photo: Joanna Starzyńska
My name is Karolina. I am an independent creative producer and art manager.
My bio:
Karolina Wycisk – independent creative producer and art manager.
She carries out projects on a national and international scale. She has collaborated with Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk (Grand re Union, 2020), polish Theater Institute (2020) and National Institute of Music and Dance – she was the main coordinator of Polish Dance Platform (editions in 2017, 2019). Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2015, 2020).
She runs the Performat Foundation which is, since 2021, the main organizer of Dancing Families program in the network of Polish cities. As an independent producer, she leads performat production. She is part of the Holobiont collective which creates interactive dance performances for families.
One of the Polish representatives in the Nature of Us V4 project dedicated to the ecology of production and sustainable methods of artistic work in the era of the ecological crisis. Currently, she collaborates with the City Culture Institute in Gdansk in the Art Spaces – Dance project.
Co-creator and member of the bottom-up association of performance art producers in Poland.
She spends her free time on mountain trails. She has recently become a mother.
Project management
Art Spaces – Dance project in the City Culture Institute in Gdansk (2023-2025). Part of the curatorial team and creative producer of the program.
Grand re Union project on behalf of Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk (2020). Management and coordination of the on-line magazine and program.
Polish Dance Platform (PL, editions in 2017, 2019). Coordination and production of the biennale of polish dance, dedicated to the international audience.
Leader of NGO
Main producer of cross-sectiorial Dancing Families program in Polski Theatre in Poznań (since 2021).
Sanatorium project (2022). Coordination and production of a series of residencies (CZ–BY–UA–US).
PolandDances / Tournée (2022). International tournée manager (CZ-DE).
The Poles. Social choreographies (PL–GR, 2020); The Poles: Choreography of care (PL–GR, 2021). Idea, coordination.
Production
International tour manager of polish artist Renata Piotrowska-Auffert and creative producer of Holobiont collective.
Nature of Us V4 project (2021-2022, PL–CZ–SK–HU). Coordination of the Sobieszewo Island conference.
Collaboration with the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute (PL, 2020). International conference production.
