Krakow Dance Theatre announces an international open call for participation in the third Krakow edition of the Dance Communication Lab, taking place 27–29 August 2025.
Photo by Grzegorz Mart.
Ola Bożek-Muszyńska – dancer, choreographer, performer, co-curator of the Improvised Dance Scene [sic!] Saute. In 2024 scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Alternative Dance Academy 2015 – 2017 Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk and beneficiary of the Global Practice Sharing program at Movement Research in New York. Her works have been presented a.o. in Berlin, Budapest, Philadelphia, Melbourne, New York, Sydney and Vienna. In her practice, she explores the boundaries between simplicity and naivety, presentation and facilitation, and finding and breaking patterns. Her body responds very well when she can do what she likes.
Marcin Bożek – bassist, improviser, teacher. Graduate of the Faculty of Jazz and Popular Music at the Academy of Music in Katowice, obtained a Master of Arts degree in bass guitar playing in 2003. Winner of many awards in international competitions and festivals. Full-time bassist of the Musical Theatre in Gdynia from 2005 to 2015. Since 2007 he has been co-creating the Polish improvised music scene. He improvises with musicians, actors, painters, artists, dancers and solo. So far he has given concerts in Poland and in Germany, Hungary, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Romania, Japan and the USA. His artistic output includes 10 CDs with his own improvised music released in Poland and abroad. Founder and conductor of the Gdynia Improvisers Orchestra. Artistic and educational concert projects: “Olbrzym i kurdupel”l “Bass Solo”,”Double trouble”; “Gdynia Improvisers Orchestra”;”SADOIL”, Bożek/Kamins. Collaborates with Tomasz Gadecki, Aleksandra Bożek Muszyńska, Krakow Improvisers Orchestra, Rafał Mazur, Mikołaj Trzaska, Ken Vandermark, Danny Kamins and Marie Takahashi.