MORNINGS IN MOTION
Body in reconstruction
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Morning sessions will focus on awakening the body through dance as a practice of strengthening, regulating energy, and conscious effort. We will choose small, regular doses of movement – warming and nourishing, helping us enter the day with greater focus and readiness for action. We will treat movement as a daily energy boost – short and specific, which warms us, helps us awaken, and enter the day with greater clarity.
- 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.
- The starting point will be methods derived from postmodern contemporary dance, release techniques, and improvisation. We will focus on movement based on flow, working with weight, breath, and relationship to gravity. We will strengthen the body through precision, economy of effort, and conscious distribution of energy, developing stability, mobility, and core activity. We will work solo, in duos, and in groups, learning to be mindful of ourselves and others in our space. Morning exercise will become a form of physical and mental hygiene—a regular practice that organizes, strengthens, and supports daily functioning.
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About the instructor
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Weronika Pelczyńska
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choreographer, dancer, and performer. A graduate of the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD), the Warsaw University of Technology (Faculty of Production Engineering and Faculty of Management), and the University of Warsaw (Institute of Polish Culture). She is a recipient of scholarships from DanceWEB 2013 ImpulsTanz, Carte Blanche 2013, and the Alternative Dance Academy (2017 and 2019). As a dancer and performer, she has collaborated with choreographers in Poland, Germany, Austria, France, and Croatia (including Matej Kejžar, Davis Freeman, Maria Stokłosa, Stephanie Thiersch, Jozef Fruček, Linda Kapetanea, Johannes Wieland, Rafaela Giovanola, Ania Nowicka, and Ben J. Riepe). Since 2010, she has created choreography for drama theaters, films, music videos, and advertisements. She has collaborated with, among others: Agnieszka Glińska, Ania Seniuk, Magda Szpecht, Grzegorz Laszuk, Robert Jarosz, Zuzanna Solakiewicz, Barbara Sass-Zdort, Agnieszka Holland, Michał Marczak, Bartek Prokopowicz, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Monika Brodka, Mata, and Quebonafide. Since 2011, she has led individual and collective artistic projects, including Europa. Śledztwo, it will come later, kula, still standing, Rzeźbiary, working together with Iza Szostak, Magda Jędra, Agata Szcześniak, Aleksandra Janus, Monika Szpunar, Magda Fejdasz, and Patrycja Kowańska. She was the curator of the Movement in the Institute program (2017–2019) — regular classes focused on movement and body awareness for actors, performers, and theater practitioners. From 2018 to 2020, she was affiliated with the international collective iCoDaCo. She co-creates the Centrum w Ruchu collective and the sisterhood-practice initiative. She teaches at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, in the Department of Theatre Studies.
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MORNINGS IN MOTION
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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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- The project is funded by the City of Warsaw.
- The event is carried out as part of the project “Educational Innovations at Centrum w Ruchu” (No. 2025-1-PL01-KA122-ADU-000341104), co‑funded by the European Union.
