MISIA ŻUREK (Poland)
Misia Żurek – dancer, performance maker, experimental anthropologist. She did two master’s degrees in 2 countries in 2 years – in Contemporary Physical Performance Making from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (2022–24), and in Anthropology from MISHiS at Adam Mickiewicz University (2022–24). She was awarded twice with Rector’s Artistic Scholarship (UAM) and with Poznań Creative Scholarship for development.
Her main interests are entanglements of anthropology and dance, coexistence, collective inhabiting, anthropology of care, speculative fiction, remix.
She is a member of newly established Monika’s Dance World company – she performed in its performance „Clay” (Poznań, Warsaw, Tbilisi). She collaborates with Maja Renn – Zurich based artist, as a member of the bewegende kunstformen association. She is also a former member of Młody Teatr Ruchu with which she worked in Poznań, Ivano-Frankivsk and Blossin.
She performed at Malta Festival with Michael Douglas Kollektiv, Fama Festival with Common Collectiv, Short Waves Festival, Czas Letni, Ciało/Umysł Festival with Scottish Dance Theatre. She facilitated workshops in Berlin, Budapest, Paris and Poznań.
Projects with CPPM
The Rhythm of Falling. The Breath of Flying. The Composition of Decomposing (2022) · müriaadFEST. Identity Cabaret DRAG SHOW vol3 (2022) · Earthquake (2023) · CPPM Audio Walks: And Now You Are Here (2024) · Interbeing. An Attempt (2024) · Puff-puff-puff – and Off You Go (2024) · CPPM EXPROMT — cohort improvisation showings (2022–2023)
CPPM 2022-24
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