Dziarnowska constructs an open structure in which meaning emerges through attentive observation of movement and relationships between bodies. The performers remain in constant motion, and the absence of a clearly defined beginning or end shifts the focus from watching a spectacle to shared presence and the collective experience of time. The relationship between dancers and audience is built through proximity and attentiveness, gradually loosening the boundary between stage and spectators.

The body becomes a tool for relating – to others, to space, and to one’s own experience of time. The recurring motif of the song What the World Needs Now creates tension between nostalgia and the intensity of movement. This resting, patience proposes dance as a practice of attentiveness and collective duration.

ABOUT THE CREATORS

 Ewa Dziarnowska

 Artist, choreographer, and performer based in Berlin. She works at the intersection of dance, performance, and research-based practice, developing improvisation as a creative method and a way of thinking about working with the body. Her practice focuses on relationship, rhythm, attentiveness, and the experience of time, as well as on questions concerning the social and aesthetic frameworks in which dance is created and operates. Her works have been presented at festivals and art institutions across Europe, including Sophiensæle in Berlin, Tanzquartier Wien, Santarcangelo Festival, MDT Moderna Dansteatern in Stockholm, and in Oslo. As a performer and collaborator, she has worked with artists such as Alex Baczyński-Jenkins, Michele Rizzo, Enad Marouf, and Elena Francalanci. She is the author of choreographic and performative projects including This resting, patience, which since its premiere at Sophiensæle in Berlin has established her position on the international contemporary dance scene.

Leah Marojević

Leah Marojević’s practice spans performance, choreography, teaching, dramaturgy, mentorship and support for other artists. Choreographic commissions include Pre-Professional Year, Sydney Dance Company (2019), London Contemporary Dance School Graduating Season (2020), Mass Hysteria Collective (2020) and Matilde Cerruti Quara, Jupiter Woods (2020). Leah collaborates regularly and has worked and performed for visual artists, companies and choreographers; Colette Sadler, Ola Maciejewska, Theo Clinkard, Jefta Van Dinther, Megan Rooney, Ewa Dziarnowska, Paulina Olowska, Emmilou Rößling, Sarah Browne, Sam Williams, Holly Blakey, Candoco Dance Company, Joe Moran among others. In 2019 Leah created The Elsewhen Series in collaboration with choreographer Theo Clinkard as well as collaborating on the creations of commissioned works for Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (2015), Danza Contemporanea de Cuba (2016) and Candoco Dance Company (2019) among others.

Krzysztof Bagiński

Krzysztof Bagiński is an artist and organizer from Poland. He is a co-curator of W Brzask (At Dawn), a series of experimental music shows in Warsaw. As a sound artist, he works closely with choreography and performance.

 Jacqueline Sobiszewski

Visual artist, works with light, video, film and photography. Born and raised in the Netherlands. Studied at the Cinematography Department of the State Higher School of Film, Television and Theater in Łódź. Combining various techniques, always looking for a new visual language in various fields of art, cooperating with directors, musicians, choreographers and individually. Her work has been shown in NYC, Los Angeles, Sydney, London, Paris, Vienna, Madrid, Lisbon, Sao Paulo. She was awarded at the 15th International Small Scene Theater Festival in Rijeka, Croatia for light direction in Medea (awarded with the Nestroy Preis) by Grzegorz Jarzyna and received a distinction for lighting design at The Divine Comedy International Theater Festival “for creating a coherent landscape in which individuality manifests itself through a powerful emotional charge.”