Joint Open Studio

Joanna Leśnierowska—visual dramaturg, choreographer, curator, and spatial composer—works at the intersection of choreography and the visual arts. Since 2016, she has been developing a research-based art project dedicated to the legacy of Yanka Rudzka. Previous stages of the project included “Zaczyn” (2016) and “Wielogłos” (2018).

Anna Zielińska – a visual artist who works in the fields of conceptual photography, spatial representation and the material traces of emotions. She is a graduate of the Photography programme at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań.

Katarzyna Sitarz—vocal artist, composer, performer, choreographer, and researcher in the fields of voice and movement, working at the intersection of theater, dance, and music. She studied Slavic Studies in Wrocław, “Experimental Physical Performance” at SMASH Berlin, voice at the Lichtenberger Institut, and dance and choreography at Codarts/Rotterdam Dance Academy. She combines work with dreams and the imagination with composition, neurobiology, linguistics, and traditional singing, incorporating these elements into her performances, audio tours, podcasts, and installations.

Neemias Santana – choreographer, dancer and performer based in Salvador, in the Brazilian state of Bahia. He studied dance at the Federal University of Bahia. His artistic practice evolves through a dialogue between Afro-Brazilian dance traditions, contemporary choreography and somatic practices.

Magdalena Górnikiewicz is a dancer and choreographer based in Brussels and Kraków, specializing in dance theater, improvisation, and visual arts. She works as a freelancer, is a member of the WEi collective, and is a spinning instructor at Rostudios Bxl. She earned her B.A. and M.A. with honors from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds and also studied in Stavanger and Munich. She has worked with Gecko Theatre and Dan Canham, among others, and has performed throughout Europe. She is currently developing the “Invisible Chaos Practice,” which combines phenomenology, kinesthetics, automatic drawing, and movement.