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Upcoming performances
's "Marta Ziółek" Premieres
'S DECEPTIVE SIRENS
DECEITFUL SIRENS is a story about outsider sisters living on the fringes of society. About voices deemed threatening and songs that can not only seduce, but above all: disrupt the status quo.
Entangled in a web of pop-cultural associations, sirens began as ancient bird-human hybrids. Bearers of knowledge, poetry, and prophecies. Oracles whose song led to the underworld. Except that the knowledge they conveyed was quickly deemed too dangerous, and their voices too loud.
For centuries, mermaids were demonized, sexualized, and infantilized.
Over time, they began to transform more and more often from predatory, winged monsters or guardians of borders—like the valiant Warsaw mermaid—into nymphs, water sprites, and seductresses. But they were also innocent and naive figures in a phase of initiation—like Disney’s Ariel, who dreams of wading in the sun all day long, on land, where fathers understand their daughters.
They were constantly undergoing metamorphosis. They took on new meanings. Time and again, they lost their voices and tried to regain them. Like a mirror of water, they reflected everything that people wanted to see in them at any given moment—both collective fears and fantasies.
Today, mermaids are increasingly reflected not in a surface of water, but in the surfaces of screens, and their natural habitat may be Instagram, TikTok, or OnlyFans.
The choreographic ritual DECEPTIVE SIRENS is an attempt to embark on a process of reclaiming the siren’s voice and lost knowledge. As part of this ritual, MERMAID, SEX SIREN, and OFFICE SIREN will share their prophecies.
Emerging from the depths of the Vistula River will be: Marta Ziółek (choreographer, director), Magdalena Marcinkowska / Madlen Revlon (vogue dancer), and Zuzanna Wrońska Superstar (singer). They will drift between the human and the monstrous, the solid and the fluid, the familiar and the subversive.
Trigger warnings: sex , violence, death, profanity, flashing lights/strobes, smoke, sudden loud noises
On July 4 (Saturday) , a discussion with the artists will take place after the performance.
Entangled in a web of pop-cultural associations, sirens began as ancient bird-human hybrids. Bearers of knowledge, poetry, and prophecies. Oracles whose song led to the underworld. Except that the knowledge they conveyed was quickly deemed too dangerous, and their voices too loud.
For centuries, mermaids were demonized, sexualized, and infantilized.
Over time, they began to transform more and more often from predatory, winged monsters or guardians of borders—like the valiant Warsaw mermaid—into nymphs, water sprites, and seductresses. But they were also innocent and naive figures in a phase of initiation—like Disney’s Ariel, who dreams of wading in the sun all day long, on land, where fathers understand their daughters.
They were constantly undergoing metamorphosis. They took on new meanings. Time and again, they lost their voices and tried to regain them. Like a mirror of water, they reflected everything that people wanted to see in them at any given moment—both collective fears and fantasies.
Today, mermaids are increasingly reflected not in a surface of water, but in the surfaces of screens, and their natural habitat may be Instagram, TikTok, or OnlyFans.
The choreographic ritual DECEPTIVE SIRENS is an attempt to embark on a process of reclaiming the siren’s voice and lost knowledge. As part of this ritual, MERMAID, SEX SIREN, and OFFICE SIREN will share their prophecies.
Emerging from the depths of the Vistula River will be: Marta Ziółek (choreographer, director), Magdalena Marcinkowska / Madlen Revlon (vogue dancer), and Zuzanna Wrońska Superstar (singer). They will drift between the human and the monstrous, the solid and the fluid, the familiar and the subversive.
Trigger warnings: sex , violence, death, profanity, flashing lights/strobes, smoke, sudden loud noises
On July 4 (Saturday) , a discussion with the artists will take place after the performance.
Duration: 60 minutes
The performance contains loud sounds and music.
The show features intense lighting effects and smoke
The performance is recommended for viewers aged 16 and over.
COMPANY
Choreography and Direction: Marta Ziółek
Performance and Creation: Marta Ziółek, Zuzanna Wrońska Superstar, Magdalena Marcinkowska/Madlen Revlon
Dramaturgical and Content Consultation: Aleksandra Nowak
Music: Zoi Michailova
Lighting: Aleksandr Prowaliński
Costumes: Joanna Hawrot
Choreographer’s Assistant and Visual Support: Paulina Woźniczka
Shibari: Julia July
Photography: Pat Mic
Performance and Creation: Marta Ziółek, Zuzanna Wrońska Superstar, Magdalena Marcinkowska/Madlen Revlon
Dramaturgical and Content Consultation: Aleksandra Nowak
Music: Zoi Michailova
Lighting: Aleksandr Prowaliński
Costumes: Joanna Hawrot
Choreographer’s Assistant and Visual Support: Paulina Woźniczka
Shibari: Julia July
Photography: Pat Mic
Singer, songwriter, composer, and co-founder of the band Ballady i Romanse alongside her sister Barbara, with whom she composed, among other works, the music for the film *Córki dancingu*. She also collaborated with Marcin Macuk on the soundtrack for the drama “Silent Twins.” She has written songs for the theater productions “Święta Kluska,” “Monstera,” and “Dropie.” She smokes regular cigarettes, not e-cigarettes, and has short hair.
A choreographer, performer, and one of the pioneers of ballroom culture in Poland. Since 2012, she has been developing her own artistic practice, in which she combines contemporary choreography, performance art, and ballroom aesthetics to create shows at the intersection of art, fashion, and queer culture.In 2024, she was honored with the international title of Trailblazer for her contribution to the development of ballroom culture in Poland. She is the Matka of the Polish chapter of the Iconic House of Revlon and a scholarship recipient of the City of Warsaw. Her artistic projects have been presented at cultural institutions and during art and fashion events. She has collaborated with, among others, the National Opera, Studio Theater, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, HBO, Netflix, and Vogue Polska.
A shibari artist and facilitator of transformative group processes. Creator of the MYŌ SOMATIC ROPES method, which weaves together sensory awareness, polyvagal theory, tantra, ritual, somatics, and neuroscience. In her work, the rope ceases to be a form—it becomes a tool for presence, nervous system regulation, embodied cognition, and liberation. For her, returning to the body is a revolutionary and political act—when we learn to inhabit it and hear its boundaries, we become less susceptible to systems that separate us from our bodies. In *DECEITFUL SIRENS*, she begins with a question that permeates the entire performance: what does it mean to reclaim a voice, a body, and knowledge deemed too dangerous?
An interdisciplinary artist working in the fields of visual arts, choreography, and embodied theory. She is interested in themes of tension, the relationship between the materiality and spirituality of the body, the eroticization of change, and surrealist grotesque. She thinks of her work in terms of creating portals to transformation and experiencing the world from the perspective of a sentient, sensitive body. She is interested in choreography as a tool for organizing attention, relationships, and the collective imagination in times of ecological and political crises. Co-founder of the Queer Academy of Movement—an activist space for the exchange of knowledge and experiences based on movement practices. Member of the SQUIR research and artistic group, which operates in the field of choreography and community-building social practices. She has collaborated with, among others: MSN in Warsaw, Ujazdowski Castle, Jasna 10, BWA Wrocław, Malta Festival, and Galeria Promocyjna.
Journalist, writer, cultural studies scholar, activist. Author of the book *F*** Off! A History of Women’s Anger” (published by Znak, 2024). Co-author of the book “Whores, Sluts, Tramps: Stories of Slut-Shaming” (published by Czarna Owca, 2021). Co-founder of the magazine “G’rls ROOM.” She collaborates with media outlets, cultural institutions, and NGOs, writing articles and leading discussion panels and workshops from a feminist perspective.
Composer, sound artist, and DJ who creates music for exhibitions, performances, theater, and video art. Born in Simferopol, Ukraine, she has lived in Warsaw since 2014, where she collaborates with dance and visual arts communities. Since 2017, she has been collaborating with KEM, a queer-feminist collective, as well as with Teatr 21. Her sound explores alienation, ethereality, and the boundaries between timbre and rhythm, featuring a delicate pulse, electronic blasts, and ASMR textures.
A multidisciplinary artist born in Belarus, he is a graduate of the A. Glebov Minsk State Art College and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He has created lighting designs for theater, opera, and the performing arts. He has collaborated with, among others, La Monnaie/De Munt, Konzert und Theater St. Gallen, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Göteborgsoperan, the Grand Theater – National Opera, TR Warszawa, and Nowy Teatr.
Designer, artist, and CEO of the HAWROT brand. For over 15 years, she has consistently developed her original philosophy, “FROM FASHION TO ART,” creating projects at the intersection of fashion, contemporary art, performance, and new media. Her signature style includes contemporary interpretations of the kimono and works on the borderline of “wearable art,” created in collaboration with contemporary artists. She also designs theater and film costumes, including those for performances and productions by choreographer Marta Ziółek, such as “Larva,” “Rana,” and “Zwodnicze Syreny.” In 2024, the National Museum in Wrocław presented her first solo exhibition, “The Kimono as an Experience: The Artistic Language of Joanna Hawrot.” In 2025, she represented Poland at EXPO 2025 Osaka, presenting the installation “Wearable Art – Unseen Threads.” The premiere of her latest immersive project, “GLORIA,” took place in May 2026 at Zachęta – National Gallery of Art.
A pleasure activist, choreographer, performer, educator, somatic sexologist, lover of the body, and a beast hungry for life. She believes in the alchemy of the body and the power of sensitivity. In her artistic work, she explores diverse forms of expression and embodiment. She investigates the emancipatory and healing power of movement and views dance as a tool for individual and social change. She delves into the use of eroticism as a force, exploring its spiritual and political dimensions. She initiated the Warsaw Mermaids project. She creates hybrid forms at the intersection of dance, film, and theater. She is the creator of the following performances: ZRÓB SIEBIE, PANIE WŁADZO, TO SĄ TYLKO TAŃCE, MONSTERA, TRUCIZNA, Pamela, LARVA, Persona, Free Bodies, Apparition, Wound, and Deceptive Sirens. She runs the ROZPALACZKI mentoring program and educational projects centered on Pleasure Activism. She completed Sexological Bodywork at the School of Somatic Sexology, studied to become a body therapist, and holds certifications in DMT, TRE, traditional tantra, and Kundalini yoga (KRI).
Zuzanna Wrońska
Julia July
Pau the Coachman
Aleksandra Nowak
Zoi Mikhailova
Aleksandr Prowaliński
Joanna Hawrot
Magdalena Marcinkowska (Madlen Revlon)
Marta Ziółek
