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Ana Szopa
choreographer/performer/dancehoster/artist/nomad/reikihoster/1/5 of plur collective/1/2 OVOW/ pleasure specialist

Born in Katowice, PL

Currently based in Warsaw, PL

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she/they. 

 Born in Silesia 2000. Cultivates collective work seeking pleasure in horizontal creative work. She uses the healing role of dance with special attention to listening and respecting one's boundaries and needs. In working with the body, she seeks emancipation and inner manifestation, using the energy and archival memory of the body. As a young choreographer, she focuses her attention on creating inclusive spaces while respecting the individual dynamics of the work and the neuro-diversity of those interacting.She believes in the healing power of dance overturning the training and disciplining of bodies. She advocates a holistic approach to movement. Her interests lavigate between techno-shamanism, queer-feminist theories. , and social phenomena. She is interested in addressing themes of identity, gender and somatic-tech. Looking for new stage qualities and performance presences, she seeks to build new codes for reading art and deconstructs old choreographic tools and mechanisms. Working with intuition, dreams and fantasies, she allows herself entropy as a necessary factor to free expression. She draws inspiration from trash, camp, contemporary myth, dreams,  postgender, dreams, harsh noise, butt shaking and queering reality . develops a practice based on creating the persona of the nopper-bo from Japanese folklore, which has its counterparts in Slavic culture and pop culture,  Member of informal collectives: PLUR, jaktaÅ„czyć.pl - a collective established to educate and prevent violent practices in the dance community in Poland, the one vivid orange wall - a Polish-Ukrainian duo working on the border of interdisciplinary feminist forms and theories

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Education;

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2016-2019 XXX LO in Kraków (PL) specialization - theatre and dance

2019-2022 Department of Dance (BA) in Academy of Music in Katowice (PL) specialization - actress of dance theatre

2022 - SNDO Intensive Course of Choreography in Amsterdam (NL)

2023 - KEM school in Warsaw (PL)

2024 - ImpulzTanz ATLAS program mentoring - Angelique Willkie

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