Open Call: Dance Communication Lab – Krakow, Poland | 27–29 August 2025

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.

DCL – Dance Communication Lab – is a space for the exchange of experiences between participants. The main purpose of the meeting is for six dancers to get to know each other through improvisation which is the most expressive and characteristic creative process in contemporary dance.
The main theme of the Dance Communication Lab will be FIESTA. This year’s DCL focuses on the positive, creating a space for shared experiences of joy, affirmation, and celebration.

 

The DCL is based on the democratisation of the creative process, on the cooperation of all participants on equal terms. The DCL organised in Krakow envisages inviting a local artist – the idea supervisor for this year’s DCL will be led by Ola Bożek-Muszyńska (dancer, choreographer, performer) and Marcin Bożek (bassist, improviser).

 

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.

The DCL will close with a public performance as part of the Rollercoaster dance presentation programme on the stage of the Cricoteka – Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor in Krakow.
 

Who is the DCL for?
The DCL is aimed at dance professionals, dancers, choreographers, and practitioners of movement activities. The workshop offers a creative meeting of independent artists to share experiences, approaches, and creative tools.
Applications are open to artists from Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, and Sweden.

 

Schedule:
26 August 2025 – Arrival in Krakow
27–29 August 2025 – Creative process
29 August 2025 – Open show for the public
30 August 2025 – Departure
Place: Cricoteka – the Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor, Krakow, Poland
 

What is provided?
Krakow Dance Theatre provides:
• Accommodation for four nights (26–30 August 2025)
• Catering during the stay
Your national Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery partner provides:
• Travel costs
• A fee of 150 EUR gross

 

How to apply:
Submit your application by completing this Google Form with the following details:
– educational background (completed studies, courses and workshops);
– professional experience;
– video material that best represents your work; please provide a link to the material on disk/YouTube/Vimeo.

 

Application deadline: June 20th, 2025.
The results of the open call will be announced by 30 June.

 

Main contact for practical questions and information: krakowdancetheatre.bf@gmail.com

 

The Dance Communication Lab is organized within the framework of Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery, a Creative Europe project (2023–2026) created by Central Europe Dance Theatre – CEDT (Hungary), Bunker (Slovenia), Hrvatski institut za pokret i ples – HIPP (Croatia), Krakow Dance Theatre (Poland), M Studio (Romania), and Vitlycke – CPA (Sweden) to foster local development of the contemporary dance fields.

 

 

 

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