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
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.