Dubilewicz / Wensierska / Krause | Errors and Failures | theatrical performance

“Errors & Failures” is an experimental performance piece that explores the synergy between two distinct bodies immersed in an intense interdependence. The project challenges the concept of normality and transports the audience into a liminal space—a place where differences converge, becoming mutual reflections, sources of inspiration, and at times, toxic tension.

Boundaries—physical, psychological, and social—are called into question. They are not obstacles, but raw material. The performers’ movement, tension, and physical presence become a vehicle for their inner states. What happens on stage is not merely movement, but a record of intense psychological experiences.

“Errors & Failures” is an original choreography conceived for a duet between a dancer with a disability and a dancer specializing in butoh.

The starting point for the performance’s concept, as well as the creative and research process, was an exploration of the similarities and differences between bodies—an immersion into spaces of interdependence, difference, and mutual interaction.

Choreography and Direction: Agnieszka Dubilewicz

Dance: Patryk Krause, Karolina Wensierska

Music: Filip Wyrwa

Costumes: Agnieszka Kowalska

Set Design: Łukasz Kowalski

Produced by: the Provincial Center for Cultural Activities in Toruń as part of the Universal Art Design project, co-financed by the European Union under the Creative Europe program and by the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province Local Government.

Agnieszka Dubilewicz

A Poznań-based cultural studies scholar, performer, dancer, dance educator, community organizer, and activist. She completed a postgraduate program in “Audience Development” as part of the European Connect program. She has collaborated with, among others, the Porywacze Ciał Theater, the Blum Theater Studio, the Animation Theater, the Eighth Day Theater, and the Kolekttacz Artists’ Association. She has carried out a number of projects dedicated to local communities, leading interdisciplinary workshops at the intersection of art, education, and social activism. Her workshop and educational activities are primarily aimed at children, families, groups at risk of social marginalization, and participants with special needs. In 2023, she was a fellow of the international artist-in-residence project “Dancing Together, Again!,” through which she collaborated with the Arts Research Institute of Georgia in Tbilisi.

Patryk Krause

He doesn’t write much about himself, but he loves talking in person. He’s interested in theater and sports. He participates in Occupational Therapy Workshops on a daily basis. In 2019, Patryk became the World Champion in Race Running at 800 meters. He also set the world record for this distance in the RR1 category. He is also an actor. He has appeared in plays such as “Wklęsły,” “Biegnę,” “Dla nas nie zabraknie krzeseł,” and “PercepcJA.” He believes that theaters should be accessible to artists with disabilities and audiences with disabilities, so that as many people as possible have the chance to fulfill their dreams. He consistently emphasizes that art does not have to be art therapy; it can be a way of life that opens up entirely new possibilities for growth.

Karolina Wensierska

A Kashubian woman, theater scholar, actress, choreographer, founder of Buried Dance Theatre, and therapeutic dance instructor. She is a faculty member at the E. Piasecki University of Physical Education in Poznań, teaching in the Dance in Physical Education program. Theater educator at the A. Fredro Theater in Gniezno. She completed the Virtual Graham Teacher Workshop at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York. Currently a student in the Trainer’s Path program at the DMT Institute in Warsaw. Choreographer for the Buried Dance Theatre productions “Homo homini porcus” and “Szkoda ziemi na kwiaty”; “W tym domu był pokój,” directed by Agata Elsner; “Martwy ojciec,” directed by Kuba Kapral; and “Hamlet,” directed by Jan Marek Kamiński at the A. Fredro Theater in Gniezno. She introduces choreographic tools rooted in Japanese butoh dance into institutional theater. She studied butoh dance with, among others, Atsushi Takenouchi, Ken Mai, Yuko Kaseki, Natsuko Kono, Kei Tonetti, Imre Thormann, and Conan Amok. Since 2019, she has been an actress with the Biuro Podróży Theater, with which she has performed in South Korea, Iraq, India, Romania, Greece, Spain, and Italy.