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Authentic Movement is an individual practice usually performed with closed eyes in the presence of a “witness/observer.” The focus is on connecting with your inner self. Movement arises spontaneously from internal impulses, creating gestures, poses, and pauses. The observer witnesses without judgment, enhancing both their own and the mover’s self-awareness.
This practice deepens reflection on mood, emotions, perception, and well-being, integrating body and mind. It supports creativity, imagination, and meditation, unlocking artistic expression and fostering new ideas. Authentic Movement can also complement psychotherapy and self-exploration. It is accessible to everyone, regardless of prior physical experience.
At the festival, Paulina Święcańska will lead two sessions in separate groups for women and men, allowing participants to explore their movement comfortably on the first day. On the second day, groups will merge to share experiences through active practice, including post-session reflections with a partner in the movement.
Selected moments of the sessions will be accompanied by live music, featuring crystal harp, ocean drum, and Tibetan singing bowls.
A multidisciplinary artist working across dance, music, film, painting, cultural animation, and art-based coaching. Since 2011, she co-runs the PERFORM Art Foundation, developing educational and research projects in Poland and internationally, including through ERASMUS+ programs.
She actively choreographs inclusive works for people with special needs, seniors, and dance enthusiasts, blending professional artists with amateurs to create projects at the intersection of art, education, and social engagement. She also develops site-specific projects for local communities.
Her practice incorporates methods such as Contact Improvisation, Authentic Movement, improvisation, bodywork, floor work, Animal Flow, and Pilates. Since 2010, she has directed the Warsaw CI Flow International Dance Festival and, since 2020, the Central Dance Stage in Warsaw. From 2023, she teaches Vedic Art (Level I intuitive painting).
Formally trained as a rhythmics teacher, dance pedagogue, and cultural animator/manager, she studied at universities in Zielona Góra, Łódź, Warsaw, as well as SWPS and SGH in Warsaw.
