Andrew Morrish is an exceptional teacher. With Australian ease and sense of humour, he supports artists in building self-confidence, organising feedback around one task: naming their pleasure. I learned his extremely precise methodology of teaching improvisation in Poland, Sweden (National Institute of Music and Dance Scholarship) and Australia. I had the honour of performing with Andrew in Australia and practicing improvisation with artists he practices with.

For Andrew Morrish, movement and body sensations are an inexhaustible source of storytelling. Improvisations created from them surprise with mood, wordplay and sense of humour; they stay in the memory of those who watch them.

I invite you to the AUSTRALIAN VERY OPEN movement and voice improvisation classes. I invite lovers of improvisation and people with movement and dance experience. We will practice with inspirations that I brought from Australia, for pleasure and to explore my imagination, create poetic movement and voice statements.

I conduct classes on a monthly basis (4 classes) to be able to develop improvisational material for you in a permanent group, to increase the poetic nature of solo improvisations with each meeting. After the first class of the month, you decide whether to sign up for a given month.

Conducted by: Monika Kiwak

Class dates: 7, 14, 21, 28.01.2025, 7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Cost: PLN 200, payable after the first class;

lesson 7.01. if you do not decide on the entire monthly cycle: PLN 60

We practice in the cozy studio Kontakt. Przestrzeń Ruchu i Tańca, ul. Szpitalna 40, opposite the Słowacki Theater.

Registration, questions and answers: australianveryopen@gmail.com

Number of places in the group: min. 8 max. 12

About the host:

I am an artist, improviser, in love with contemporary dance since my first lesson with Iwona Olszowska in 2003. The infatuation turned into a love for improvisation with the Body Mind Centering approach, combining anatomy and imagination. At the same time, I was fascinated by new choreography and as a scholarship holder of Stary Browar Nowy Taniec I came across coaching with Andrew Morrish in 2017. I fell in love with this approach to improvisation. I teach, direct shows, perform. I love movement in nature.

More about the host: https://taniecpolska.pl/ludzie-tanca/monika-kiwak/

Monika Kiwak
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