STORM is a new solo work by Paweł Sakowicz. The performance is basedon choreographic material that the artist presented at the Sapieha Palace in Vilnius during the opening of the group exhibition Breaking the Joints. Sakowicz, known for such works as the solo Jumpcore and the group pieces like Masakra, Boa and Laguna, in which he explored the history of dance and issues of cultural appropriation in choreography, continues his artistic research into intense physicality and the activation of different parts of the body.

In STORM, the main theme is the hips and the energy of change rooted in them. Referring to his personal history of dance and the stylistics of animation and cinema from a century ago, the artist activates his hips, which alternately open, rotate, tense and freeze.

Choreography and Performance: Paweł Sakowicz

Music: Agnė Matulevičiūtė | Light design: Julius Kuršys | Costume: Elena Marija Veleckaitė | Dramaturgical support: Anka Herbut

Pawel is a Choreographer and dancer. He is particularly interested in the history of dance and issues of cultural appropriation in choreography. Paweł’s works include: Jumpcore (Zachęta – National Gallery of Art), Masakra (Nowy Teatrin Warsaw), Amando (National Museum in Warsaw), Imperial (Komuna Warszawa Theatre), Fatamorgana (Studio Hrdinu in Prague), Boa (National Stary Theatre in Kraków) and Laguna (TR Warszawa). He has shown his work at, among others, three editions of the Polish Dance Platform, the Divine Comedy Festival, Santarcangelo Festival, Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Sirenos Festival, Warsaw Gallery Weekend, La Biennale de danse du Valde-Marne, Susch Museum, Tramway Glasgow, NYU Skirball and Bohemian National Hall in New York. He regularly collaborates with Anka Herbut, Anna Smolar and Łukasz Twarkowski.

Presentation of STORM at Innovations is supported by Polish Culture Institute, London