hi,
i’m dorota michalak (she/her)
a polish choreographer, dancer, somatic educator, organizer - working internationally at the confluence of artistic creation and social engagement
based in berlin since 2016
my work spans creating vocal and dance performances, site-responsive interventions and transdisciplinary projects, as well as facilitating workshops and group-processes
in my choreographic, communal and pedagogic projects, i approach dance and music as an experiential biotechnology, a site of knowledge creation at the confluence of phantasy, physicality, and heritage - attending to memories of matter and perceptual fluidity
i practice “meshwork choreography” focusing on relational aspects of artistic work across institutional and bottom-up contexts, reflecting on placemaking, commoning and organizing within more-than-human sociality
i host spaces of collective involvement, bringing together people of different backgrounds and generations around dance and music. in 2020, i co-instigated doom mood collective centering exchange between artists, researchers, elders, and communities from rural and urban areas, whose inherited knowledges and practices are at risk of disappearing. since 2023, i have been member of otucha collective focusing on rural eastern european vocal culture and collective singing
my practice speaks to sensory and attention politics, ecology, touching visions, body as a process – body as an archive, socio-somatic aspects of dancing and musicking, prefiguration in organizing and work culture...