YAGORIA is an ecopoetic statement on the current collective relationship with the environment. It explores themes of abusive deforestation, plastic waste & pollution, challenging the dominating anthropocentric view. Sourcing the mythopoetic figure of protector Baba Yaga, rooted in local traditions of apotropaic practices and built on references to eco-spirituality and deep ecology, Yagoria reclaims Ritual as a means to re-establish a more profound and reflexive relationship with the “interconnected real.” Three settings – the Urban Delta of Bucharest; Ulmet geomorphological site of Trovants and exploited Snagov forest (in Romania) – become sites of tension between pristine/natural systems and human intervention, where the body acts as a territory for the inter-dance between equilibrium and disruption.

Alina Tofan – concept, choreographer, ecoperformer
Gabriel Durlan – cinematography
Alexandru Claudiu Maxim – video editor
Maria Mora, Aigul Cheosep, Răzvan Omotă – performers
Manuela Marchiș – soundart
GCV, KateriniMou – costume & prop design
Răzvan Leucea – colorization
GCV: photography