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The Polish Dance Theatre (PTT) will hold the 22nd edition of its annual dance workshops. On August 22-29, Ewa Wycichowska?s company will host the well-established Dancing Poznań event, which will include the 22nd International Contemporary Dance Workshops and the 12th International Dance Theatres Festival ?Space?. This year?s edition of the workshops will include classes employing 40 different techniques, from contemporary dance through ballet, Broadway jazz, hip-hop and pantomime. The Dancing Poznan schedule contains a number of novelties. Participants will be able to attend urban dance, underground, bodily awareness and contemporary dance workshops rooted in the PTT style. The workshops will also include pedagogue of New York?s Battery Dance Company who will host the Coaching Project concluding with an open exhibition performance. In the grain of the event?s tradition, a range of special workshops addressed to the residents of Poznan has been planned as well.
The list of pedagogue will also include dancers from such countries as the USA, Cuba and Germany, among others. Dancing Poznań is an event addressed to everyone: there is no age limit, and no physical preparation is required. Participants will be free to choose their techniques, pedagogues, groups and class hours.
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As part of the 12th International Dance Theatres Festival (this year?s leading theme: ?Space?, the Festival?s Common Stage will host companies from the USA, Germany and Poland.
The Battery Dance Company, residing in Lower Manhattan, has been a major ambassador of American culture for 39 years. It has performed in over 60 countries on 5 continents. During its visit to Poznan, the company will present compilations of their performances under the name of Between Heaven and Earth, and their Coaching Project, held in collaboration with the participants in Dancing Poznań.
Another star at the Festival will be the German company Tchekpo Dance Company. The group is a part of the global dance project DansArt Tanznetworks, which is often described as an international university of dance. The company was established by West African artist Tchekpo Dan Agbetou. While in Poznan, Tchekpo Dance Company will present Mmiri, Mizu, Water, a performance featuring artists from Africa, Asia and Europe who will express their specific attitude to water. The festival programme will also include performances of the Polish Dance Theatre. The Common Stage will host the following shows from the company?s repertoire: Sanatorium (choreographed by Karina Adamczak-Kasprzak and Agata Ambrozińska-Rachuta), It?s Already Dusk (choreographed by Ewa Wycichowska), A Thousand Colours (choreographed by Takako Matsuda), eXordial (choreographed Paulina Jaksim and Katarzyna Kulmińska), as well as three titles from the choreography of PTT soloist Paweł Malicki: Hello, Stranger!, Hello, My Friend! and Hello. And Goodbye.
12th International Dance Theatres Festival Programme
Common Stage, ul. Brandstaettera 1/ ul. Za Cytadelą
22 August (Saturday), 9 pm
Polish Dance Theatre
Sanatorium ? choreographed by Karina Adamczak-Kasprzak, Agata Ambrozińska-Rachuta
23 August (Sunday), 9 pm
Polish Dance Theatre Atelier
Hello, Stranger!, Hello. And Goodbye, Hello, my Friend ? choreographed by Paweł Malicki
24 August (Monday), 9 pm
Battery Dance Company (USA, New York)
Between Heaven and Earth ? choreographed by Mira Cook, Sean Scantlebury, Jonathan Hollander
Polish Dance Theatre
It?s Already Dusk ? choreographed by Ewa Wycichowska
25 August (Tuesday) 9 pm
Battery Dance Company (USA, New York)
Between Heaven and Earth ? choreographed by Mira Cook, Sean Scantlebury, Jonathan Hollander
Polish Dance Theatre
A Thousand Colours ? choreographed by Takako Matsuda
26 August (Wednesday), 9 pm
Tchekpo Dance Company (Germany, Bielefeld)
Mmiri, Mizu, Water ? choreographed by Dan Tchekpo
27 August (Thursday), 9 pm
Tchekpo Dance Company (Germany, Bielefeld)
Mmiri, Mizu, Water ? choreographed by Dan Tchekpo
28 August (Friday), 9 pm
Polish Dance Theatre Atelier
eXordial ? choreographed by Paulina Jaksim, Katarzyna Kulmińska
Coaching project in collaboration with the Battery Dance Company
To learn more about the Festival shows, click here:
http://dancing.ptt-poznan.pl/en/
Tickets will go on sale on 17 August at the seat of the Polish Dance Theatre (ul. Kozia 4, Poznan) and online here.
Admission: PLN15 ? discount tickets for Dancing Poznan 2015; PLN 30 ? full tickets.
All performances will be presented at the Common Stage, ul. Brandstaettera 1 / ul. Za Cytadelą.
