tcf

TOACA Cultural Foundation is a non-governmental, non-profit organization established in 1996 by
Nona Ciobanu, theatre directress, and Iulian Baltatescu, actor and set designer. Its intentions are to provide an outside-the-system framework for contemporary arts, to offer young artists cross-disciplinary training and support for independent projects, to promote communication between Romanian freelance artists and between national and international cultural values, to create a space where art, politics and social issues can interact, to broaden the scope of cultural projects into the community.

Partners/network- the traditional partners of TOACA Cultural Foundation are: Moving Academy for
Performing Arts (MAPA) Amsterdam, Contemporary Dance Association Bratislava and Mamapapa Praga; TOACA is also member of three international networks: IETM (Informal European Theatre Meeting), EMF (European Mime Federation) and TEH (Trans Europe Halles), having connections with the international artistic community and especially with European cultural centres. TOACA participates at various international seminars and festivals.

Nona Ciobanu, theatre directress, debuted at Edinburgh Theatre Festival with Youth Without Old Age and Life Without Death. She received numerous awards (debut, best show, best director) for performances directed in Romania, Germany and Malta. Starting from 1996 she worked in state theaters (in Bucharest: Mic Theatre, Bulandra Theatre, in Piatra Neamt: Youth Theatre, directing performances like: Love for Three Oranges by Carlo Gozzi, Melissa by Nikos Kazantzakis, The Playboy of The Western World by J.M Synge, As you Like It by William Shakespeare, But, Mother, in The Second Part They Are Only Recounting What Happened in The First One by Matei Visniec, Dogs' Waltz by Leonid Andreev, The Future is A Pulp Story by Vlad Zografi), as well as on
independent stages, directing and producing performances for Toaca Cultural Foundation, shows that toured many European countries.

Iulian Bãltãtescu trained as an actor, set and light designer. He worked closely with Nona Ciobanu for all her productions. In Toaca he is also responsible for the design and production of the prints, and the "on-line" and "off-line" products. He took various workshops in cultural management, light and set design and he followed the DasArts program in Amsterdam (1999 2001).
Since 1998 he performs as a teacher and consultant for Moving Academy for Performing Arts Amsterdam.

Mihnea Mircan trained as an art historian and cultural manager. His collaboration with the Toaca Cultural Foundation was an professionally enriching one, ranging from establishing the cultural policy of the organisation to representing it in international forums, generally acting as a porte-bonheur.