CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, NEW ORLEANS
APRIL 26 at 8:30 PM PL / Pawel Sakowicz: TOTAL
Paweł Sakowicz / Poland
a choreographer and dancer. He graduated from the University of Warsaw with a degree in political studies and holds an MA in performance and choreography from the London Contemporary Dance School. His works Bernhard and TOTAL were invited to the Polish Dance Platform (2014 and 2017 editions, respectively). He has collaborated with choreographers and visual artists, and worked as a choreographer in a number of theatre productions. A recipient of an honorable mention at the 22nd National Competition for the Polish Contemporary Play Staging and 2017 danceWEB scholarship. He received a nomination for the 2016 “Polityka” Passports in the “Theatre” category.
TOTAL
Speculating about dance virtuosity is a type of reflection that can be based on experience but isn’t necessarily empirically verifiable. The aim of such speculation is to frame an ideal image of dance virtuosity by drawing on predictable economic, political and meta-humanistic changes. A characteristic feature of speculation on dance virtuosity is risk-taking in constructing radical scenarios on the politics of desire.
Choreography, text and performance: Paweł Sakowicz
Artistic coaching: Dalija Aćin Thelander
Technical realization and lights: Łukasz Kędzierski
Production: Art Stations Foundation by GrażynaKulczyk (developed as part of the Solo Projekt Plus 2015 residency program by the Art Stations Foundation)
Premiere: 12 December 2015, Art Stations Foundation, Poznań (Poland)
Duration: 30 minutes
TOTAL was selected for the 2017 Polish Dance Platform. Itwaspresented in Berlin (Dock11), Budapest (L1danceFestival) and acrossPoland in Warsaw, Cracow, Wrocław and Lublin.