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Joanna Leśnierowska

I was one of the first dance critics in Poland and have written and lectured extensively on Polish choreography internationally. In 2004 I founded the Stary Browar Nowy Taniec [Old Brewery New Dance] programme and ran the first dance space in Poland, where I introduced avant-garde choreography to local audiences and intensively supported (with production and educational programs) the development of Polish dance artists. Since 2019 I have also curated the performance programme of choreographic reflection and ACZIUN research as part of Muzeum Susch, an art institution in the Swiss Alps.

As of 2022 I have worked as a freelance curator and artist and under the label LEŚNIEROWSKA SFX I collaborate with several international art institutions and projects such as the National Museum in Warsaw (Performative Mediations), Bern University of the Arts/HKB (as an artistic collaborator in a research project dedicated to performance preservation), Art Safiental (Land and Environmental Art Biennale in Switzerland) and others. Since 2003, parallel to my work as a curator and writer, I have been developing an independent practice as a visual dramaturge, choreographer, and light & space composer — for my own works and those of other Polish and international artists.

I am happy to support WOK as a consultant in its research on Warsaw dance space, bringing in my almost 20 years of experience in running choreographic development programmes and collaborating (also as a founding member of the European Dancehouse Network) with many dance spaces and projects globally.

 

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How to create a dance house? Joanna Leśnierowska in conversation with Eva Broberg
We need stable long-term funded institutions to sustain the work and protect the community from multiple crises that are going to haunt us more and more. If you don't have any structure at all, if everything relies on independent artists and NGOs, all the competence is at risk and likely to be gone when hard times come.
Stepping to a dance institution in Warsaw
3 weeks ago
Uniquely United. A talk with Rivka Rubin
At the beginning of Upwording practice is anoticing the words in our communication and questioning why sometimes they have an impact opposite to our intention or don’t work at all, and instead of connecting people, words we use often land us into a spectrum that we’re so far apart from one another - says Rivca Rubin in a conversation with Joanna Leśnierowska.
Stepping to a dance institution in Warsaw
2 months ago
Negotiating autonomy. An interview with Léo Chavaz about Pavillion ADC in Geneva
In December 2023, as part of the development of the architectural concept of adapting the Vistula River Pavilion for the needs of the dance community, Joanna Leśnierowska and architect Maciej Siuda made several study visits to, among others, the Pavillon ADC in Geneva. The office of the Association for Contemporary Dance (ADC), which opened in 2021, turned out to be an exceptionally inspiring place – almost a twin building with almost identical floor plans, dimensions and organisation, which, similarly the Warsaw dance community fought for its own space for dozens of years and now successfully supports the local dance scene. Following the December visit, which resulted with numerous architectural inspirations, we spoke with ADC’s dramaturgist, Léo Chavaz, to find out how they think and work and how they support choreographers.
Stepping to a dance institution in Warsaw
4 months ago

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