PRAIS Foundation

Dance Energy

About the program

“Dance Energy” is a great cultural project that promoted and supported the talents of the students of the choreography high school Floria Capsali in Bucharest, initiated by the PRAIS Foundation, with Razvan Mazilu in February 2007.

Program objectives

The program aimed at raising awareness among the public with regard to the poor material condition of choreography high-schools and raising funds for their endowment with teaching materials meant to create better learning conditions for the pupils. Furthermore, the project aimed at promoting contemporary dance and the young talents who study this art in the Romanian schools.

Project development

The project started with the Extraordinary Contemporary Dance Performance, ”Razvan Mazilu and Friends”, which took place on March 12th, 2007 on the stage of the Romanian Opera House.

Razvan Mazilu’s guests included: Talia Paz dancers from Israel, Claudia Martins and Rafael Carriço from Portugal, Monica Petrica and Adrian Stoian from Romania, soprano Felicia Filip, actress Maia Morgenstern, Johnny Raducanu, A.G.Weinberger and Mihaela Radulescu, as presenter.

DANCE ENERGY was possible due to the involvement of Bucharest National Opera House and sponsors: Prigat, Vodafone and Volvo, which decided to support this cause. The event benefited from the support of JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel.

“The Dance Energy Project, and implicitly this performance, is a unique way to draw the attention on contemporary dance as an important form of art, addressing everybody, regardless of nationality, age or profession. In particular, we want to provide art lovers with the opportunity to support ballet high-schools, which find themselves in a very difficult material situation. The excitement felt in the response of our guests to this initiative convinces me that the performance will be a very special artistic event, which hopefully will become a tradition in Romania”, said Razvan Mazilu.

“For 6 months, the PRAIS team worked voluntarily with Razvan to turn this particular social project into reality. The concept, the graphic identity, the partners who supported our cause, the presence of some famous artists in the country and abroad have mattered. The participation of more than 900 spectators allowed us to raise the necessary funds for the Floria Capsali Choreography High School, with 5 pianos and a video library with the most representative classical and modern dance performances”, said Silvia Bucur, President of the PRAIS Foundation.

The Results

The „Dance Energy” project was focused on campaigns to communicate and promote the performance ”Razvan Mazilu and Friends” to the wide public – by street posters and letters to the journalists and launched, with a press conference, followed by a press campaing.

The Extraordinary Contemporary Dance Performance – March 12th, 2007 – ”Razvan Mazilu and Friends” was also preceded by a press conference. Following the development of the performance, the funds raised were used to equip “Floria Capsali” Choreography High-School, the total amount, as well as its usage, being communicated in June 2007.

PRAIS Foundation and Razvan Mazilu donated five Petrof cabinet pianos and 32 DVDs with classical and contemporary dance performances to “Floria Capsali” Choreography High-School from Bucharest, in the total amount of 55,977 RON. The teaching materials were purchased with the funds raised following the Extraordinary Contemporary Dance Performance, Razvan Mazilu and Friends”.

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