Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope is a poetic dance performance about constant change. Scope in English means instrument of seeing, from the Greek skopein — to look at, to examine. In turn, kalsos is translated from Greek as beautiful and eidos means form. Trying to build a living instrument for the participants/viewers to look at, the performers attempt to show various changes taking place in the body over the course of life. They are expressed in different forms and their beauty is perceived differently. Using their own experiences they build subsequent choreographies and then deconstruct them in front of the audience. The message is supported by original costumes and lighting. The search for a beautiful form allows you to look at the body and its capabilities from a different perspective. Kaleidoscope is a game driven by curiosity, surprising and unique. Turn off your mind Relax and float down stream It is not dying It is not dying Lay down all thoughts Surrender to the void It is shining It is shining ... The premiere of the performance is co-financed by the National Institute of Music and Dance as part of its own program Choreographic Orders 2023, financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

// Natalia Iwaniec choreography + dance + creation Dancer and choreographer. A graduate of theater studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and the Cultural Animators’ Studio in Wrocław (specialization: dance). Certified teacher of Gaga — an innovative method of body work created by Ohad Naharin, artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company from Tel Aviv. She conducted classes and workshops at numerous dance festivals in Poland and abroad, and taught, among others, at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance (both school and professional company), Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance, Central Europe Dance Company in Budapest. She participated in a prestigious project for dancers by choreographer Yasmeen Goddder (Tel Aviv). She created choreographies for many performances, including: for the Theater William Horzyca in Toruń, Migro Theater and Capella Cracoviencis in Krakow. nataliagaga.weebly.com/polish // Zofia Jakubiec costumes Clothing and costume designer, dancer. A graduate of the University of the Arts in Oslo and the University of Arts in Poznań. She graduated from the General Ballet School. Olga Sławska-Lipczyńska, in the years 2006—2012 she was a member of the Polish Dance Theater in Poznań. Creates costumes for artists, dance and theater groups. Her clothing designs were used by interdisciplinary artists, including: Imogen Heap or Totemo. As a costume designer, she was nominated for the Hedd Award, represented Norway at the international collective exhibition Innovative Costume of The 21st Century: The Next Generation in Moscow, and took part in the Costume Agency research workshops conducted by Christina Lindgren and Sodja Lotker at KHiO. She is interested in the relationships between movement and materiality in space and different ways of looking at choreography in relation to costume design. www.zofiajakubiec.com // Anna Dziedzic dance + creation Dancer, choreographer, certified contemporary dance instructor. In the years 2011—2015, founder, choreographer and dancer of the Contemporary Dance Group at the University of Opole, with which she produced her own performances and etudes. Since 2017, she has been conducting creative dance classes and workshops for children up to 3 years of age. Organizer of many dance and movement improvisation workshops for adults, teenagers and children, including: as part of the Theater — touch project at the Center for Culture and Art in Konin and during the Festival of Small Premieres in Wałbrzych. Since 2015, he has been acting in plays for the youngest directed by Alicja Morawska-Rubczak: LABirynt (2015), Close (2016), Łaskotki (2017). Participant of numerous workshops in the field of contemporary dance, improvisation and other forms of movement in Poland and abroad. Additionally, M.Eng. construction, designer, dealing with textile architecture. // Magda Wolnicka dance + creation A graduate of the Institute of Art of the University of Opole and postgraduate studies in Interdisciplinary Printmaking in English at the Academy of Fine Arts. Eugeniusz Geppert in Wrocław. She completed the Instructor Qualification Course, specialization: contemporary dance (Nowa Huta Cultural Center, Kraków). A graduate of the Experimental Choreography Course Choreography in Movement (Centrum w Ruchu, Warsaw). She works as a dancer and performer. She conducts exercise classes for children and adults, including: GSW Movement Choir — a group of dance enthusiasts, a series of classes devoted to improvisation in movement and workshops at theater festivals. Since 2015, she has been an employee of the Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole, where she curates exhibitions, movement education and graphic design. // Mikołaj Kałużny lights Light director, lighting specialist. He studied directing and screenwriting at the Wrocław Mastershot Film School. He worked on theater performances, national festivals, and film and television productions. Since 2020, he has been involved in stage and stage lighting and cooperates with Water Concept, which creates multimedia and lighting installations using water. He cooperated with institutions such as: the Wrocław Opera, the Forest Opera, the Wrocław Mime Theater. Currently he works at the Theater. Jan Kochanowski in Opole.