"Exercises from Memory"
Dance is, by its very nature, an ephemeral form that lasts only as long as it is performed. Nevertheless, today, with the development of audiovisual and digital technologies, it is possible to create, record, and publish two-dimensional images of dance online, as well as to digitize existing archives and make them widely accessible. This leap in time—working with archives—is becoming increasingly common, restoring knowledge and imagery of dance creators from the period when techniques for recording moving images were taking shape. In this way, the image of dancers becomes a new source of knowledge and inspiration for contemporary dancers. The body’s memory expands and takes on new meanings—it becomes a highly personal archive of knowledge about dance. Memory, like the body, can be trained—to remember more, better, and in greater detail.
During the two-day event organized by the Warsaw Dance Museum at the Pavilion, digital recordings of Polish liberated dance will be used, juxtaposing it with German Freie Tanz, in the context of French danse libre, and setting Hungarian Mozdulat Müvèszet—otherwise known as The Art of Movement—as a backdrop. The exercises will be performed and presented to the public by an intergenerational group consisting of Iwona Wojnicka and Marta Kosieradzka, together with students from the Dance Department of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice: Sandra Jaszczyk, Paulina Świtalska, Malena Skuza, Julia Łukaszewicz, Klara Horak, Zoe Marston, and Joanna Wolak. The event will be accompanied by composers India Czajkowska and Andrzej Rejman, as well as documentary filmmaker Andrzej Chuszno.
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Performance for the audience
8:00 PM – 8:30 PM Discussion with the audience
Dance is, by its very nature, an ephemeral form that lasts only as long as it is performed. Nevertheless, today, with the development of audiovisual and digital technologies, it is possible to create, record, and publish two-dimensional images of dance online, as well as to digitize existing archives and make them widely accessible. This leap in time—working with archives—is becoming increasingly common, restoring knowledge and imagery of dance creators from the period when techniques for recording moving images were taking shape. In this way, the image of dancers becomes a new source of knowledge and inspiration for contemporary dancers. The body’s memory expands and takes on new meanings—it becomes a highly personal archive of knowledge about dance. Memory, like the body, can be trained—to remember more, better, and in greater detail.
During the two-day event organized by the Warsaw Dance Museum at the Pavilion, digital recordings of Polish liberated dance will be used, juxtaposing it with German Freie Tanz, in the context of French danse libre, and setting Hungarian Mozdulat Müvèszet—otherwise known as The Art of Movement—as a backdrop. The exercises will be performed and presented to the public by an intergenerational group consisting of Iwona Wojnicka and Marta Kosieradzka, together with students from the Dance Department of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice: Sandra Jaszczyk, Paulina Świtalska, Malena Skuza, Julia Łukaszewicz, Klara Horak, Zoe Marston, and Joanna Wolak. The event will be accompanied by composers India Czajkowska and Andrzej Rejman, as well as documentary filmmaker Andrzej Chuszno.
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Performance for the audience
8:00 PM – 8:30 PM Discussion with the audience
Duration: 90 minutes
COMPANY
Project creators: Iwona Wojnicka, Marta Kosieradzka, India Czajkowska, Andrzej Rejman, Andrzej Chuszno, together with students from the Dance Department of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice: Sandra Jaszczyk, Paulina Świtalska, Malena Skuza, Julia Łukaszewicz, Klara Horak, Zoe Marston, and Joanna Wolak
Producer: WARSAW DANCE MUSEUM
Co-producer: Dance Department of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice
Co-producer: Dance Department of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice
Choreographer, performer, and researcher, PhD (University of Huddersfield). Initiator of the Warsaw Dance Museum project and director of the documentaries Nata Lerska – historia tancerki (Nata Lerska – The Story of a Dancer) and Mazurówna – moje tańce (Mazurówna – My Dances). Her works have been presented in Poland and abroad.
Dancer and choreographer, graduate of the Artesis Royal Conservatory in Antwerp and the Oslo National Academy of Arts. Author of award-winning performances presented in Europe and other countries. Her work will be shown on the Polish Dance Platform.
Composer and performer associated with the improvised music scene. She creates theater and film music and is a winner of international awards. She combines acoustic and electronic sounds in her original projects.
Composer, pianist, and music producer, graduate of the Academy of Music in Warsaw. Author of theater and film music, as well as stage projects. Member of the ZAiKS Authors' Association.
Film sound engineer and synchronous effects producer. He has worked on numerous feature films and documentaries in Poland and abroad. He combines on-set and studio experience with precision in sound production.
Iwona Wojnicka
Marta Kosieradzka
India Czajkowska
Andrzej Rejman
Andrzej Chuszno
