Dominika Knapik
She graduated from the State School of Drama (PWST) in Cracow. She has a certificate of professional dancer from Polish Stage Artists Association (ZASP).
She co-created a Cracovian group Hoplaa with whom she produced dance videos and performances in 2006 and 2007. She took part in projects of a visual artist Zorka Wollny (“Concert for High Heels” 2004; “Museum” 2006).
In 2007 she won a scholarship from the DanceWeb Europe Programme and Art Stations Foundation (a solo “how do you like me?” presented among other at the Polish Dance Platform in 2008). A self-referential performance, without any narration or emotional expression, determined the style of her future works.
In 2008 she founded, together with Wojciech Klimczyk, an artistic group Harakiri Farmers. Their first production was « Keret » which won the competition “Nowe Sytuacje” at the International Theatre Festival MALTA in Poznań (2008). The group collaborated, among others, Ana Brzezińska (“We are oh so Lucky” presented at the Polish Dance Platform 2010). Their intellectual and ironic performances of Harakiri are marked by a “discursive” attitude towards dance – its presence in the context of other modes of expression, originating from various fields of art, politics or mass culture in its broad sense.
She co-founded, with Wojciech Klimczyk, MINUS 20 Collective (they created, together with David Chazman and Kenneth Flak, “The Fork”), and the brand new Association of Arts Initiatives SZTRUKS.
Source: Taniec Polska the whole Polish dance
