U:NEW Dance Wave Festival is a cyclical event dedicated to contemporary dance and experimental choreography, organized in Warsaw by HOTELOKO Company and the Theatre Development Foundation "NOWA FALA" since 2020.
The festival provides an opportunity for HOTELOKO to connect with Warsaw audiences and artists from different countries, generations, and career stages. Dance and choreography, and their connections to contemporary social and ecological issues, are at the heart of the program.
For one evening, HOTELOKO Company from Warsaw and Compagnie Vialuni from Corsica will meet at the Pavilion. The performances will be accompanied by a screening of Agnieszka Gąsiorek's film "becoming taiga."
The performance "Agricole," choreographed by Michèle Ettori (La Cie Vialuni), focuses on mindfulness of all living things. In a sparse, land-art-inspired stage space, two performers of varying ages create a choreography based on gesture, breath, and relationships with nature: earth, water, plants, and the smallest forms of life. Fragments of poetry, including those by Guillevic and Virgil, intertwine with movement to create a story about cultivation, care, and growth—both in the natural world and in human relationships.
“Shared Dreams” is the latest production from HOTELOKO Company.
"Becoming Taiga" is a film by Agnieszka Gąsiorek – a poetic documentation of a meeting between members of the TAIGA and FJORDS communities, created by the organization new visions (Berlin). Documentary images intertwine with the participants' poetry, their singing, and images of nature, movement, and closeness. The film tells the story of the relationships that developed during several days spent together in an Estonian forest.
In the program:
The festival provides an opportunity for HOTELOKO to connect with Warsaw audiences and artists from different countries, generations, and career stages. Dance and choreography, and their connections to contemporary social and ecological issues, are at the heart of the program.
For one evening, HOTELOKO Company from Warsaw and Compagnie Vialuni from Corsica will meet at the Pavilion. The performances will be accompanied by a screening of Agnieszka Gąsiorek's film "becoming taiga."
The performance "Agricole," choreographed by Michèle Ettori (La Cie Vialuni), focuses on mindfulness of all living things. In a sparse, land-art-inspired stage space, two performers of varying ages create a choreography based on gesture, breath, and relationships with nature: earth, water, plants, and the smallest forms of life. Fragments of poetry, including those by Guillevic and Virgil, intertwine with movement to create a story about cultivation, care, and growth—both in the natural world and in human relationships.
“Shared Dreams” is the latest production from HOTELOKO Company.
"Becoming Taiga" is a film by Agnieszka Gąsiorek – a poetic documentation of a meeting between members of the TAIGA and FJORDS communities, created by the organization new visions (Berlin). Documentary images intertwine with the participants' poetry, their singing, and images of nature, movement, and closeness. The film tells the story of the relationships that developed during several days spent together in an Estonian forest.
In the program:
- welcome to the festival by artistic director Agata Życzkowska
- screening of the film "becoming taiga"
- "Shared Dreams" performance (40 min)
- technical break
- "Agricole" performance (20 min)
Duration: 100 minutes
COMPANY
“Agricole”
Concept and choreography: Michèle Ettori
Performed by: Michèle Ettori, Sandrine Gout
Music composition: Fabien Delisle
Production: Compagnie Vialuni / Pascale Dall'Agnol
With the support of the Collectivité de Corse, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles and the City of Ajaccio, within the network of Corse Méditerranée Dissidanse Itinérance
“Shared Dreams”
Concept and direction: Agata Życzkowska
Performed by: Maciej Łączyński, Kinga Łon, Karina Szutko, Mirek Woźniak, Agata Życzkowska
Dramaturgy, choreography, costumes: Agata Życzkowska
Collaboration: Maciej Łączyński, Kinga Łon, Karina Szutko, Mirek Woźniak
Video screenings: Karina Szutko, Agata Życzkowska
Lights: Ewa Garniec
Concept and choreography: Michèle Ettori
Performed by: Michèle Ettori, Sandrine Gout
Music composition: Fabien Delisle
Production: Compagnie Vialuni / Pascale Dall'Agnol
With the support of the Collectivité de Corse, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles and the City of Ajaccio, within the network of Corse Méditerranée Dissidanse Itinérance
“Shared Dreams”
Concept and direction: Agata Życzkowska
Performed by: Maciej Łączyński, Kinga Łon, Karina Szutko, Mirek Woźniak, Agata Życzkowska
Dramaturgy, choreography, costumes: Agata Życzkowska
Collaboration: Maciej Łączyński, Kinga Łon, Karina Szutko, Mirek Woźniak
Video screenings: Karina Szutko, Agata Życzkowska
Lights: Ewa Garniec
Founded in 2000 in Ajaccio by artist Michèle Ettori (after more than 17 years working in Montpellier with La Lice Company), the company began a structured development connected to the unique territory of Corsica, France, renewing its thinking and practice through contemporary dance. Its research focuses on the relationship between the body and the environment, drawing on the contributions of choreographic culture and the concept of multidimensional space.
Filmmaker, anthropologist, and activist. In 2017, she graduated from film school in Denmark and in 2023, she studied Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology in Wrocław. She is involved in numerous social and activist initiatives. In addition, in her free time, she explores dance, movement, and gardening. Movement also interests her in film, not only as a visual aspect, but also as a way to convey what cannot be expressed in words. She is the creator of short films such as "Grandma Dorota" and "Thoughts of Love," winning the Best Directing Award.
Compagnie Vialuni
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