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Alexandra Constantin (7 July 1988 – 24 January 2020) was a Romanian set designer (costumes and sets). She designed the set for the show 'Chiritza in Concert,' directed by Ada Milea at the National Theatre in Cluj, a production that won the UNITER Award for Best Play and Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2019.

A graduate in architecture from KIT University, she started her set designer career by becoming one of the assistants to set designer Adrian Damian. Together with Damian, she created the set for the 2016 show 'The Biggest Gulliver,' directed by Alexandru Dabija at the Gong Theatre in Sibiu. She has designed sets and costumes for productions in theaters in Bucharest, Piatra Neamț, Sibiu, Buzău, and Cluj-Napoca.

She collaborated with big names in the romanian theater industry as Alexandru Dabija, Radu Afrim, Ada Milea, Adrian Damian, Leta Popescu, Slava Sambriș, Bogdan Sărătean, and Cristina Giurgea. She has worked on numerous shows such as "The Government Inspector" (National Theatre Bucharest and UNATC), "The Planet of Lost Dreams" (George Ciprian Theatre, Buzău), "Memories," "Under Every Step There's an Unexploded Mine from a War Unfinished with You," and "Alice" (Youth Theatre, Piatra Neamț), "Chiritza in Concert" (National Theatre Cluj-Napoca), "Love Among People" (Radu Stanca Theatre, Sibiu), and "ImpreLuna" (Ion Creangă Theatre, Bucharest).

Biography

Childhood and Youth

Alexandra Constantin was born on 7 July 1988 in Bucharest, where she grew up and studied until 2009, when she moved to Karlsruhe, Germany, for her studies. She is the daughter of Radu-Gabriel and Carmen Constantin, and the granddaughter of the romanian writer and literary critic Alexandru George.

Higher Education

Immediately after graduating from high school in 2007, Alexandra Constantin began her studies at the "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest. After her first two years, moved to Karlsruhe and finished her architecture studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2009 - 2014). During her time at university, she enriched her knowledge by participating in various extracurricular courses, such as photography courses (winning first place in 2010 in an architecture photography competition at KIT) In 2017, she began her master's degree in set design at UNATC Bucharest in the class of Prof. Stefan Caragiu. Her dissertation show, "The Government Inspector" created in collaboration with director Slava Sambriș, was very well received by the Bucharest audience and beyond. This show was selected to be part of the 9G season at the National Theatre Bucharest. It also received the award for Best Show of 2019 from UNATC for both directing and set design.

Career

Upon returning to Romania in 2015, she worked on her first project with director Cristina Giurgea at the National Theatre Bucharest. In 2016, she became the set design assistant to Adrian Damian, with whom she continued her work.

Starting in 2017, she began signing her own set designs, with the play "Humans and their love" ("Iubire la Oameni") by director Bogdan Sărătean.

Death

During the production of the show "Ubu in Concert" in Cluj, on 24 January 2020, the set designer suffered a fatal car accident on her way to Bucharest. Her funeral took place on 27 January 2020, at Bellu Cemetery, where she rests alongside her grandfather, the writer Alexandru George.

To support young set designers at the beginning of their careers and to honor the memory of Alexandra Constantin, Oistat Romania, in partnership with the Comedy Theatre Bucharest, launched the Alexandra Constantin Scholarship on 7 July 2024, on what would have been her 36th birthday.

Set and costume designs

References

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5. "Ada Milea | site oficial" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
6. "The Inspector General - UNATC". www.tnb.ro. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
7. https://www.unatc.ro/prezentare/documente/comunicat_gala_2.pdf
8. "Spectacolul "Cel mai mare Gulliver" in premiera, la Teatrul Gong Sibiu - HotNews.ro" (in Romanian). 30 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
9. "Humans and their love". Teatrul Național Radu Stanca Sibiu. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
10. Micu, Veronica (27 January 2020). "Alexandra a murit pe loc, într-un accident cumplit pe Valea Oltului. Tânăra de 31 de ani era scenografă". Observator (in Romanian). Antena. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
11. "Tânăra moartă în accidentul de pe Valea Oltului era scenografă - Doliu în lumea teatrului". www.oradesibiu.ro (in Romanian). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
12. Alex (9 July 2024). "ALEXANDRA CONSTANTIN SCENOGRAPHY SCHOLARSHIP". Teatrul de Comedie. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
13. "Teatrul National Cluj-Napoca". www.teatrulnationalcluj.ro. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
14. "Ada Milea | site oficial" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
15. "Iubirea la oameni" (in Romanian). Teatrul Național Radu Stanca Sibiu. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

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