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On the occasion of the International Dance Day 2020, the Institute of Music and Dance in cooperation with the Polish Centre of the International Theatre Institute (PO ITI) announce the world message by Gregory Vuyani Maqoma – a South African dancer, choreographer and pedagogue. We invite you to share the Message, which opens with the following words:

It was during an interview I had recently that I had to think deeply about dance, what does it mean to me? In my response, I had to look into my journey, and I realized that it was all about purpose and each day presents a new challenge that needs to be confronted, and it is through dance that I try to make sense of the world.

We are very pleased to announce that from July 2020 Mateusz Szymanówka will take over the position of the dance dramaturg at Sophiensæle and artistic director of the Tanztage Berlin. Mateusz Szymanówka was selected by an independent advisory board consisting of Prof. Nik Haffner (Artistic Director of the Inter-University Center for Dance Berlin), Dr Pirkko Husemann (artistic director Schwankhalle Bremen), Olivia Hyunsin Kim (choreographer), Sebastian Matthias (choreographer) and the management team of Sophiensæle. Congratulations! 

The premiere of Maciej Kuźmińskiʼs new work – Parting Ways – will take place in the National Dance Theatre (Nemzeti Táncszínház) in Budapest (Hungary) on March 9th. The work was commissioned by Eva Duda Dance Company, which will celebrate itʼs 10 years anniversary by presenting a retrospective performance entitled MIRROR. Both productions – Parting Ways and MIRROR,will feature as a double-bill evening at the 20^th edition of the prestigious Budapest Dance Festival.