Documentary OM – Body & Space
From the very beginning, OM Choreographic Center set out to support young artists and to create a space where dance, sound, and visual arts meet - transforming creativity into movement, a movement that connects, questions, and becomes presence.
Launched in May, the OM Body & Space program brought together six international residencies, each featuring two artists, held between OM Choreographic Center in Cluj and L’Abri Genève, uniting twelve artists from Romania and France. In parallel, four contemporary dance workshops took place, dedicated both to professionals and to movement enthusiasts.
Throughout the residencies, the artists experimented, created, and explored the connection between body and space — through vulnerable gestures, unexpected encounters, and artistic explorations that shaped a new sensitivity of movement.
We close this chapter with a documentary video that gathers moments from the creative process — working methods, sources of inspiration, and much vulnerability and emotion.
Through this film, the story of OM Body & Space continues to live — beyond the frame, beyond time.
We thank the artists for their courage and dedication, the OM Choreographic Center team and partners for their support, and the audience for the openness with which they embraced this project and joined us at the end of each residency.
This cultural project is co-financed by The Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the official position of The Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN shall not be held liable for the project's content or any use to which the project outcome might be put. These are the sole responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.
A documentary by: Mihai Peter
Translation and subtitling by: Louisa Miclăuș
Artists in residence: Oana Mureșan, Iulia Toacaci, Jasmin Sisti, Hugo Langlade, Anca Stoica, Sergiu Diță, Constance Diard, Szilárd Gáspár, Adina Oros, Cédric Cherdel, Eva Danciu, Cosmin Manolescu
Project partners:
OM Centru Coregrafic
Institutul Francez din România la Cluj
L’Abri – Genève
Co-financier:
Administrația Fondului Cultural Național
OM - Body & Space Residencies - September/October 2025
The OM – Body & Space residency program comes to a close with the final residency, which brought together, for one month at OM Studio, the artists Cédric Cherdel [fr] and Adina Oros [ro]. On Tuesday, October 7, at 6:00 PM, at the French Institute in Cluj-Napoca, the two artists will share their creative universe with the public.
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OM - Body & Space Residencies - August 2025
After a one-month residency within the OM – Body & Space program, artists Constance Diard [fr] and Szilárd Gáspár [ro] present to the public, on Friday, August 29, the results of their research. Their artistic process has brought together dance, sculpture, and performance, opening a dialogue between order and disorder, strength and fragility, body and matter.
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OM - Body & Space Residencies - July/August 2025
Sergiu Diță and Anca Stoica – founders of the artistic duo Platforma 13 – spent two weeks at OM Choreographic Center as part of a residency where they explored the process of solarisation as a starting point for a movement practice and reflection on identity. The two artists investigated how the body, much like an image suddenly exposed to light, is transformed through its contact with space – physical, social, cultural, or emotional. In this context, solarisation becomes a metaphor for becoming, contradiction, and the hidden dimensions of the self, offering a framework for questioning and expanding modes of self-representation.
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OM - Body & Space Residencies - July 2025
In July, as part of the OM – Body & Space project, a residency was held featuring two guest artists from L’Abri – Geneva: Jasmin Sisti and Hugo Langlade. This cultural exchange is part of the partnership between OM Choreographic Center and L’Abri – Geneva, a cultural space dedicated to supporting emerging artists across a range of fields – music, dance, visual arts, theatre, writing, and design.
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OM - Body & Space Residencies - June 2025
In June 2025, artists Oana Mureșan and Iulia-Oana Toacaci participated in a residency at L'Abri - Genève. The residency is part of the OM - Body and Space program, which includes five residencies with artists from Romania, France, and Switzerland, taking place from May to October 2025.
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OPEN CALL - OM Body & Space Results
- Szilard Gaspar [ro] & Constance Diard [fr]
- Adina Oros [ro] & Cedric Cherdel [fr]
- Sergiu Diță [ro] & Anca Stoica [ro]
The OM – Body and Space Open Call received over 20 applications from artists in Romania and France. We are proud of the artists who took on the challenge and surrounded us with creativity and enthusiasm. However, the decision was not easy, as the competition was very tight.
We received many valuable portfolios and discovered new artists, which makes us very happy. Alongside the two residencies consisting of one Romanian and one French artist each, we’ve decided to offer a special two-week residency to a duo of two Romanian artists.
We’re very much looking forward to meeting and hosting all six selected artists at OM Choreographic Center!
This cultural project is co-financed by The Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the official position of The Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN shall not be held liable for the project's content or any use to which the project outcome might be put. These are the sole responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.
OM - Body & Space Residencies - May 2025
In May, OM Choreographic Center will host Cosmin Manolescu and Eva Danciu – the first residency within the OM – Body and Space program. The residency of the two artists includes a dance workshop as well as the preview of the performative experience Game of Life: experience for timeless sorrow and love.
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Body & Space | Open Call Residencies Romanian & French Artists | 1-25 April 2025
Application deadline
- The application form will be open until April 25, 23:59.
- The selected participants will be announced on May 25.
- REGISTER HERE
Who can apply?
- Emerging French choreographers and dancers up to the age of 35
- Emerging Romanian visual artists and musicians up to the age of 35 - as the project aims to support the local scene, artists based in Cluj-Napoca are encouraged to apply
How will the residencies take place?
At the end of the selection process, two teams will be formed, each consisting of one French and one Romanian artist. Each duo will participate in a one-month residency at OM Choreographic Center in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, one residency taking place from August 15 – September 14 and the other one from September 15 – October 15.
What we offer?
- Workspace and access to the OM studio facilities (one month)
- Artistic support and coordination throughout the residency
- Accommodation and transportation for the French artists
- Honorarium for each selected artist
- Networking and opportunities for national and international collaboration
About the project
The OM - Body & Space Residency Program aims to support contemporary choreographic creation and young artists, fostering experimental approaches and the development of choreographic exchanges between artists from the fields of dance, performance, visual arts, and contemporary music. This initiative connects cultural organizations from Romania, France, and Switzerland, while also promoting the international mobility of artists. The residencies are an initiative of OM Choreographic Center in Cluj-Napoca, one of the few independent spaces for contemporary artistic research and creation in Transylvania, known for its active, generative approach and its dialogue with the wider public.
In 2025, the program will invigorate the local artistic scene and create a safe space for professional development and artistic creation. By offering a supportive environment with financial backing, the residency program seeks to help grow the contemporary dance scene and cultural sector in Cluj-Napoca. Drawing inspiration from Georges Perec's "Species of Spaces and Other Pieces," the program encourages exploration of both the internal space of the body and its relationship with the urban space and architecture of Cluj-Napoca. The residency will also include workshops for both amateur adults and professional dancers, as well as informal presentations and performances, engaging with a broad public interested in contemporary artistic phenomena.
Project partners
- OM Choreographic Center
- French Institute of Romania in Cluj
- L'Abri - Genève
Co-financier
The Administration of the National Cultural Fund
This cultural project is co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. The project does not necessarily represent the official position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN shall not be held liable for the project's content or any use to which the project outcome might be put. These are the sole responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.
