Catalin Diacono

Movement was fascinating for me since I can remember myself. Besides following the rhythm of music, as a child, I was trying to imitate dangerous stunts from movies, dreaming of becoming a stuntman. Later I practiced Kung Fu but stopped because it felt too violent for me. In my early youth I was called to a more fluid and inward-oriented practice. I practiced Tai ChiI for many years and even today, in my dancing, I am using movement and breathing principles I have learned back then. In 2015 I discovered Contact Improvisation, which has been my main movement and dance practice. I instantly fell in love with it, and the more I danced, the more interested I became. Being a computer engineer and a musician at that time made me both curious about its technical, biomechanical aspects but also about the compositional and poetical tensions that it was pointing to. I delved deeper and deeper into researching, refining and understanding its principles and its initial artistic ideas. Beside Bucharest weekly classes for 7 years now I attended workshops and festivals with teachers that gave me great insights and inspiration. All this involvement led me towards teaching. At the moment I enjoy searching for ways to assist people in their process of understanding CI principles, and feel excited to bring my findings to the more experienced dancers. I am genuinely interested in every dance I have, setting my mind to function both as a scientist’s mind - being curious, never reaching a final conclusion, always trying to keep the experience alive - as well as having the joy and exuberance of a child. I see every CI dance as an opportunity of sharing experience and communication between dancers.