Paweł Sakowicz
"TOTAL"
photo by Jakub Wittchen for Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk
choreography, text and performance: Paweł Sakowicz
artistic coaching: Dalija Aćin in Thelander
technical realization and lights: Łukasz Kędzierski
production: Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk (developed as part of the Solo Projekt Plus 2015 residency programme by the Art Stations Foundation)
premiere: 12 December 2015, Old Brewery, Studio Słodownia +3, Poznań
duration: 30 minutes
Speculating on dance virtuosity implies a way of thinking which is based on experience but is not necessarily empirically verifiable. The goal of such speculation is to attain a particular image of dance virtuosity by means of predictable economic, political and metahumanistic change. One characteristic feature of speculation on dance virtuosity is risk-taking in creating radical scenarios related to the politics of desires.
Paweł Sakowicz is a choreographer and dancer. He graduated from the University of Warsaw with a degree in political studies and holds an MA in performance and choreography from the London Contemporary Dance School. His Bernhard and TOTAL were invited to the Polish Dance Platform (2014 and 2017 editions, respectively). He has collaborated with choreographers and visual artists, and worked as a choreographer in a number of theatre productions. A recipient of an honourable mention at the 22nd National Competition for the Polish Contemporary Play Staging, he was awarded a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and received a nomination for the 2016 "Polityka" Passports in the "Theatre" category.
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