Banda Ujazdowska — Field of social choreography - call for applications

If you are about 16-25 years old and want to co-create something that has not yet been in the Castle — we are waiting for you!

What's the matter?

We are looking for people for the permanent lineup who want to play with the movement (everyone!). We will examine whether running, lying down or jumping can be artistic tools and whether they can be used for choreography or performance. Together we will go all the way: from the first steps together, through diving into the fascinating archives of the CSW in search of inspiration, to the final, in which we will guide the audience through the exhibition. But we will not just talk — we will guide you through movement, gesture and presence. And above all, we will see how to create a group where every voice (and movement) matters. You don't have to have a ballet school diploma or even know how to do twine (we don't know either). What matters is your energy, your openness to working with the movement, and your willingness to work in a group that likes to create “weird” things — whatever that means to you...

Recruitment

We accept registrations from 01 to 20 September, until 21:00 [form].
The results of the call will be announced on September 21.
Participation in all events is free.
The number of places is limited - we have 20 seats left!
This is a follow-up call after recruitment among the participants of the intensive week that took place in June 2026. In the case of more applications, the admission criteria will be high motivation and order of applications.
If you have any questions, please write to: k.senczyk@u-jazdowski.pl.

Appointments

On selected weekends about once a month. Each weekend reunion will be led by a different person. The congress can end with a joint activity open to the public, which is a form of sharing practices and experiences developed during the meetings and can take the form of a mini-performance, open movement practice, workshop, happening, improvisation with the participation of the audience or any other activity developed by the participants.
The nearest meetings are Fridays 17:00-21:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-16:00 (dates for the new year will be announced in December).

December 11—13
November 13—15
October 30—31
02—04 October

Additionally

Between reunions we offer “Meetings with Theory”, an online meeting led by Hanna Raszewska-Kursa - dance badge, choreographer and critic - and Kinga Senczyk - theater and dance teacher, choreographer, performer and improviser. It will be an opportunity to deepen your own knowledge and analytical skills to watch choreography, performance and dance, get acquainted with the work of specific artists, with various artistic strategies and their influence on the development of the aforementioned fields of art.
Online meeting dates — Mondays 19:00-21:00 (dates for the new year will be announced in December).

19 October
02 November
November 16
14 december

Leading and Leading

Dorota Ogrodzka

theater teacher, director, researcher. Social artist and coach. Curator of artistic and social projects. He has been co-director of the Association of Theatre Pedagogues for 15 years. He teaches at the Theater Academy, PJATK and at Uw. Founder and director of the Theatrical and Social Laboratory. For four years she worked at the Polish Theater in Bydgoszcz, where she founded and led the Young Stage, directed performances and performative actions, and was the curator of the educational and artistic program. For 15 years he has been co-organizing the Slot Art festival. He writes and publishes, directs the program of educational and socio-artistic activities at CSW Zamek Ujazdowski.

Kinga Senczyk

theatre and dance teacher, choreographer, performer and improviser, cultural scholar, educator and cultural guide, theatre reviewer. An ally of OzN and G/Deaf. A graduate of the experimental choreography course “Choreography in the Center - Process” and “Choreography in the Pavilion” conducted by the Burdąg Foundation, the Center in Movement and the Pavilion of Dance and Other Performing Arts. She studied and collaborated with choreographers such as: Weronika Pelczyńska, Małgorzata Haduch, David Zambrano, Viktor Černicky, Ola Bożek-Muszyńska, Przemek Kamiński and others.

Magda Przybysz

intersectional artist, choreographer, educator/psychologist, writer. At CSW Zamek Ujazdowski co-creates educational and artistic and social situations. Lecturer at USWPS and UW in Warsaw. It promotes empathic body contact and somatic practices as a key to dealing with cultural oppression and exclusion and a key to creating a better, friendlier and more diverse world. She teaches dance and choreography, among others, at the Iwona Olszowska Stage Choreography Course in Krakow at the Hurtownia Ruchu, at Michał Przy's Queer School of Movement, a dance cycle at Studio42 in Warsaw. She creates choreographies for films, theatres and performances (including “Holy names for our Dybbuk” with Julie Weitz/festivalt/Polin, “Wabik”/MML collective, “Toffi” by Natalia Sołk/Teatr Ochota, “Choreografiki” Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk).

Radek Kaliski

theater teacher, cultural activist, director, puppeteer actor, educator at the Ujazdowski Castle CSW. He graduated from the Faculty of Puppet Art in Bialystok of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz Theatre Academy. Creates and conducts creative and developmental workshops for adults and young people. He has collaborated with the Ochoty Theatre, the Association of Theatre Pedagogues, the Drama Way Foundation, TR Warsaw, the Polish Theatre in Warsaw and the Society of Creative Initiatives “ę”.

Hanna Raszewska-Kursa (Meetings with theory)

researcher and critic of dance, specializing in dance of the 20th and 21st centuries. She completed Polish studies at the University of Warsaw, Postgraduate Studies in Dance Theory at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and the Centre in Movement course “Choreography in the Centre”. She obtained her doctoral degree at the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In her publications she analyzes what she watches and one of her research tools is dance practice.