrais Method®️ practitioner. In 2020, she co-founded the Areal – Space for choreographic development and has collaborated closely with Indie Box, engaging in durational performances, community workshops, and research residencies. Her performances have been showcased at notable venues like Explore Dance Festival, the National Center of Dance in Bucharest, Trois C-L in Luxembourg, and the ImPulsTanz Festival. A major part of her choreographic work involves exploring consciousness through circumferential perspectives, often bridging art with scientific research. She was also involved in DanceBrainRehab, an Erasmus+ project, applying neuroscience to dance for vulnerable communities. In 2020, she received the CNDB prize for independent artists and published Body of Knowledge in 2021.
Guest Speaker: Assist. Prof. Loredana Pătrășcoiu PhD of the University of Bucharest
Loredana Adriana Pătrășcoiu is an Assistant Professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, with a doctorate in Education Sciences for the specific topic of special education quality management. UNICEF expert, trainer, and researcher for different Erasmus+ projects such as CORTTEX – Congnitive Resources for Toddlers—Teens and Experts; TAST—Combating skills mismatch through a transdisciplinary approach and skills transferability; eBelong—Sense of Belonging in Online Environments developed educational services for a more efficiently inclusive school and society for children and adult people with special needs using tools such as augmentative and alternative communication, universal design for learning, service learning, art therapy, vocational education, and amniotic therapy.
Program Breakdown
Assist. Prof. Valentina de Piante Niculae PhD:
4:00pm-4:15pm keynote speaker
Irina Marinescu, Loredana Larionescu – “ParkinsOn Dance – Pioneering and Developing Evidence-Based Practice in Dance Therapy for Parkinson’s in Romania”:
4:15pm-4:25pm lecture
4:25pm-4:30pm questions & answers
Assist. Prof. Adriana Ispas PhD of the University of Sibiu “Lucian Blaga” – “Therapeutic Pen towards oneself… through Art”:
4:30pm-4:40pm lecture
4:40pm-4:45pm questions & answers
Ana Dumitrașcu – “Dance Movement Therapy and Drawing as Tools for Body Awareness: A Case Study of a Non-Verbal Autistic Child”:
4:45pm-4:55pm lecture
4:55pm-5:00pm questions & answers
5:00pm-6:00pm round table led by guest speaker Assist. Prof. Loredana Pătrășcoiu PhD
Theme: Dance and somatic education in a new therapeutic approach – Creative Interconnections
Subthemes:
- Innovative Research and Creative Process in Therapy
- Moving Awareness : New Horizons of Creativity in Therapy
- Embodied Therapy: New Dimensions of Creativity in Therapy
- Body Awareness and Creative Dance: New Tools for Fragile Communities
- Networks of Care between Institutions for a New Embodied Therapy
- Creating Awareness, New Frontiers in Therapy
- Mind and Body Unity: New Perspectives in Therapy
- The Body Intelligence: a New Resource in Therapy
- The Subjective Experience of the body as a New Paradigm in Therapy