MICROBODY

MICROBODY performance of bodies. About the female body, mature femininity, leaving, returning, about constant change. We act corporeally, with attention to detail. We create moving sculptures and images from bodies. Sometimes sounds and words appear, not much. We use movement from everyday life, processed by the experience of dancing bodies. We take from history, feelings and thoughts, The performance treats the body as space. The body surrounds it, is right next to it. It is transparent, airy, a transparent distance. Capacious, vast, penetrates, breathes. Space and air connect, "they get confused with each other". The body is space, the substance of experiences, a place filled with spirit. It is a space that is conducive. The performers share their perspective on the potential of the changing body. In performative actions, they strengthen and ground the sense of agency, grounding and control. The performance is accompanied by Intibag sensory cocoons. concept, choreography: Aniela Kokosza in collaboration with Olha Kebas and Agnieszka Noster performance: Olha Kebas, Agnieszka Noster, Gosia Zagajewska voice: Gosia Zagajewska costumes: Idalia Mantas lighting: Paulina Góral

Aniela Kokosza - dancer, performer, choreographer, dance teacher, choreotherapist. Scholarship holder of the Somatische Akademie in Berlin, the National Institute of Music and Dance, the Body/Mind Foundation, the Art Station Foundation by G. Kulczyk, the Mayor of Gdańsk, the Mayor of Poznań. She works as an independent creator, operating on the border of dance, performance arts and body sciences. In cooperation with Iza Chlewińska, she experiences and co-creates the Intibag Method. She works with dance students at the Poznań Academy of Physical Education. In 2020, she founded Kolekttacz. Agnieszka Noster - dancer, choreographer, master’s arts - University of Arts in Poznań, studied choreography at the Academy of Music in Łódź. She gained her dance and creative experience working, among others at the Silesian Dance Theatre, the Gdańsk Dance Theatre, where she also conducted classes; at the Grand Theatre in Poznań, participating in the projects, has worked with many choreographers including Jacek Łumiński, Melissa Monteros, Avi Kaiser, Mark Haim, Risa Jaroslow, Stephanie Scura, Sam Costa, Mikołaj Mikołajczyk, Rafał Dziemidok, or with Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne; as a result of numerous workshops, coaching or as a resident of the Alternative Dance Academy; giving variable workshop for dance students at the Academy of Music in Łódź. Achievements of recent 7 years include: realization, production choreographed : “Obszar theta,… zalękniony pokój “( Theta Sphere ...Frightened Tranquility) co-creator of the 1st edition Tama Contemporary Dance, resident of Motus Amini Continuus project 45+, choreographed by E. Wycichowska, TransForm Beeing - project by Iwona Olszowska. Olha Kebas - performer, director, researcher and educator, curator, organizer of cultural events. Welcome to get acquainted with my creative activity: Director and performer of numerous performances at all-Ukrainian and international cultural events in Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Spain, and Germany: GogolFest, ArtPole, Zelyonka Fest, TEDxKyiv, Night at the PinchukArtCentre Museum, KyivMusicFest, Space Odyssey at Mystetskyi Arsenal - Ukraine; Ukrainian Spring, GENERATOR MALTA, Międzynarodowe Spotkania Teatrów Tańca - Poland, BIDE - Spain; MIME WAVE - the Netherlands, etc. Teacher of contemporary dance (theory and practice) in universities and colleges(Kyiv, Ukraine). Leading workshops on contemporary dance and movement and dance therapy classes for different groups of participants. Curator of the performance art program at GogolFEST, of the project to support young choreographers Artil. Expert of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and the PerForma program of Kyiv Contemporary Music Days. Since 2004 speaker and conductor a practical master class at the international scientific practical conferences. Since 2021 graduate student of the Department of Culture and Arts of Lviv National University named after Ivan Franko. In 2025, I graduated and received a qualification as an occupational therapist (Poznan, Poland). The theme of corporeality, the interaction between the inner and outer space of the body has always been one of the key themes of my work. Art and therapy, teaching and organization have been my areas of activity for many years now, supporting and contributing to each other's development. Gosia Zagajewska Poet, vocalist. She has received an honourable mention in competitions such as 14th Połów by Biuro Literackie, the 25th and 26th Jacek Bierezin Polish Poetry Competition, and in the 2nd Polish Literary Competition „Nowy Dokument Tekstowy”. She has been published in biBLioteka, KONTENT, Drobiazgi, Tlen Literacki, Strona Czynna and in the “Głód” anthology published by the Institute of Literature. Her debut poetry collection was published in 2023. She is active in the improvised music scene. She explores the use of the voice as an instrument in compositions created in real time. Considering the voice as the most primal and natural tool for creating sound, she tries not to limit herself to one vocal technique, but to diversify and expand forms of expression. She is a member of several bands, such as: Tuleje, Figa, Szpety, Casting Lots, Fantastic Swimmers, Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra, Word-Sound-Pool. The band Tuleje, which has been recently formed on her initiative, features double bassist Ksawery Wójciński and percussionist Wojciech Kurek. It is an intriguing new project exploring traditional music, improvisation and poetry, creating minimalist arrangements based on folk melodies from eastern Wielkopolska and contemporary lyrics. In 2022, the band’s debut album was released by Gusstaff Records and gained an honourable mention in the Turniej Muzyków Prawdziwych Tournament. She has appeared on many albums. She has performed at festivals such as Krakow Jazz Autumn, Warsaw Sound Sanatorium, Fortalicje, ECLAT Festival and Spontaneous Music Festival, as well as in Germany and the UK, including the legendary London club Cafe OTO. She has collaborated with artists such as Paulina Owczarek, Antonina Nowacka, Anna Jędrzejewska, Katarzyna Smoluk-Moczydłowska, Ray Dickaty, Emilio Gordoa, Piotr Dąbrowski and Alexey Vorsoba. She has collaborated with Ksawery Wójciński on a number of occasions, including his original series „Muzyczne DNA mojego domu. Trasa koncertowa do wewnątrz.”(Musical DNA of my house. A tour inwards), and a joint composition “28” based on Prelude in E minor by Frédéric Chopin.