Salon Bizarre

Our culture is built from stories about dreams. Suffused with symbols and meanings, it blurs the line between what is real and unreal. Dreams are like whispers of the subconscious that have been silenced. Content that seems unacceptable in the light of day returns at night in the form of shadows, blurred landscapes, and symbolic figures. In the end, it turns out that what is different and unsettling is in fact our own. Everything we sweep under the rug, everything we remove from view is not only a part of ourselves, but a missing piece of the whole. Salon Bizarre is a refuge for all that is rejected and strange. It is a space of dreams, fantasies, and hidden desires. It draws us into a oneiric game where nothing is obvious.

Jakub Mędrzycki – dancer and choreographer, graduate of Codarts in Rotterdam. From 2015 to 2019, he was a member of Norrdans in Sweden. He worked with Jan Martens, Club Guy and Roni, Shahar Binyamini, Jo Strømgren, Fernando Melo, Yossi Berg & Oded Graf and others. He has performed in over 30 countries and created numerous works in Poland, the Netherlands, and Sweden. He has also collaborated with La Monnaie, Bobbiloproduktion (Malmö), and the Grand Theatre in Warsaw. Currently works with Jo Strømgren Kompani in Oslo. Ilona Błaszkowska – dancer, choreographer, and dance educator. She has worked with Daniel Abreu, Roberto Olivan, Jacek Przybyłowicz, Abhilash Ningappa, and Mariusz Treliński. She performed at La Monnaie (Brussels), Theater an der Wien (Vienna), and the Royal Opera (Stockholm). Currently collaborates with Barrowland Ballet in Glasgow.