Renata Piotrowska is a choreographer and performer. She works with contemporary dance, new dance, performance art and contemporary theatre, confronting choreography with conceptual thinking. Nowadays in her works, on the side of the artistic interest in a perception, she contemplates contemporary world through her individual experiences and theoretical texts from the human sciences. She has created her own performances: "Teraz" / "Now" (2007), "Tańcząc z Wrogiem"/ "Dancing with the Enemy" (2007), "UNKNOWN" series (2008 – 2010), "B.R.E.A.K. Sztuka Wojny" / "B.R.E.A.K. The Art of War" (2010), "Unknown. Seans" (2011), "ON EXPRESSION" – duet with Eleonore Didier (2013). She has presented her pieces and took part in many festivals in Poland, Europe, USA and Israel, like the Body/Mind Festival and International Meetings with Art of Action "Rozdroże" in Warsaw, the International Malta Festival in Poznań, the Autumn Festival in Paris, 360 degrees in St.Brieuc, The International Dance Festival "Madrid en Danza" in Madrid, the Frameworks Festival in New York, and the International Mahol Shalem Festival in Jerusalem. In 2008 and 2010, her "Dancing with the Enemy" and "Unknown" were chosen for the prestigious Polska Platforma Tańca (Polish Dance Platform) review. As a performer and dancer, she has worked among others with Michael Schumacher, Nigel Charnock and Eleonore Didier. Renata has won many scholarships of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Art Stations Foundation and the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage programme "Młoda Polska" (2010) and programme "Stypendium Ministra" (2013).
ST Spot Yokohama is a non profit organization managing the ST Spot – an experimental performance space that was established in November 1987, with the mission to encourage regional artists and develop cultural activities in Yokohama. ST Spot presents various own productions and offers a diverse variety of opportunities to artists. ST Spot is not just a performance space, but also an on-going adventure exploring what a small arts organization can accomplish.
Open studio
Presentations on 8th February, 2015 at ST Spot:
- 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
- 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
- 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Authors: Renata Piotrowska (concept, direction, choregraphy), Anna Gołdanowska (installation), Joanna Leśnierowska (light, dramaturgy), Simon Auffret (sound), Yuiko Masaoka (collaboration)
Production: Art Stations Foundation / Poland
Co-production: ST Spot / Japan
Partners: Centrum w Ruchu , Culture.pl
Coordination of production: Julia Stryjska (Menuo Production)
Performance "Death. Exercises and variations"
Presentations in ST Spot:
- 9th February, 2015, 8:00 pm
- 10th February,2015, 7:00 pm
Concept, choregraphy, performance: Renata Piotrowska
Dramaturgy: Bojana Bauer
Light: Ewa Garniec
Production: Burdąg Foundation
Partners: Centrum w Ruchu, La Briquetrie in Val de Marne, CND Pantin, ST Spot, Culture.pl
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