SUPERSTAR

Description

SUPERSTAR is an original concept in the field of dance art and choreography by Natalia Drozd in the field of dance within (expanded choreography), in which the audience becoming an integral part of the performance. The concept has derived from dance practice, in which Natalia has been investigating the importance of tailbone and its relations/connections in a dancing body. The performance is intended to reject the ‘traditional’ form of theatre, instead being a hybrid of forms: dance performance, performative lecture and practice-workshop. In practice the dancer talks about the relations and bodily connections radiating out from tailbone, the breath, the individual person in relation to collective experience - a sense of community, togetherness. Who or What is titled SUPERSTAR? The tailbone? The audience? The spectator? The dancer? The person dancing on stage? The dance? The choreography?

Artist's/band's artistic biography

Natalia Drozd is a dancer, dance artist, choreographer. Graduate of the DOCH/SKH Stockholm University of the Arts, obtained the Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts of Dance Performance (2021) as the first Polish citizen admitted to this study programme. Since 2021 Natalia has been working as a freelance dancer mainly in Sweden and Poland. As the only dancer of the young generation in the world she learnt and performed legendary choreography TRIO A Yvonne Rainer transmitted by Sarah Wookey during the Nowe Horyzonty Festival 2024 in Wrocław. She was given permission to learn and perform the choreography from Yvonne Rainer herself. Natalia is collaborating with choreographer Liza Penkova on Liza's original project ‘My body is a room filled with...’ solo performed by premiered on 28.02.2025 at Atalante Gothenburg, Sweden through Culture Moves Europe scholarship. Received a scholarship from the National Institute of Music and Dance (P.A.R.T.S. Summer School 2025- advanced program). Scholarship Culture of Mobility 2025 from AiR Wro, Wroclaw Institute of Culture. Finalist of the Polish elimination to the International Solo Dance Contest 2025 solo ‘Body's archive’ choreographed and performed by Natalia. The Laureate of the SoloDuo2024 competition for her choreography and performance of the solo ‘Body's archive’, she was invited to present her choreographic work in the program of Young Generation of Polish Choreographers during the International Dance Theatre Meetings 2024 in Lublin. Natalia is a co-ordinator of Wroclaw Initiative of Dance - a grassroots democratic collective to improve the art field of dance and choreography in Wroclaw through initiatives.

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Release date:
24/05/2025
Duration:
35 min
  • Choreography
    Natalia Drozd
  • Dramaturgy
  • Direction
    Natalia Drozd
  • Musical Direction
  • Lighting Direction
    Ewa Garniec
  • Scenography
  • Kostiumy
    Aneta Drozd
  • Production
    Natalia Drozd