swans vol.2

Swans" is a dance theater performance created in cooperation with blind and visually impaired dancers and those using alternative motor skills.

We invited open and creative people to cooperate with us, but they are often overlooked when planning and implementing cultural activities. Together, we try to create an open dance also for those who cannot see movement or ballet with their own eyes. Together we enter into a dialogue with the codified form of classical dance, expanding it thanks to the imagination of its creators and making it more accessible.

Our dancers, even though they often face exclusion, do not expect sympathy. They put passion and commitment first. Under the supervision of the choreographer and the artistic team, they prepare a performance that will take us into the world of their imaginations and magic and show what creating a ballet performance means to each of them.

The costumes and decorations of the performance will be made of materials available in the theater's warehouses.

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"Swans" is an artistic activity based on participation and integration, assuming the personal development of project participants, refining and documenting the method of creative work with people with visual disabilities on a dance theater performance, as well as preparing the institution for contact with people with the above-mentioned. disability. As part of the project, choreographer and director Tobiasz Sebastian Berg conducted open workshops based on dance theater techniques (contact improvisation, body risk, authentic movement and floorwork). The workshop part preceded the creation of a professional performance with the participation of blind and visually impaired people, inspired by the most famous title from the classical ballet repertoire.

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Partners:

Polish Association of the Blind. Greater Poland District

Association of Friends of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Creative Inspiration Center Sp. z o. o. (The Invisible Street)

Chance Foundation for the Blind – Tyflopunkt in Poznań