{"id":27108,"date":"2026-07-20T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/?p=27108"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:30:37","slug":"six-duos-selected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/expand-6-duos-artist-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"SIX DUOS SELECTED"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\ud83e\udd29We are excited to announce the six artist-producer duos selected for EXPAND \u2013 Empowering the Performing Arts with XR and AI Technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\ude80 Following an open call, we received 25 applications from talented and highly motivated performing arts professionals and producers across France, Finland, and Romania, all eager to explore the creative potential of XR and generative AI in theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\udd1d After a careful selection process, six duos \u2013 two from each partner country \u2013 were chosen for the strength of their artistic vision, the quality of their collaboration, and the relevance of their interest in immersive and emerging technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 G\u00e9rald Arev Kurdian & Fanny Testas<\/strong> \u2013 A transdisciplinary artist and a curator-producer working across performance, sound, digital art, and collective storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Emma Terno & Nikoleta Papadopoulou<\/strong> \u2013 A choreographer and performer joined by an AI engineer and creative technologist (part of French POC), bridging body, ritual, archive, and computation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 Tudor-Romulus Licu & F\u00e9lix Poullet-Pag\u00e8s<\/strong> \u2013 A stage director-playwright and a creative technologist exploring digital poetry, collective memory, and hybrid performance forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 Maria-Luiza Dimulescu & Camelia Neagoe<\/strong> \u2013 A choreographer-performer and a cultural manager developing interdisciplinary dance and performance projects rooted in contemporary social concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Erika Rustamova & Laura Jurmu<\/strong> \u2013 A virtual performance artist and a creative producer working at the intersection of digital scenography, media art, and socially engaged practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Sulo Rahman & Asko Halonen<\/strong> \u2013 Two performance-makers whose work connects theatre, identity, internet culture, and embodied technological dramaturgies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are thrilled to welcome the selected duos into this two-year long programme ; a transnational capacity-building programme taking place in Espoo (FI), Craiova (RO), Avignon and Cannes (FR), combining artistic discovery, hands-on experimentation, peer learning, and international exchange around XR and AI in the performing arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 Next step:<\/strong> a kick-off meeting in Avignon, right before the event Performing Arts, Digital Stages (SVSN, July 8\u20139). Co-organized by Dark Euphoria and included in the professional programme of the Festival d\u2019Avignon, this two-day event is entirely dedicated to the use of immersive technologies in the performing arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXPAND (Empowering the Performing Arts with XR and AI Technologies) is a European cooperation project supported by the Creative Europe programme, led by Dark Euphoria (FR) with & Espoo Theatre (FI) and \u201cMarin Sorescu\u201d National Theatre (RO). The two-year project offers artists and producers the opportunity to experiment, learn, and develop digital performance practices in an international context<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83e\udd29 Suntem \u00eenc\u00e2nta\u021bi s\u0103 anun\u021b\u0103m cele \u0219ase duo-uri artist\u2013produc\u0103tor selectate pentru EXPAND \u2013 Empowering the Performing Arts with XR and AI Technologies. \ud83d\ude80 La apelul deschis au r\u0103spuns 25 de profesioni\u0219ti din artele spectacolului \u2013 arti\u0219ti \u0219i produc\u0103tori din Fran\u021ba, Finlanda \u0219i Rom\u00e2nia \u2013 cu proiecte care exploreaz\u0103 poten\u021bialul creativ al tehnologiilor XR \u0219i al […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27111,"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27108\/revisions\/27111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tncms.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}