Head of dance research at the Institute of Folklore (Bucharest).

Vera Proca-Ciortea (1915-2002) from Sibiu studied at the National Academy of Physical Education in Bucharest (1932-1936), then further in Berlin (1937-1938) and again in Germany (1962-1981). She was a lecturer at the Institute of Physical Education, a university professor at the Institute of theatrical and cinematographic art until 1973.

She was ballet master of the National Theatre (1944-1947), head of the choreographic section at the Institute of Folklore (1949-1961) and ballet master of the C.F.R.-Giulești Ensemble (1951-1953). She is credited with the rapid dance notation scheme used within the Institute of Folklore. From 1962 she led the Ethnochoreology study group within the International Council of Traditional Music, and was on the Executive Committee of the UNESCO-Paris International Dance Council (1977).

Author(s)	Year	Title	Journal	Publisher
Proca-Ciortea, Vera	1954	Jocuri Populare Românești	Bucuresti, Editura de Stat
Proca, Vera	1956	Despre notarea dansului popular românesc	Revista de Folclor Anul 1 Nr 1-2, pp.135-172	București: Institutul de Folclor
Proca, Vera	1957	Despre notarea dansului popular românesc II	Revista de Folclor Anul 2 Nr 1-2, pp.65-91	București: Institutul de Folclor
Proca-Ciortea, Vera	1962	Câteva documente grafice privind jocul popular românesc	Revista de Folclor Anul 7 Nr 3-4, pp.79-88	București: Institutul de Folclor
Proca-Ciortea, Vera & Giurchescu, Anca	1966	Conferințele internaţionale de terminologie a dansului popular	Revista de Etnografie și Folclor Tomul 11 Nr 111(1), pp.86-88	București: Institutul de Etnografie și Folclor
Proca-Ciortea, Vera & Giurchescu, Anca	1968	Quelques aspects théoriques de l'analyse de la danse populaire	Langages 3(10), pp.87-93	Paris: Éditions Didier/Larousse
Proca-Ciortea, Vera	1969	On Rhythm in Rumanian Folk Dance	Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council 1, pp.176 -199
Proca-Ciortea, Vera	1970	Kinetic Language and Vocabulary	Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council 2, pp.133-141	International Council for Traditional Music
Proca-Ciortea, Vera	1978	The ‘Căluș’ Custom in Rumania – Tradition – Change – Creativity		Dance Studies 3, pp.1-43