MORNINGS IN MOTION Body recovered – Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art

Morning sessions are an invitation to reconnect with the body – to movement, which allows us to discover, experience, and surprise ourselves. Through sensory-based activities (sight, touch, and hearing) and conscious movement tasks, we will explore how the body responds, remembers, and creates. Instead of dividing observation and action, we will attempt to combine them, treating movement as a way of thinking, feeling, and communicating. Exercises will stimulate imagination, creativity, and mindfulness, opening up a space for exploring new qualities of movement and the body's unconventional possibilities. This workshop is for those curious about movement, presence, and creative experimentation.

• Referring to the concept of "Movement to the Future," we will approach dance as a form of self-care and shared, analogue being. The goal will be a practice that improves circulation, clarifies thoughts, and alleviates everyday tensions, while simultaneously developing fitness and endurance.

About the instructor

• Iza Szostak

  • choreographer, dancer, and performer. In her artistic practice, she draws on the premises of new materialism, which allows her to perceive matter as an active and agentive force, and to base her choreographic works on a constructed system of communication between body and object. As her material, she uses processed images from the fields of visual arts and film, anthropological research, a private video archive, and her own biography. In her performances, she explores hybrid forms: the body appears as both costume and medium—a carrier of emotional states. For her, choreography is an instrument for creating a new order. She is a graduate of the Ballet School in Warsaw and Codarts–Rotterdam Dance Academy in the Netherlands. She studied at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology in Warsaw. She has worked in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Poland. She is the author of the performances Trapeze, RE//MIX–Merce Cunningham, Ciało. Dziecko. Obiekt, Europa. Śledztwo, Balet koparyczny, National Affairs, PRIV, le journal secret, and Skaj Is the Limit. For many years, she has closely collaborated with audiovisual artist Kuba Słomkowski. As an educator, she has worked with numerous cultural institutions, including Instytut Teatralny, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Galeria Zachęta, and Teatr Studio Galerii.

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• MORNINGS IN MOTION 

  • are regular movement-awareness classes based on contemporary dance, improvisation, and related methods focused on mindfulness and bodily perception. They are intended for participants aged 16 and above, regardless of experience. During the classes, individual, pair, and group exercises interweave.

    The meetings support expanding one’s movement experience, increasing self-awareness, and gaining knowledge about contemporary dance and new choreography. The workshops function as open classes.

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• Accessibility

  • The Laboratory is a separate building located a few steps from Ujazdowski Castle on its south side (the former historic Arsenal building).
    • The Wojciech Krukowski Auditorium Hall is located on level +1, and the building has an elevator.
  • Women's, men's, and for people with disabilities are available (level 0).
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