Picture: Steffi Retti
About
I am a German-Polish dance artist, choreographer, facilitator and activist based in Berlin. With my work, I want to create platforms for exchange, critical reflection and more listening, in order to establish profound and sustainable connections. I am currently enrolled in the MA Dance - Communities, Participation, Activism at London Contemporary Dance School.
My practice unfolds in participatory and site-specific contexts. Rooted in collaboration and exchange, I develop workshops, performances and community projects that foster interconnectedness. As a board member of SuB kultur e.V., I work in collaboration with educational and socio-cultural institutions on local and international projects within and beyond theatre spaces.
I am interested in refining and expanding the cultivation of care and solidarity as core values for dancing and living together.
As a performer I am currently performing Nadja Raszewski's 'Der große Knall' and Camilla Pölzer's 'I Need A Hero', both are dance productions for young audiences. I am also currently collaborating with the dancer and visual artist Alessia Luna Wyss and musician Alec Ilyine for our piece "To Cajole", that has been performed across Europe.
In 2021 and 2023 I was recipient of the solo research scholarship 'Dis-Tanzen Solo' with the projects 'Planet X' and 'Tracing Roots', which allowed me to revisit my work under a queer-feminist, decolonial lense.
As a guest teacher, I have been invited to share my practice/point of view at the University of the arts Berlin, Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar, Berliner Festspiele, Tanzplattform Leipzig, Schwungfarbik Weimar, Seneca Intensiv Berlin, PURPLE - international dance festival for young audiences, Rampenlichter dance and theater festival, Oyoun's Threads of Resilience festival, and others.
I received my previous education in contemporary dance and choreography at Scenario Pubblico - Choreographic Center Sicily, University of the arts Berlin, TanzTangente Berlin and Tanzakademie balance1 Berlin. Additional movement practices have been martial art forms such as Capoeira, Kung Fu and Systema and urban dance styles such as Hip Hop and House Dance. I started to accompany, assist and observe inspirational teachers such as Nadja Raszewski intensely from the age of 19, already acknowledging and wanting to dive into the art of teaching. An influential practice is Play-Fight movement practice by Formless Arts, founded by Bruno Caverna.
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