02.08
SUN
18:00
Outdoor event - free admission
Event Date
Improvised dance scene [sic!] Saute

The Saute Improvisational Dance Scene [sic!] is an open artistic initiative dedicated to dance and stage improvisation. It was founded out of a need to create a space where improvisation can regularly feature in the cultural scene—both in Warsaw and throughout Poland.

Improvisation, increasingly used as a creative tool and a language of stage expression, remains largely unrecognized in Poland, even though it is an essential element of contemporary choreography. The Saute improvised dance [sic!] stage presents diverse approaches to improvisation—understood as a conscious, precise artistic practice based on unique techniques and tools. In this context, improvisation weaves together threads of identity, society, and emotion, while remaining open to the fluidity and immediacy of the moment. It is both the art of creation and of everyday existence—a flexible response to the challenges of the present.

The initiative was founded by Aleksandra Bożek-Muszyńska and Ilona Trybuła. The first edition took place in June 2023 at the Łowicka Center in Warsaw. Since then, meetings have been held regularly—once a month—featuring invited artists working in dance, performance, theater, and improvised music.

This time, “The Improvised Dance Stage [sic!] Saute” will take place in the immediate vicinity of the Pavilion of Dance and Other Performing Arts. The event is part of the Pavilion’s pilot program, which focuses on collaborating with local initiatives and strengthening ties with Warsaw’s artistic community as well as the local neighborhood.

We invite you to join us in observing and co-creating this unique outdoor edition of “Saute: The Improvised Dance Stage [sic!]”—regardless of your experience or knowledge of dance. Improvisation is for everyone.

A bridge to the right, a bridge to the left,
And right in the middle stands the Pavilion.
The Vistula winds before it,
Beneath it, the street pulses....

This time, the inspiration for movement and sound will be the Pavilion’s surroundings—both the building’s infrastructure and everything happening around it. This unique architectural masterpiece stands above a road with speeding cars, right next to the river flowing at a peaceful rhythm and the Vistula Boulevards, along which pedestrians and cyclists move at varying speeds. Movement is an integral part of both the Pavilion itself and the surrounding urban fabric.

Aleksandra Bożek-Muszyńska and Ilona Trybuła


Duration: 60 minutes
COMPANY
Aleksandra Bożek-Muszyńska, Marcin Bożek, Tomasz Gadecki, Agata Jędrzejczak, Sylwia Nosarzewska, Georgy Puchalski, Olga Bury


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Photo: Marta Ankiersztejn and Pagal Creative
Performer, choreographer, business coach, and philologist. In her practice, she combines movement, sound, and words—meaning is as important to her as sound. Both in improvisation and choreography, she works intuitively, guided by sensitivity and openness to the process. She works solo, in collectives, and creates choreographies for dance and theater companies. The social aspect is the driving force behind her activities. Her works have been presented in Berlin, Budapest, Philadelphia, New York, Melbourne, and Vienna, among other places. She is a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Alternative Dance Academy 2015–2017 (Art Stations Foundation), and a beneficiary of the Global Practice Sharing program at Movement Research (New York). She is a graduate of the Experimental Choreography II course (Centrum w Ruchu) and BODY–MIND CENTERING® in Berlin. In 2007–2021, she was associated with the Mufmi Theater in Warsaw as an instructor and artistic coordinator. Co-founder of the Holobiont collective. Together with Justyna Sobczyk from Teatr 21, she created choreographies for the performances Rodzina (Family) (TR Warszawa) and "You can fail! Porażka show" (Teatr Komedia). Her performance "Goździk w pustej muszli" was recognized by "Teatr" magazine as the best dance performance of the 2021/22 season.
A graduate of the Dance Theater Department in Bytom and a recipient of a Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship for 2023. She participated in an educational program at HaKibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts in Tel Aviv. In 2023, she received a scholarship from The Jose Limón Foundation to participate in the LimónLaunch program in New York. As part of her Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship and the City of Kraków Creative Scholarship for 2023, she carried out the project “Laboratory of Memory.” Her work focuses on education through dance.

Performer, choreographer, dancer, and pianist. She creates at the intersection of movement, sound, and somatics; she likes it when movement speaks louder than words. She is fascinated by what is fleeting, ambiguous, and physical. Founder of Your Studio Yoga Art—a space for those who want to move, stir something within themselves, and perhaps even untangle something. Teacher of yoga, meditation, and somatic practices; an active participant in Warsaw’s improvisation and contact improvisation scene. By education, a choreographer and lawyer. By nature—a seeker of unique paths of expression.


Dancer, choreographer, and performer. In 2008, he was a top finalist in the second Polish season of the “You Can Dance” show, after which he continued his studies at the Codarts Dance Conservatory in the Netherlands and at The Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S.) in Brussels.
In 2012, he joined the physical dance theater collective “T.r.a.s.h.” in the Netherlands, where he performed and co-created productions for three seasons. At the same time, in 2013, he began collaborating with the companies “Het Internationaal Danstheater” and “De Dansers.” In 2014, he began collaborating with director Christof Loy as an actor, dancer, and assistant choreographer, participating in productions at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Zurich Opera House, the Theater an der Wien, and the Dutch National Opera & Ballet. As a dancer, he has collaborated with the “Pieśń Kozła” Theater, the Grand Theater – National Opera in Warsaw, and the “Zawirowania” dance theater. He is a co-founder of the informal collective “United Limbs.” He created the choreography for the production “Turn of the Screw” for the Polish Royal Opera and for the musical spectacle “Depesze.” He collaborates on music videos, TV series, films, commercials, and concerts.
Aleksandra Bożek-Muszyńska
Agata Jędrzejrzak
Sylwia Nosarzewska
Georgy Puchalski
The band "The Giant and the Midget," featuring:

Marcin Bożek – bassist, improviser, teacher. A graduate of the Jazz and Popular Music Department at the Academy of Music in Katowice, he earned a Master of Arts degree in bass guitar performance in 2003. Winner of numerous awards at international competitions and festivals. He was the resident bassist at the Musical Theater in Gdynia from 2005 to 2015. Since 2007, he has been a key figure in the Polish improvised music scene. He improvises with musicians, actors, painters, artists, dancers, and as a soloist. To date, he has performed in Poland as well as in Germany, Hungary, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Romania, Japan, and the United States. His artistic body of work includes 10 CDs of original improvised music released both in Poland and abroad. He is the founder and conductor of the Gdynia Improvisers Orchestra. His concert, artistic, and educational projects include: “Olbrzym i kurdupel,” “Bass Solo,” “Double Trouble,” and “Gdynia Improvisers Orchestra” “SADOIL,” Bożek/Kamins. He collaborates with Tomasz Gadecki, Aleksandra Bożek Muszyńska, the Krakow Improvisers Orchestra, Rafał Mazur, Mikołaj Trzaska, Ken Vandermark, Danny Kamins, and Marie Takahashi.

Tomasz Gadecki —a charismatic and creative saxophonist who has devoted the last decade of his artistic career to improvised music in the broadest sense, achieving great success in this field. In his work, he prioritizes openness and the search for truth right down to the very last note. A co-founder of, among others, the bands Szcęki, Awatair, Olbrzym i Kurdupel, Sambar, 250 kg, and Choroby Pszczół, he is currently actively collaborating with the Tri-City-based groups Lonker See and Band_A free, and is beginning work with Marek Tokar’s Quartet—a collaboration that also stems from his artistic work with numerous musicians from Poland and around the world. In addition, Tomasz composes music for theater productions and works as a session musician on numerous projects; improvisation—which lies at the heart of his artistry—means he frequently collaborates with performers, painters, and poets, and, as he himself says, he has not yet had his final say in music.

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