Zielona Góra, Poland | Global Water Dances

Audience Location:

Zielona Góra, Poland

Date and Time:

June 24, 2017 at 6:00pm to 9pm

Water Locale:

Fountain at The Square of Heroes of Westerplatte in Zielona Gora

Choreographer(s):

IWONA WOJNICKA (MA) an independent artist, dancer and choreographer, specialized in Ausdruckstanz. Soon to become a Certified Laban Movement Analyst trained in Eurolab, Berlin with three years field internship at Codarts, Rotterdam.
All the phases of her dance biography are marked with international trainings with a variety of recognized artists, performing in cooperatives and productions, taking or giving professional training. The studio practice has always been supported with attending events, galeries, libraries and meeting resource persons. Her professional live is divided into dance and writing. It resulted in reaching MA in Sociology, Post Graduate Diploma in The Theory of Dance together with a Diploma of Hatha Yoga Teaching. Since 2003 she is the leader of Format Zero Art Collective in Warsaw and a member of EUROLAB, Berlin. Her dance biography has been divided into three phases: 2010 – 2017 Laban; 2003 – 2010 Butoh; 1996 – 2001 Mime. More information on www.iwonawo.com
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MAREK ZADLUZNY (PHD) choreographer, pedagogue and dance theoretitian. Qualified dancer with a diploma acknowledged by the Union of Artists from Polish Scenes and honoured by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Graduate of animation of culture and sport at Zielona Gora University. Scholar at Oslo University College.
Animator and researcher of dance culture. The author of monograph Dance – A World of Choreographers’ Experiences and academic publications of range dance pedagogics widely comprehended. Adjunct and lecturer in modern forms of dance at Zielona Gora University. Director of scenic movement. Founder, carer and choreographer of Workroom of Dance Theatre in Zielona Gora. Maker of dozens of choreographies, activities and actions from the frontier of dance and performative arts. You may always watch his works on Vimeo, starting with the beautiful one dancing on water https://vimeo.com/134769751

WORKROOM OF DANCE THEATRE MANIFESTO
Pracownia Teatru Taca (Workroom of Dance Theatre) acts under Marek’s Zadluzny artistic guidance in the Centre of Culture and Education in Zielona Gora. It is a platform of people who self-realize creatively from the range of dance theatre and physical theatre. It is space focusing young makers whose artistic searches concentrate on performative arts and physicality in scenic activities. Pracownia Teatru Ta?ca (Workroom of Dance Theatre is an author’s and independent initiative. It engages fanatics of dance art who self-realize in an amateur way. It is one of this kind of artistic project in the area of West Poland. We look for new, experimental solutions for application of movement in the theatre. We work using techniques of motor improvisations, modern dance and contact improvisation. We have cooperated with each other since 2010. We still search for new spaces of exploration. We intend to express our time.We look for original language which allows our bodies to speak. Our idea is to create universal way of communication where theatre meet dance and body physicality.

History of Site and Related Water Issues:

The city has been known for its wines for centuries. It is now one of two places in Poland with wine grape cultivation mainly for white wines (the other being the wine growing region near the town of Warka in Masovia). The first wineries around the city were built in 1314. At Parady? (Paradise) Abbey near Zielona Góra, monks have been making wine since 1250. The number of vineyards at peak production is estimated at 4,000 in the region, and 2,500 in Zielona Góra itself. During the communist era wine production was reduced, but since 1990 it has recovered. Since 1852 an annual Wine Festival has taken place in the town but wine is not being produced in Zielona Góra due to the political decisions aiming at deconstruction of the local economy.

Music:

1. JAZZ POETRY on WATER ISSUES & GLOBAL PART
“Indifference” by Marta Kawecka in adaptation of Iwona Wojnicka
Live music by: Tadeusz Sudnik, Maciej Kurek,
Marcin Albert Steczkowski and Rafal Smolinski (Leader).
Dancers of Workroom of Dance Theatre.
2. THE WHITE SONG ENSEMBLE http://grupadrewno.zgora.pl/

The Performance:

CHAPTER I. THE PLAY. WORKROOM OF DANCE THEATRE (25 min).
Fun with human fate. Fun with life. Game for life. Group activities are an attempt to address the universal, currently very up-to-date relationship between the power group and society. The project is a socially engaged commentary on the tyranny of the imposed content. It was created in 2013 in collaboration with Marta Pohrebny (the choice of texts and the word) and Bartosz Wilk (music). The return to this work and its recompilation, for an open-air performance, led us to qualitatively new motion solutions and interpretation layers. Choreography: Marek Zadluzny. Dancers: Justyna mietaska, Agnieszka Jodowska, Marta Peliska, Magda Bbenek, Katarzyna Pawlak, Kalina Grupa, Kinga Górska, Natalia Zaleszczak, Karolina Pachurka, Dorota Margalska, Martyna Blachowska, Agata Kiero?ska, ?ukasz Szpilski, Marek Zaduny, Radosaw Bajon, Gabriel Zaborniak.
CHAPTER II. GLOBAL CHOREOGRAPHY (40 minutes)
Marek Zadluzny & Workroom of Dance Theatre and Iwona Wojnicka & Format Zero. A global dance choir to involve thousands of people in almost a hundred cities around the world. Global choreography in adaptation of Iwona Wojnicka lasts 30 minutes and is devoted to the problem of “Indifference” The project refers to the context of environmental protection, addressing the contemporary problem of human access to clean drinking water. Every time, in all places around the Earth.
CHAPTER III. JAZZ POETRY on WATER ISSUES (20 minutes)
“Indifference” by Marta Kawecka in adaptation of Iwona Wojnicka
Live music by: Tadeusz Sudnik, Maciej Kurek,
Marcin Albert Steczkowski and Rafal Smolinski (Leader).
Dancers of Workroom of Dance Theatre.
CHAPTER IV. DREWNO unpluged – THE WHITE SONG ENSEMBLE (30 min)

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Environmental Impact:

“INDIFFERENCE”
The poem by Marta Kawecka in adaptation of Iwona Wojnicka
based on Water Issues of Global Water Dances
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Global Village
Same morning
Different climate
Other time
Parallel reality
Sudan?
Malta?
France?
Greece?
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Poland
I wake up, clouds behind the window
The middle of summer and very stuffy
I live in a big city but in a small apartment
30 degrees means Sahara
turning the radio
taking a shower
changing channel
The government declares aid to the Third World
changing channel
Brushing teeth.
But can’t hear
Water is poured into a wide stream.
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Malta
Drinking coffee
admiring colours of the sea.
Very hot
40 degrees
You have to drink a lot
I’ll take a shower in a moment
Billion liters of salty water around
Beautiful colours
Deep blues
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Western Kenya
Lake Victoria
A group of kids filling bottles with water
Water from the lake is not suitable for drinking
Each year kills hundreds of children
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Bangladesh
Getting up in the morning
Going for water
20 kilometers
My family is my duty
They must drink
Must survive

Greece
Taking a shower
Friends visiting me in the morning
Having breakfast
Setting the dishwasher
Consume 10 liters of water
Saving
Hand washing is four times as much
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Poland
Driving to work
To the office
Going the terrace
Looking at people
Indifferent
Passing each other each moment
Knowing nothing of themselves
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Malta
Holiday
3 hours flight
By the sea
Pool in the garden
Lying in the pool 25 m at 50m for 5 m
Math question: how much water it is
6 250 000 liters of water?
Lying in the water
Swimming in the water
6 250 000 liters only for me
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Bangladesh
Setting off in the morning
Just a few miles and have water
Return trip is longer and shorter
Longer, because carrying 40 kilograms
Shorter – it’s a joy to go home
Carrying water for my familly
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Poland
30 degrees
Scary heat
Returning from work
Getting a bath
Pleasure
Small bath but lots of water
How many liters
Searching Google
Small bath means 200 liters of water!
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Bangladesh
Dancing till exhaustion
Dancing with joy
Dancing with gratitude
Because we have a well
Because we have water
We can send children to school
Everybody needs 5 liters of water every day to survive
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Greece
Sunset by the sea
Cafes full of people
Salty water
salty food
wind
The sun is shining in the drops of sea water
Intense blues
I am fascinated by the depth of colours
Sea and sky – can one needs more for happiness?
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Poland
Storm
Relief after a hot day
Enjoying the view of rain
Yellow grass pulls like a sponge
Colours of green
The smell of rain
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Sudan
Fifty degrees
Humidity close to zero
Colour of dried earth
The power of nature
No water means death
For 1700 people there is one water intake
which means 6 liters per person
All day in the queue to the well
To fill with the 20 liters plastic container
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Poland
Evening in the apartment building
Windows are blue from the TV screens
Info
Sport
Weather
The Ethiopian runner won the marathon again
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Sudan
All day in line to well
Mind and body coupled in desire
I’m close
In a moment I’ll be able to fill my yellow bubble
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Paris
Hotel
We’re bathing naked in the shower
Far from counting the time
Far from counting the water
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Sudan
Going back with the water to my village
Stranger is approaching
I don’t know if I’ll get there
I’m exhausted
I don’t want more children
I have no strenght
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Poland.
We are here
Everything else is just a guess
Imaginations
Fairy tales
Warm night
Drinkable water in a tap
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Has anyone heard of wars for water?
Fight to quench the thirst?
We have water in the tap
In a walking distance of 10 meters
It may be hard at night
Walking 10, 20, 30 kilometers for water?
Without tap?
War for water!
War for life!
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Water indifference
Changing point of view
Water is the starting point
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Living without water is a lack of life
Living without empathy is a lack of feeling
indifference
Water in a well
water in a yellow bubble
Drops of rain dancing on the glass
Water brings relief
Nature
People
Water extinguishing fire
Water cleaning the dirt
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Flat surface of a lake, sea waves
Green, brown, red, black, deep blue
Desire for life
Indifference
Desire for fruitful life
Separately and together
Can we dance together?
Dancing for water?
Reaching the source instead of fighting for the source?
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Movement
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Is it still possible to cause stirring?
Images of water
postcards, photos, videos
Showing its beauty
Showing its lack
Showing the fight for survival
Showing the struggle for the preservation of the soul
Can you repeat my movement?
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Let’s try to feel each other
Are you virtual or real?
Please respond to my move!
I would like to read your face!
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Will you react to my move?
Feel
React
Dance with Me
Let’s dance for water
For life
For us
Lets dance …

Directions to the Site of Performance:

Plac Bohaterów, Zielona Góra
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Email for more information:

iwonawo@gmail.com

How can I get involved?

There will be an advertisment in the social media for volunteers to dance the event 9 -11; 16 – 18 and 23 – 24 of June are the dates of rehearsals. More information is coming soon on the FB profile or at www.formatzero.pl

Local Website:

https://www.facebook.com/choryruchowe/