Zachęta National Gallery of Art

artists: Wojciech Bąkowski, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Anna Molska, DV8 – Physical Theatre, Ayşe Erkmen, Fatboy Slim, Oliver Herring, Jesper Just, Adrian Paci, Mark Raidpere, A. L. Steiner + robbinschilds, Type A, John Wood & Paul Harrison
curator: Maria Brewińska
co-operation: Katarzyna Kołodziej

The exhibition Bodily Choreography explores the relations between the visual arts and choreography and dance, by showing works by contemporary artists making use of different choreographic configurations, more or less dance or movement oriented or dynamic in nature, sometimes simply suggested by a minimal level of movement.

The term choreography initially described the configurations of movement in ballet, compositions of dance. In contemporary terms, the concept has widened to include all fields where movement has an artistic character – from movements on stage to the ordinary movements of people arranged by artists. The visual arts have produced their own style, deprived of the virtuosity of dance, based in large part on “everyday movements”.