Romane Postel and Pani Georgiou in residence

ROMANE POSTEL is a French dancer and performer. She started her dance journey in ballet and contemporary at Millenium Dance Center. In 2022 she became an ensemble member of FreeBodies, a youth company program in Barcelona directed by Nico Ricchini (FR) and Nadine Gerspacher (GER), where she collaborated with Robinson Cassarino, Clémentine Télesfort and Lisard Tranis a.o.

In the season 23/24 she became a dancer of Opendor Company (FR), directed by Adrien Ouaki. She also joined the project “Chiroptera” choreographed by Damien Jalet, in collaboration with JR and Thomas Bangalter. Romane is part of SUB.LAB.PRO The Ensemble Program in Budapest (Hungary). Since September 2024, she has worked as a dancer and co-creator with Tamara Gvodenovic (SRB) in “After Burra”, Jenna Jalonen (FI) in “Dōjo” and Emese Cuhorka (HU) in “My High Is Dance”. She will be collaborating with Boglárka Börcsök (HU) by the end of the season.

PANI GEORGIOU is a Cypriot movement and performance artist born in 2003. In 2021 she started her bachelor’s dance degree at the Institute of the Arts in Barcelona, trainING in ballet, contemporary, choreography, jazz, commercial and urban styles, tap dance, singing and acting. She graduated with honours in 2024.

During her training she was also given the opportunity to collaborate with Lali Ayguadé (ES), Sita Ostheimer (DE), Magnus Westwell (GB-SCT), Kennedy Junior Muntanga (UK) and Jacob Gómez Ruiz (ES). She is currently a member of SUB.LAB.PRO The Ensemble Program. She has worked together with Romane as a dancer and co-creator with Tamara Gvodenovic (SRB) in “After Burra”, Jenna Jalonen (FI) in “Dōjo” and Emese Cuhorka (HU) in “My High Is Dance”and will also be collaborating with Boglárka Börcsök (HU) by the end of the season.

Romane and Pani will be working on their project Openfield. Currently a 20-minute piece, premiered at MÚ Szinhaz Theater in Budapest in February 2025, the dancers will use this time to extend the duet and fine-tune it before taking it to festivals and theatres in the 2026 season.

At the root of Openfield are joy and freedom through movement. Romane and Pani will take the time to explore the relationship between two bodies, focusing on human connection and the physicality of touch, going from lightness to explosiveness. The work also looks at how bodies are presented in a space where they are subject to a 360º view. This activates total awareness in performers, awakening the senses and the nervous system to achieve the desired movement quality.