Ex/haustion Performance by Lukas Wojcicki & anka jurek

The performance "Ex/haustion" is a choreographic look at the worn-out and exhausted body slaughtered by the logic of capitalist production without restraint. The body of RoboCop, dying from work and then resurrected to work again, is simultaneously a look at exhausted bodies as "weapons of the weak." A body that can no longer be drawn from, yet remains strong.

Performance: Lukas Wojcicki and anka jurek

Lukas Wojcicki
Performer, dancer, and choreographer. His interests include the politics of the body, social choreography, and the deconstruction of privilege, patriarchy, and normativity. He explores new forms of presence in the context of ecological catastrophe, the crisis of capitalism, and decolonization. From 2008 to 2018, he was a performer and dancer with the Komuna Warszawa theater company. Since 2016, he has been associated with the socio-artistic activities of the Strefa WolnoSłowa Foundation, where he works with the migrant community of Warsaw as a performer and choreographer. She creates original performances, spectacles, video art, and audio-visual installations.

anka jurek describes herself as an artist drawing nomadic choreography on Earth. She is a freelance movement artist, dance educator/assistant, and cultural events manager. She holds degrees in Social Policy, Dance Composition (PL), and Dance from NSCD Leeds (ENG), and in Pedagogy and Contemporary Dance from ABPU (AT). Her initial focus in dance practice was questioning the normative narratives present in dance. She choreographed a performance for young audiences, "The Secret Garden," (Golden Mask 2024), directed by Justyna Sobczyk. She is a laureate of the "Dance and Disability 2020" program, supported by Europe Beyond Access and Seedbed inclusive dance training 2022. Her latest project shapes the practice and concept of a collective movement gallery in nature.