The project will reflect on different conceptual orders where experimental choreography seeks answers to what triggers, problematises and describes the practice of improvisation, which Maria has been developing for many years. What does this practice say about the political potential of choreography? What happens when Maria guides others in their dance, when she performs to and with an audience? The research project will be realized at the Department of Cultural Studies of the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw. In addition to an extensive study of materials and critical reflection, the project will also include online publications of selected archives in the form of texts, and excerpts from interviews and performances. During the project, Maria will conduct a series of open classes combining practice and theory.
The aim of the research is to describe the choreographic processes in which I have participated, as well as my project, which has been performed 50 times in completely different forms and venues: in galleries, theaters, community centers and in the open air. The basis for the description is documentation which will make it possible, in retrospect, to ask what knowledge this artistic practice has produced, also from a perspective that treats practice as theory. By describing and problematising my projects, I intend to reflect on the different conceptual orders that provide settings for experimental choreography. What does the practice of the improvisation I have developed trigger, problematise or describe? What does it say about the political potential of choreography? What happens when I dance, when I guide others in their dance, when I perform my dance to and with an audience?