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AcroTribe: Basia Psiuk, Weronika Tyrpa

From childhood, they spent a lot of time developing sports. A few years ago they found AcroYoga, which became their main passion. Their previous experience in sports (gymnastics, ballet, acrobatics, karate, dance, yoga, pole dance, contact improvisation) allowed them to quickly expand the scope of their skills. Acro gives joy and fun by teaching cooperation and developing body awareness. As AcroTribe, they share their passion and support its development in Poland. They conduct regular classes in Krakow and regularly organize workshops with leading AY teachers from Poland and abroad.

Please visit: https://www.facebook.com/AcroTribe/

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Acro Yoga + Thai Massage (for beginners) / start: 3/09, Acro Yoga Flow + Thai Massage with AcroTribe (intermediate and advanced) / start: 3/09

Cameroonian dancer and choreographer living in Krakow. My adventure with dance began in Cameroon where I was member of a dance group, with which I performed for many years. In Poland, I professionally started teaching Afro classes in 2009 in various dance schools in Krakow. During my career of dancer I had the opportunity to participate several times as instructor to well known in Europe festivals and workshops of Afro dance. I am a founding member of the dancing TND Group and the afro beat party Tropical Night.
Dance styles I teach are afro traditional dances like Bikutsi, Ndombolo, Bensikin and more. Also Afro urban dances as Coupe Decale, Afrobeat, Afro house, Azonto and more.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Afro Dance / start: 4/09

Singer, actress, coach, educator. Actress of the Gardzienice Theater. She conducts theater and voice workshops as well as music and movement classes for children. He has a holistic approach to working with his voice, based on working with the body, emotions, from “Yoga Voice”, physical theater training, the method of K. Linklater, traditional and natural singing.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Harmony of Voice and Body (3-month course) / start: October 15

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Vinyasa - dynamic yoga / start: 3/09, Yoga Open / start: 8/09

Born. in 1982, lives in Krakow. A movement actress, dancer, improviser, experienced instructor of contemporary dance, movement composition, dance improvisation, physical theater and stage movement. Creator of the InterArt Dance method (where she interweaves various fields of art). Hatha Yoga instructor. Occupational therapist (in training). Scholarship holder of the Alternative Dance Academy in Poznań. Qualified Instructor of Movement Improvisation and Body Symbolism (Institute of Dance and Movement Dynamics / Essen / r. Detlef Kappert). A graduate of PPSKAK in Kalisz in the field of contemporary dance. From 2008 to 2015, she was a dancer of the EST Experimental Dance Studio with Iwona Olszowska. From 2013 to 2015 she collaborated with the Barakah Theater. She co-creates video dance projects. She collaborates with the Kreissau Foundation, where hse conducts workshops for people with physical and intellectual disabilities.

Page on fb: Alicja Miszczor. Interart Dance Group
Dance video group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/563344323713738

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Course of Movement Composition, Contemporary Dance and Therapeutic Dance (3-mth) / start: 15/01

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Hand balance and inverted positions course / start: 3/09, Yoga Workout / start: 5/09

Blanka Moryc is a dancer, choreographer, musician and yoga teacher. Her motto is: “Everything is born from vibration and always flows. Nothing is permanent.” She loves what dance and yoga bring to life. Her classes are dedicated to those who want to restore energy through a spicy, deep and mindful practice, combining breathing techniques with movement and relaxation. She often works with touch and aromatherapy.

She began her yoga adventure as a little gymnast, accompanying her mother to classes with Czesław Beer. In 2021, she obtained the international title of yoga teacher after the Sivananda TTC course, and developed her experience in India in Mysore, Vienna and Poland. She has two diplomas from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music: a dancer of dance theater and pedagogy of rhythm and music in the Dalceoze Rhythmic method.

She taught classes in Vienna last year and is currently studying dance and choreography at the Master’s degree in Katowice. In her classes at Kontakt, she will focus on intensive dance practice, which leads to mindfulness in the kinesphere and body, balanced breathing and inner peace. She will lead classes in contemporary dance techniques and floor work, ending with various relaxation methods. See you on Thursdays at 6:00 PM at Dziki Mindfulness 😉 it’s an adventure dedicated to your potential.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Wild Mindfulness: Dances with the Floor / NEW! / Start: 24/10

A professional singer/ voice actress with master degree holder in singing and acting from Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music Krakow.
Along With her love and adoration for music she has profound passion for holistic healing and wellness.
Certified yoga teacher and breath work facilitator and self hypnosis practitioner.
Intuitive sound healer.
She comes from Syria.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: The Basics of Contact-Improvisation / start:10/10

Dancer and painter. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.
Participant of the 10th Academy at Gardzienice Theater, and many other dance and theater workshops and trainings.
A lover of music and travel, the founder of the Kontakt Dance Space.
In 2000 I discovered tango and since then he has been experiencing movement, dance, theater and music. He has a great weakness for pair dancing, dance theater, dance improvisation, music and singing.

“I like to look for bridges between different techniques and, above all, feel how dance and music can connect and inspire people”.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Contact and Dance Improvisation / start: 17/09, Contact with Voice / start: 18/09

Dancer, choreographer, teacher of contemporary dance, body awareness, contact improvisation and improvisation as a performance; Somatic Movement Educator according to the Body Mind Centering method. Artistic director of the EST Experimental Dance Studio since 1989. Currently, EST implements structural improvisation, lecture performance and site specific projects. Creates the Dance Area at the BARAKAH Theater. Currently She teaches at Hurtownia Ruchu and in CONTACT. Space of Movement and Dance in Krakow and during instructor courses, extramural studies at the Academy of Music in Łódź, dance workshops and improvisation contact festivals in Poland and abroad (Ukraine, England, Russia, Moldova, Germany, Italy, Portugal). For 8 years She taught at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Krakow. She gained dance experience in dance centers in New York and as a free student at George Mason Universities in Washington, Alabama and Calgary, workshops organized by the Silesian Dance Theater, Cultural Animation Center and dance festivals in Poland. She creates original performances, solo choreographies for the EST team, as well as Polish Dance Theater, Teatr Rozmaitości, Teatr Stary, Teatr im. J. Słowacki in Krakow. She conducted coaching sessions ended with shows, incl. Pan European Art. Laboratory at Villa Decius, several times Falling After Paxton in Toruń, Łódź, Białystok and Wrocław. As a dancer she dances solo and with EST, recently also in alternative spaces; structural improvisations i.e. lecture performances: Heart zRozum, Bones Mind Moving- Moving Bones Mind, Falling after Paxton from EST / Hurtownia Ruchu, and specific site: Crying Chairs – from EST to Plac Boh. Getta, Tram called following, Autoshow, Dziwne Nie_pokoje and with Jacek Owczarek project And we will dance together. She took part in projects with Pracownia Fizyczna Zdarzenia and in the exhibition at MS2 in Łódź. Come, we will show you what we do, with Renata Piotrowska Unknown, with Marta Pietruszka and Andrzej Sadowski B&B, with Marcin Janus, with Magda Przybysz Core zRozum and in international projects with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Closeness with Risa Jaroslow, Aurora with Maida Withers, Ocean Miasta with Pierre Deloche, Just say it with Michael Schumacher, Samples project Polish – Romanian with EST. She has danced in the USA, Canada, Finland, Russia, England, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Israel, the Czech Republic, Moldova, Italy and Ukraine. She received awards for choreographies and for consistent continuation of her own creative path, stage personality and a scholarship from the Batory ArtsLink Foundation in New York.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Body awareness based on the BMC® method / start: 2/09

A FEW WORDS ABOUT ME: My name is Jagoda. In dance and movement, I am most interested in the relationship between the body and emotions. Dance moves me. When I move, I feel alive.

I also feel my limitations and difficulties in dance, which manifest in movement. When I feel like dancing, it is a sign to me that I am in a good place – that life energy is flowing through me. When I do not feel this energy – dance helps me awaken it.

When I dance, sometimes I am tender and delicate, sometimes crazy and wild. I like fooling around, having fun, I like listening and being attentive. I like to give and take.

I have been dancing for as long as I can remember, and 5 years ago I discovered the therapeutic power of dance and began to perceive the body as a tool with which we experience reality.

I have participated in many different workshops, courses and festivals, including: in the Workshops on Improvisation Methodology and the Workshops on Choreography and Movement Composition with Iwona Olszowska, in the Course on Movement Composition, Contemporary Dance and Therapeutic Dance with Alicja Miszczor, Radical Somatics in Contact Improvisation with Christiane Cole. I am a graduate of the Course on Dance Therapy Techniques and Movement Analysis at the IBA Dance and Movement Therapy Centre. Together with Agata Moląg, I run dance classes for people with Parkinson’s disease.

In my workshops, I use exercises that anyone can do, regardless of experience or lack thereof. We dance solo and with others. I draw inspiration for running classes from, among others, intuitive dance, contact improvisation, GAGA language, Dance Movement Therapy.

LEADER: Joanna Książkiewicz

,,I love listening to the wisdom of the body, moving, dancing, connecting. I draw power from singing, dancing and contact with nature. I am delighted by how the paths of our movement reveal and help transform what plays in our mind and soul. I love traditional songs of the world, discovering the secrets of the human body, myths and the other side of fairy tales.”

BIO

She has been dancing since the age of 7, and for 12 years she has been immersed in conscious work with the body. Psychologist, graduate of a two-year study of Process Psychology. The most important trainings are those within the Somatic Movement Educator program in the Body Mind Centering method (BMC Certification Program, Movimiento Atlas, Zaragoza), improvisation methodology training with Iwona Olszowska, trainings at the Institute of Integrative Psychotherapy, a year-long training program ‘Dance and Gestalt Therapy based on Anna Halprin’s Life/art process’ with Ursula Schorn and Singing as life practice workshops with Emma Bonnici (voice work and group process).

She also conducts psychological classes for children and youth in a day care facility and works with youth in alternative education. She is constantly expanding her skills by taking part in classes of various dance techniques, body and mind work methods, such as butoh, CI, gaga, Bodynamic, BMC, clowning, stage movement and others. For 6 years, under the Ruch od Czucia brand, she has been creating and running regular, original dance and body work workshops in Krakow, cycles in a permanent group and weekend and away workshops. This is her main job and greatest passion.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Movement from feeling: "DANCING INTO COMUNITY: Human Connection Practices" / Start classes: 13/10

Julia Zawistowicz – Passista G.R.E.S.E. Império da Tijuca

@zavistula has been associated with dance since she was 10. Her childhood dancing adventure started with hip-hop and contemporary dance, but later she trained various dance styles, ranging from belly and afro dancing, through reggaeton and dancehall, to Cuban salsa and Brazilian samba. Joyful samba no pé turned out to be her greatest passion, in which she trained under the supervision of choreographers in Rio de Janeiro itself 🇧🇷 (including Alex Coutinho, Jorge Amarelloh, Anderson Dionisio, Gabriel Castro, Mayara Santos, Mayara Lima and Kellyn Dew)

During her classes, Julia always tries to infect all participants with a smile, convey a lot of positive energy and instill in them a love of dance, because according to her, it is the fullest form of expression and the best way to express yourself ✨

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Holiday Samba No Pe / starrt: 3/09

I started as a child at Sports Acrobatics, then dance, yoga and martial arts, only to end up at Tomek’s acro yoga 5 years ago and discover my passion in it.

I have visited over 15 countries traveling with acro yoga, which led me to the CREAT circus school where I spent a year practicing partner acrobatics and handstands.

I have held regular classes in Vilnius and given many workshops at festivals and conventions, all to now bring my knowledge to you.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: AcroYoga with Kaja (intermediate) / start: 12/09

Personal development trainer with an integral approach. Both professionally and in my personal life, I explore and use various methods of working with the body, mind and spirit. I lead people through transformation and assist them on the way to live with passion, joy, harmony and power. I support through training, workshops, coaching and mentoring, as well as teaching meditation or conducting regular movement classes.
Two years ago, I included the traditional Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Nui massage in my work – the unusual spirit of this practice is very close to my heart and I am happy to carry its gifts further, soothing the bodies and souls of my clients.
I am a mover by nature and passion. Sport and body work have always been on my way. In my youth I trained in running, swimming and karate kyokushin for 8 years. A more conscious approach to the body began 16 years ago, when I started my adventure with yoga and then with meditation. Soon after, the first experiences with choreotherapy joined. I have always loved to dance, but this passion has fully developed in the last 5 years. During this time, I delved into improvisation, body awareness, spontaneous dance and contact improvisation (it was love at first contact 😃). I have learned from many great teachers at workshops and festivals and freely experimenting and exploring the potential of my body. I have been practicing Qi gong regularly for 4 years, I am delighted with it and thankful for what it gives me. The most recent, but very fruitful practice in this repertoire are Lowen’s bioenergy exercises or energy work per se, which I have also been using for several years.
I believe in diversity, synergy and integrity, both in the development of our entire being and in the very area of ​​the body and movement. I believe in the intelligence and intuition of our bodies.
I believe the body is the gateway to our vital energy, to our presence, to our grounding and centering. I believe the body is a source of pleasure, joy and power. I believe that conscious work with the body hides wonderful gifts, at your fingertips.
So let’s go dance, move and wake up our bodies

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: The Basics of Contact-Improvisation / start:10/10

My name is Milena Thomas. I am a multi-colored being who loves people.

I work with other people through contact with body, mind and spirit, because I see the human being holistically.

Yoga came to me in 2015 initially as a purely physical practice. However, it opened my eyes to how much the body, mind and spirit are connected and it started my further exploration of human potential.

I am a body, mind and spirit therapist. In my work I use hypnotherapy, massage, Reiki, sound therapy and of course yoga, which I have been teaching since 2019.

Monika Kiwak – MA in Polish Philology and Theatre Studies (Dramatology) at the Jagiellonian University; Graduate of the Dance Department at Performers House (Denmark), certified contemporary dance instructor (National Centre for Culture), participant of the certified Body Mind Centering® Course (Slovakia, Poland 2011 – 2015); In 2013, 2015 and 2017 she received a scholarship to participate in the Alternative Dance Academy implemented by Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk. Resident of the Dance Move Cities project (Krakow, Riga 2013 – 2014). In 2017 she went on a study visit and training for teachers in Rome, combining movement and graphic signs thanks to the support of Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk. Master of improvisation Andrew Morrish chose her, along with five other dancers, for individual training and group coaching. From 2008 to 2015 she danced at Iwona Olszowska’s Experimental Dance Studio in Krakow, practicing improvisation with the BMC® approach.

“Dance, movement, is an organic part of everyday life for me.I see wonderful partnerships at airports, when people greet and say goodbye; I see choreographies in trams, when passengers change from one seat to another. I am fascinated by athletes and the way their bodies work. I watch children who are great performers and have an extraordinary stage presence even when repeating the same exercises. Improvisation teaches me that there are many movement solutions, that crisis situations during dance have great potential. Every crisis in which we remain attentive and honest can bring new solutions – just like in life. There are even more reasons why dance is my passion, but I want students and viewers with whom I share my experience to find their own goals.”

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Australian Very Open / New course start:

Murilo was born and raised in Bahia, the cradle of samba, and therefore, like no one else, he can introduce you to the world of Brazilian rhythms, full of passion, energy, colors and joy.
His Brazilian Style is a fusion of various Brazilian and Brazilian-African dances, vibrating with energy, passion and sensuality, and Murilo himself is a charismatic and highly energetic instructor.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Brazilian Style / start: 2/09

A body expert whose movement combines elements of contemporary dance, floorwork, capoeira and acrobatics.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Technical Aspects of Contact Improvisation for Intermediate / start: 4/09

a religious scholar fascinated by the potential of yoga, exploring the spaces of the mind and embodied experience through movement, work with voice, breath and meditation practices. He started his adventure with yoga 9 years ago, and for less than 3 years he has been conducting his own classes, combining elements from the Bihar school of yoga, the Iyengar method and fascial yoga. He likes tea, contact with nature and is involved in therapeutic work, mainly in the field of systemic settings

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Integral Yoga / start: 4/09

For 5 years, Rafał Kałuzieński has been conducting regular, unique in Poland, body work classes according to his original method “Massage sessions”. Works with the body using movement, touch, voice – both therapeutically and developmentally. He uses the tools of yoga, acroyogi, contemporary dance, contact improvisation, traditional songs and intuitive singing. Masseur, massage teacher, organizer of developmental trips with yoga and massage. Teacher of meditation techniques.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Meetings with Massage / start: 2/09

Fascinated by AcroYoga, Tango and a healthy lifestyle. A fan of all forms of physical activity, travel and time outdoors. He has been practicing AcroYoga since 2018 and is happy to share his experiences.

AcroYoga is a complete activity. It combines strength, gymnastic, stretching and relaxation exercises. The practice always brings with it good fun, nice company and a lot of good energy :)”

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: AcroYoga with Rafał (for beginners) / start: 4/09

A singer and musician, she performs on music and theater stages. He has formal musical education in the form of a first-level music school and many workshops and meetings with individual teachers. She graduated in mathematics and cognitive science, with particular emphasis on the relationship between psychology and music. In 2015, she immersed herself in traditional, theatrical and improvised music. He co-creates the bands SWADA and Baykuri, cooperates with the Italian-South American Teatro Simurgh, and conducts his own vocal and vocal-theater workshops. She is fascinated by rituals and the functions that music fulfills in society. On quiet evenings, he composes his own multi-voice songs and improvises in places with beautiful acoustics.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Meetings with Voice / * Classes with Sabina will return in the form of weekend courses: 23/10 and 6/11

Associated with the movement since childhood. Many years of experience in the acrobatic and dance team, athletics, nine years of yoga practice instilled a constant need for physical activity and taught to find joy in it. The only certified AcroYoga level 2 teacher in Poland. Develops body awareness through contemporary dance, contact improvisation, physical dance, GAGA, animal flow. The possibility of combining acrobatic experiences with yoga and dance fascinated him absolutely. Delighted with the moment when the lines of these forms of movement have the opportunity to meet. In Krakow, he conducts regular Classes with AcroYogi at all levels. Organizer of jams, workshops, artistic projects and acrojog trips such as AcroFever, Polish Acro Convention and AcroYoga Boat Cruise.

https://teachers.acroyoga.org/record/recJZAOsLZTAKxRl6/tomasz-pacan?sId=8B1ja1z57QCU

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: AcroYoga with Rafał (for beginners) / start: 4/09, AcroYoga with Kaja (intermediate) / start: 12/09

Dancer, performer, instructor, organizer of dance events. From 2007 to 2009, he attended contemporary dance, ballet, jazz and choreography classes at Bard College and the University of Iowa. He is a graduate of Montgomery College, majoring in dance (jazz, ballet and modern dance), (2013) and the Bewegungs-Art Freiburg TIP school, majoring in Neuer Tanz dance (2015). In 2016, he appeared in the performances “Freie tanzszene Freiburg” and “Messaen in Tanz” presented in Germany.
Since 2006, he has been practicing the following styles: Lindy Hop, blues, Charleston, shag and native jazz. From 2010 to 2020 he was the organizer of the Dragon Swing festival in Krakow. He conducted dance workshops in Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Iceland, Turkey, Ukraine and Sweden. He worked as a Lindy Hop consultant on the show “Over the Years, Over the Days” at the Teatr im. Juliusz Słowacki in Krakow. He appeared as a dancer in the film “Citizen Jones” by Agnieszka Holland (choreo Weronika Pelczyńska).

Wassim was Born in Damascus, Syria in 1978. In 1998, he completed his first studies as a civil engineer and over the next seven years he was involved in numerous projects in Syria. He began his musical adventure at the age of six, playing the flute and Oud. In the years 1990-1996 he began learning to play the instrument – Oud, with the teacher Fayez Zahe Aldin. Then he began studies in the field of Harmony and Counterpoint, conducted by Prof. Bella Tagezieva. 2005 marks the beginning of an academic career at the High Institute of Music in Damascus. He graduated in 2010, cooperating with many lecturers. His education was conducted by professors of Russian origin, and his composition was lectured by Prof. Serge Kopperanov, theory – Prof. Bella Tagezieva, conducting – Prof. Victor Babenko and Mr Missak Baghboudarian; conductor of the Syrian Symphony Orchestra. Subsequently, Wassim Ibrahim obtained a master’s degree in composition studies at the Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland, under the supervision of Prof. Józef Rychlik in 2015. He obtained a doctoral degree in musical composition at the Academy of Music in Krakow, major in composition, working with Prof. Wojciech Widłak.
Composer, conductor, teacher…

More information about Wassim can be found here: http://wassimibrahim.net/pl/biografia/

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Children's Choir / start: October 6, Choir in Kontakt gr. "A" (closed), Choir in Kontakt (gr. open) / start: 16/09, Choir of Seniors / start: 16/09

I am Weronika, I love to share and communicate with people, and doing it through massages and movement meetings is a great pleasure for me. To let go, be here and now, and just have the courage to trust. As life is a precious gift for me, taking care of each other during our meeting will be a priority for me. I do acrojoga, traditional Thai massage and rhythmic massage, but our meetings will be full of inspiration from various areas of movement, body work and play. I’m waiting for you! 🙂

Weronika Tyrpa – massage is her way of meditation in motion. In his therapeutic work, he values ​​delicacy and intuition as well as being here and now. She is fascinated by psychosomatics and the relationship of the body, soul and psyche. Since 2016, she has been enriching her experience in Thai massage and lunar acroyoga. She started and continues the practice of traditional Thai massage “Nuad Bo Rarn” at Balazs Bali Nemeth from the Sunshine Network: Traditional Thai Yoga Massage and Ayurvedic Bodywork, where she has been assisting since 2018. In 2021, she graduated from a 2-year school of classical Western massage with elements of physiotherapy, and began learning Eurhythmia and Rhythmic Massage with Michaela Schnur.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Acro Yoga + Thai Massage (for beginners) / start: 3/09, Acro Yoga Flow + Thai Massage with AcroTribe (intermediate and advanced) / start: 3/09, Massage and Movemen Meetings / Summer break

I have been gaining experience in working with my voice for years. Workshops, meetings with masters, musical projects, my own observations – many things contribute to the path I am walking. My passion for yoga and dance helps me better understand my body, and therefore my voice. I find joy in simple things, and contact with nature and time spent on the mat make it easier for me to hear silence in sounds.

I draw the most inspiration from traditional music from different parts of the world.
It is at the source that I encounter the extraordinary world of voice emission, with the community in experiencing singing, but also with a deep, individual experience.
In lessons and workshops, I focus on exploration, acceptance and fun.
I help find what is still inside us: a powerful tool – our natural, free and beautiful Voice.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Mission of the Voice - meeting around songs / NEW, Mission of the Voice / start: 6/09

Multi-instrumentalist. A graduate of the Academy of Music in Krakow, Conservatorio di Verona and Universidade de Aveiro. She gives concerts in Poland and abroad – so far in several countries in Europe and Asia – as a soloist and member of symphony ensembles and orchestras. Co-founder of the band Organic Noises. In addition to performing music from the broadly understood classics, she specializes in playing on historical instruments (both baroque) and ethnic instruments from the Caucasus Southern (duduk, zurna, santur). Music is her soul’s prayer and a way of interacting with other creatures.

W KONTAKCIE prowadzi: Vocal Course: Love Your Voice / Start: October (details soon)