Polish Dance Platform 2019

The Polish Dance Platform is an event that aims to seek out and promote the most interesting original dance productions made in Poland or by Polish choreographers. The finale of the forthcoming edition of the Polish Dance Platform will be held on 5-8 September 2019

in Gdańsk.

Polish Dance Platform is based on a competition-formula. Performances are being selected by a jury and participants of the final present their works in a four-day showcase. In 2019 the jury was composed of 10 members including artists, journalists, curators and dance theorists. From among almost 100 performances submitted to the competition, the Artistic Committee has selected twelve performances to be presented in Gdańsk.

Apart from the main showcase, the Polish Dance Platform will also encompass such accompanying events as live acts, panel discussions, workshops, Open Platform ? presentations of individual artists and members of the dance community, as well as organizations and institutions engaged in dance production and education.

For the first time, the Polish Dance Platform will also feature the Kids Dance Platform ? a showcase of dance performances dedicated to young audiences. The programme of the Kids Dance Platform encompasses performance presentations, a panel discussion and accompanying events. The Kids Dance Platform will be held on 30-31August 2019 at the Miniatura Theater in Gdańsk.

We kindly invite all dance lovers and professionals interested in Polish choreography to the Polish Dance Platform in Gdańsk. During four days you will have the opportunity to watch amazing performances and participate in meetings and discussions with artists and dance experts.

We hope that the forthcoming edition of the Polish Dance Platform will become an opportunity to catalyze collaboration within the Polish dance community and with international partners.

The Polish Dance Platform is organized by the Insitute of Music and Dance and co-organized by Teatr Dada von Bzdülöw Association and Polka dot Foundation. The main partner of the event is the Institute of Adam Mickiewicz. Co-financed by the City of Gdańsk.

Partners of the project:

European Solidarity Centre, Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre, City Culture Institute, Miniatura City Theatre, The Baltic Sea Cultural Centre, Baltic Opera House, Wybrzeże Theatre, Club ŻAK, Gdynia Film School, Colony of Artists, POLsail, Janina Jarzynówna-Sobczak Ballet School, Twoja Stocznia, 100cznia.

Media partners:

?Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna?, Magazyn ?Presto?, TaniecPOLSKA.pl, teatralny.pl, Radio Gdańsk S.A., ?Gazeta Wyborcza Trójmiasto//Co Jest Grane 24?, TVP Kultura, TVP2.

More information:www.polskaplatformatanca.pl

Program of the Polish Dance Platform 2019

5 September | Thursday

accompanying events:

09:00?15:00 ? Polish Dance Network members? meeting

Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre

13:00?15:00 ? My Professional Image ? workshop for dancers

Baltic Opera House ? Foyer

16:00 ? official opening of the Polish Dance Platform 2019

Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre

main program:

16:30 ? Anna Nowicka, This is the Real Thing

Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre

18:00 ? Compagnie Linga / Katarzyna Gdaniec, Marco Cantalupo, flow

Wybrzeże Theatre

19:30 ? Paweł Sakowicz, Jumpcore

European Solidarity Centre

accompanying events:

21:00 ? Rafał Dziemidok, Serce Fabryki (The Heart of a Factory)

European Solidarity Centre

22:00 ? opening party

Opening of photo exhibition: Marta Ankiersztejn, No Place for?

100cznia

6 September | Friday

accompanying events:

9:30?10:00 ? presentation of the Polish Dance Platform co-organizer: Adam Mickiewicz Institute

Twoja Stocznia

10:00?12:30 ? Open Platform (individual pitches)

Artists: Aleksandra Bożek-Muszyńska, Tomasz Ciesielski, Hygin Delimat, Wojciech Grudziński, Magdalena Jędra, Maciej Kuźmiński, Wojciech Mochniej, Anna Nowicka, Bartosz Ostrowski, Renata Piotrowska-Auffret, Anna Steller, Anna Straczyńska, Natalia Wilk, Bartosz Woszczyński

Twoja Stocznia

13:00?15:00 ? visiting the permanent exhibition of the European Solidarity Centre, tour around the Gdańsk Shipyard

13:00?15:00 ? 10:00?12:00 ? Stage to Page ? how to write well on dance ? workshops for dance criticism group

European Solidarity Centre

main program:

16:00 ? Hygin Delimat, Slowstepper ? On the Edge of Survival

Wybrzeże Theatre

18:00 ? Wojciech Grudziński, POPULUXE

Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre

19:30 ? Janusz Orlik, Mute

Baltic Opera House

20:30 ? Paweł Grala, Matryca [Prześwit] (Template [Clearance])