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DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT:

"Once upon a time, there she was, or maybe wasn't..."

"Begin. G e t d o w n t o i t. Just as you clean the poisoned river. Get down to it, even if you are worried that you will not be successful. Even if you are afraid of a failure, begin anyway, and if you can’t have it otherwise, then fail, dust yourself off and start all over again. If it doesn’t work out again, then so what? Start all over again. It is not the failure that holds you back - this reluctance to start all over again causes stagnation”.

(Clarissa Pinkola Estés,“Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype“)

The performance of “Princesses" is fairy-tale journey touching upon female archetypes and narrated from the perspective of Little Mermaid, Cinderella and Snow White. Spinning a tale together, story-telling considered to be a medicine to the ailments and problematics of contemporary women, being in search of safe space to be faced with the primary narration.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Julia Jakubowska - theatre and film actress, physical theatre performer, theatre creator trying her hand at directing. Born in Lodz in 1986. In 2010 graduated Cultural and Theatre Studies on the University of Lodz. She works with several independent theatre groups and is an emerging creator. Since 2008 she is a member of CHOREA Theatre, acting in the following performances: "The Bacchae", "TOV/Good", "Oratorium Dance Project", "Grotowski - an attempt to retreat". She also works as an individual creator and community-art developer in CHOREA Theatre artistic projects, for example: "Wszędodomni/Panhabitants" - workshops and performance created with the participation of homeless people (2011, 2013), "Abramka Fest" - community art project and festival dedicated to the poorest communities and streets of the city (2013), "About Love" - experimental theatre performance still being explored with series of exhibitions, performances and workshops (2014). She cooperates with Stereo Akt Theatre in Budapest (Hungary). Her selected works in Stereo Akt are: "Promenade - Urban Fate Tourism" (2013), "Close Encounters of the Different Kind" (2014), "We Hear You" (2015), "Etiquette. The Perfect Human" (2016), "Last Chance Clinic" (2017), „Europen Freaks". She is based both in Lodz and Budapest. And so in Hungary she cooperates with various independent artists and professional scenes: Budapest Operetta, with Péter Kárpáti (performances: "Two Women", "Gala") and Veronica Szabó („Queendom”). She also appeared in the following film productions: "Sunset” directed by Laszló Nemes, „Guerilla” directed by Karpati Mór, „Simone, une femme du siecle” directed by Olivier Dahan, „Black Spider” directed by Markus Fischer. She was awarded for her “Dialogi" drama in the 1st edition of Polish Playwright Competition „Lustro. Obraz. Iluzja.” in 2009. She received Francesca Candel award in 2014 for her work connected with the immigrant integration into Catalonia. In 2019 she was nominated for critics' choice award of Hungarian Theatre Journal for actors. She received her Art Scholarship of Cultural Department of the City of Łódź in 2020, which allowed her to create and direct “Princesses" performance. Presently an employee of Górna Community Centre in Lodz, where she is responsible for project management and is an animator of children's theatrical group.

Katarzyna Gorczyca - actress, dancer, choreographer, theatre director. Graduate of the Ludwik Solski State Theatre School in Krakow at the Department of Dance Theatre in Bytom. Works as an actress, dancer and choreographer in projects related to dance theatre in Poland and Europe. Gorczyca’s works have been awarded at numerous festivals, including the National Review of Contemporary Monodrama, Połczyn Dance Festival, the “3, 2, 1... Dance!” choreography competition in Kraków and the Warsaw Dance Platform 2016. Co-founder of the LineAct group. Collaborates on a regular basis with director Brian Michaels and Oskar Malinowski. Member of the ZAMIAST Theatre in Lodz since 2016. Lives in Lodz. Likes Lodz.

Małgorzata Lipczyńska - actress, dancer, choreographer, culture animator and pedagogue. Born in Zamosc. Lives in Lodz. Graduated from Social and Cultural Studies on UMCS University in Lublin (Poland). Dancer in the 'Labyrinth Dances' group. Co-founder and member of CHOREA Theatre Association. In 2006-2008 worked as choreographer, theatre and dance workshop instructor in Juliusz Osterwa Theatre in Lublin. As an actress, dancer and performer she cocreated many interdisciplinary theatre and artistic projects, for example: 'maProject' (international dance project in Vilnus, Lithuania), 'Kukła-Kantor/Remix' (neTTheatre, Lublin), 'Project Mermaids' (dir. Gerald Tyler, Warsaw), 'From the other side' (Korniag Theatre, Minsk). In 2011 she created her monodrama performance „forsuremaybe”, based on texts of Romanian writer Aglaia Veteranyi. She also worked as a dance instructor in creating an awarded CHOREA Theatre musical and dance performance 'Oratorium Dance Project'. Since 2012 she cooperates as dancer, writer and choreographer with KIJO Dance Theatre - a contemporary dance formation. She is an experienced theatre and dance workshop leader. She cooperates with the Warsaw University andInstitute of Polish Culture in Warsaw as a theatre instructor.

Anna Maszewska - actress, coordinator of artistic and entertainment events with high commercial potential. Since 2015, she has been involved in the production of cultural events as well as film and theatre education. A graduate of Cultural Studies with a specialization in Film Studies at the University of Lodz, and a student at the Faculty of Film Art Organization in Lodz Film School. In 2011-2015 she was an actress in ab'Teatr theatre group. In 2015 she worked as a coordinator at the 20th European Cinema Forum ORLEN Cinergia, and as a leader and an actress in Take Over theater group, working in CHOREA Theatre in Lodz, (performance "Error4040"). In 2016 she was a coordinator of the Skoda Mobile Cinema, organized as part of the Transatlantyk Festival. In 2016-2017 she worked as a production coordinator in art and event agency Ferment Kolektiv in Poznan, creating - among others - such projects as: 'Animator On Tour', 'Film Summer with Orange', and accompanying events during the 43rd Forum on the Cinema. In 2017 she was a production coordinator on the 22nd Forum of the European Cinema. Since 2018 general Cordinator of Retroperspectives International Theatre Festival. Since 2018 actress in CHOREA Theatre, she performs in: "Tragedia Jana" (dir.. W.Raźniak, 2018), "Księżniczki" (dir. Julia Jakubowska, 2020), video-performance "W wież zamknięta" (dir. Julia Jakubowska, 2020).

CHOREA Theatre - is a thriving, uncountable and unpredictable group of artists, performers, musicians, dancers, actors, practitioners, theatre and drama theorists. We create interdisciplinary artistic, educational and social projects: concerts, workshops and performances. We employ innovative, original work methods, going beyond the cultural mainstream. We direct our work, projects, actions and activities to: adults, youth and children, those who are regular theatre-goers, those with limited access to art, and those looking for alternative cultural initiatives. We put emphasis on team-building, joint cooperation, partnership, group dynamics, interrelations, the awareness of body, voice and musicality in our work.
CHOREA Theatre was founded in 2004 in Lublin, as a result of collaboration between two groups of performers. First group, 'The Ancient Orchestra', was developing musical and rhythmical work. Second group, 'Dances of the Labyrinth', was experimenting on movement and dance. Since 2004, before they found their residence in Lodz in 2007, they have been working in several locations. The company was first based in Naleczow, Srebrna Gora and Warsaw, they cooperated with Erthfall Dance Theatre in Cardiff (Wales). Since 2007 they established a permanent base in the city of Lodz, co-founding with Lodz Art Centre a cultural institution named Fabryka Sztuki (Art Factory) and they own an amazing industrial theatre spaces (for rehearsals, performances and workshops) situated in the 19th Century factories, named Art_Inkubator in Fabryka Sztuki in Lodz.
During 16 years of activity CHOREA Theatre fully developed its educational and artistic work. CHOREA artists organized many international workshop sessions, transnational artistic projects, several 10 of their own International Theatre Festival Retroperspektywy and nationwide Theatre Festival Perspektywy, and created more than 40 theatre productions, performances, and concerts. In 2015 CHOREA artists recorded a musical album 'Lullabies' and published actors training handbook 'Actors physical training. From individual to group actions'. In 2020 we recorded our second musical album "Gilgamesh" - concert for a choir, jazz trio and string quartet. CHOREA group collaborates with artists from all over the world: USA, Great Britain, Israel, Spain, India, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Syria, Japan, Russia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Georgia, Moldova, etc.
During last years CHOREA Theatre presented their performances, concerts and intensive workshop sessions all over the world. In 2009 CHOREA performed on International Meeting on Ancient Drama Festival in Delphi, (Greece). In 2010 we cooperated with Rosanna Gamson Worldwide Theatre in Los Angeles (USA). In 2011 we presented our work in Escena Contemporanea Festival in Madrid (Spain) and in Mayerhold Theatre Centre in Moscow (Russia). In 2012 we visited Stage Centre in Tel Aviv (Israel). In 2011, 2012 and 2013 we performed on Bharat Rang Mahotsav - the biggest international Theatre Festival in India. In 2014 and 2015 we showed our performances in Art Carnuntum Verein für Kunst Geschichte Theater Kultur Festival in Art Carnuntum (Austria). In 2015 we presented our work in Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and in Chisnau (Moldova). In 2015 and 2016 we performed in Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre (Georgia). In 2017 we performed in Berlin (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden) and in St.Petersburg (Russia). In 2018 we visited Baerum Kulturhus and sandvika Teater in Oslo (Norway), we leaded an intensive workshop session, in terms of "Polish Theatre Days” during II International Theatre Festival TheATRIUM 2018 in Drama Theatre in Klaipeda (Lithuania), performed in Danube Bend Theatre in Vac (Hungary) in terms of V4 Festival and Theatre Meeting 2018, and performed on Festivalul International de Teatru Pentru Publicul Tanar in Iasi (Romania). In 2019 we visited NUKU Theatre in Tallin (Estonia), where we performed on Visual Theatre Festival NuQ Treff, and again performed in Danube Bend Theatre in Vac (Hungary) in terms of V4 Festival and Theatre Meeting 2019. In 2020 we leaded intensive workshop session in Akademija za umjetnost i kulturu, in Osijek (Croatia), and leaded a big international project 'Ukraine - Poland: The borderland of theatre cultures'.

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