Movement flows – a micro-course for independent dancers from the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province

Do you dance, improvise, or search for your own dance language?
Take part in WOAK’s micro-course Movement Flows. Benefit from the experience of inspiring choreographers and experts in the field of new technologies. Movement Flows is practice, experimentation, and concrete knowledge—in a small group, without pressure or competition.

Let yourself be carried away by the flow of movement and remember what it feels like to dance in your body, in space, and in relation to others.

The micro-course combines the development of body awareness with practical skills that support creativity and presence in the digital world. It is aimed at people who:

• as independent dancers operating outside cultural institutions, they carry out their own artistic projects, often without permanent organizational and financial support,
• they are just beginning their journey in improvisation and contemporary dance,
• they are over 16 years of age,
• they live in or come from the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province.

As part of the micro-course, we invite you to:

1. Workshop: “Building an online dance presence – practical tools and motivation to take action”
   led by: Irina Petrosyan – creator of the Cool Dance Studio dance platform
   date: November 29, 2025 (Saturday) | 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | online
2. Workshop: “AI in dance”
   led by: Mateusz Adamczyk – dancer, choreographer
   date: November 30, 2025 (Sunday) | 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
3. Workshop: “Introduction to GAGA movement”
   led by: Natalia Iwaniec – certified Gaga teacher
   date: December 13-14, 2025 (Saturday, Sunday) | 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
4. Workshops: “Contemporary dance and movement improvisation”
   led by: Izabela Chlewińska – choreographer, movement researcher
   date: January 17-18, 2025 (Saturday, Sunday) | 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
5. Workshop: “Filming and editing videos”
   led by: Łukasz Piecyk – photographer, cameraman
   date: January 24, 2025 (Saturday) | 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Each workshop develops different skills: from body awareness and improvisational courage, through choreography skills, to digital skills and self-promotion.

We are waiting for applications until November 14, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Those who qualify for the project will receive an email on November 17, 2025. In the recruitment process, we will strive to maintain diversity among participants, including gender balance, so that the project is an open and accessible space for everyone. Priority in qualification will be given to people from towns with up to 20,000 inhabitants.

Together, we will create a creative space where movement, presence, and flow matter—not perfection.

Host:

Irina Petrosyan – dance instructor specializing in hip hop and street dance. She was born in Armenia but has lived in Poland since childhood. She started out as a self-taught dancer and now has many years of experience, a dance instructor course, and work as a choreographer on two music videos by Kinga Talarek and in an ING advertising campaign.

She is the creator of the Cool Dance Studio dance platform and the TRAIN and DANCE program, which give people from all over Poland the opportunity to learn to dance. She is also active on TikTok, where she regularly shares choreography and inspiration, building an engaged community.

Mateusz Adamczyk – Dancer, choreographer, dance teacher. A graduate of Choreography and Dance Theory at the Fryderyk Chopin University in Warsaw and Computer Science at the Poznań University of Technology.

Creator of the original project “MoveGenius,” which explored the possibilities of using AI in the creative and production process of a theater performance. As part of this project, he created Poland’s first dance theater performance prepared entirely in collaboration with Artificial Intelligence, as well as a dance film about the relationship between humans and virtual assistants.

He is the author of choreography for, among others, the musical “Balladyna” by the Academy of Music in Poznań, “Kultura (prze)żyje” and the concert “W tonacji życia” by the Musical Theatre in Poznań, as well as the creator of independent dance films “dell’artista” and “Call.” He is a soloist at the Music Theatre in Poznań, performing in almost all repertoire titles since 2018.

Natalia Iwaniec – Certified Gaga teacher since 2012, choreographer and dancer. She has worked as a teacher and choreographer in such companies and higher education institutions as the Rambert Dance Company, The Place and Trinity Conservatory of Music and Dance in London, the National Dance Company Wales in Cardiff, Capella Cracoviensis in Krakow, as well as at festivals throughout Europe, including International Dance Week BUDAPEST and the Cyrkulacje Festival in Wrocław. Natalia currently works as an independent artist, developing her choreographic language in her work with dancers and actors in theaters such as Teatr Migro in Krakow and Bałtycki Teatr Dramatyczny in Koszalin. As a dancer and choreographer, she is associated with the music band TUUL, with whom she has worked on several music videos. Together with a group of musicians and dancers associated with TUUL, they created the performance SOME SIGH OF LIFE, which premiered in December 2023 at Fabryka Sztuki in Łódź.

Izabela Chlewińska, MA – choreographer, movement researcher, educator, trainer. She currently lectures at the Department of Somatics in Dance and Therapy at the G. and K. Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź and in the postgraduate program in Theater Pedagogy at the University of Warsaw. She is the creator of the Intibag project, which produces sensory objects and, along with them, sensory spaces and installations in various locations in Poland (including the Zachęta National Gallery in Warsaw, the Cultural Center in Lublin, the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw, the Nowy Theater in Warsaw, and the Miniatura Theater in Gdańsk). She has presented her choreographic works (Ophelia is not Dead, Tralfamadoria, Dehumanized Project No. 1, You Have Your Voice) in Germany, Mexico, the United States, Japan, and Italy, among other places. She has collaborated with the Dada von Bzdullow Theater (the performance Le Sacre, presented in Beijing, among other places) and with Ramona Nagabczyńska (the performance New DisOrder, presented on stage in Edinburgh, among other places). She has directed movement and choreography for over 40 theater performances at drama theaters in Poland and Germany (2008-2018). She is a co-founder of the Warsaw-based Centrum w Ruchu, an informal collective of independent choreographers.

Łukasz Piecyk – Photographer and cameraman. On a daily basis, he helps marketers manage video and photos in their companies. His services have been used by companies such as the Orlen group, Erbud, Neuca, and Body Chief. He gained his first experience during photojournalism assignments, reporting on the most important events in Toruń and the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province. Four-time winner of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Press Photo award. He was a radio and press journalist. He has trained dozens of people throughout Poland.

More information: aleksandra.matuszewska@woak.pl

The project is financed under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (KPO) from European Union funds – NextGenerationEU as part of investment A2.5.1 “Program to support the activities of entities in the cultural sector and creative industries to stimulate their development.”