Ola Maciejewska’s new production draws on the theories of Simone Forti, a major figure in American postmodern dance. Forti’s working methods  emphasise ‘what we know about things through our bodies’, as she puts it. Inspired by this way of looking at the interaction between the body  and its environment, Ola Maciejewska has developed a solo, FIGURY (przestrzenne) – literally “spatial figure” in Polish – which highlights the body’s dual capacity to produce gestures and remain permeable to its surroundings. On stage, she embodies a series of porous sculptures, conceived in relation to space and extended in counterpoint by vocal work. In continuity with her earlier pieces Loïe Fuller: Research (2011) and Bombyx Mori  (2015), the choreographer and performer develops subjects relating to choreographic history that question, in a contemporary perspective, the  relationship between subject and object.

Source: programme of the CND

Born in Poland based currently in Paris, Ola Maciejewska is a dancer and  choreographer. Her works are distinguished for a strong  interdisciplinary approach to dance making. In 2012 she obtained MA from  Contemporary Theatre and Dance Studies at the University of Utrecht.  Along the academic research, she made her choreographic debut with a  performance, entitled: Loie Fuller: Research (2011) that has been  presented at Art Space TENT Rotterdam, CN D Pantin, École Nationale  supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris (in the frame of La Nuit Blanche  curated by Palais de Tokyo), FIAC -International Contemporary Art Fair  in Paris, Zamek Ujazdowski-Center for Contemporary Art, Centre  Pompidou-Malaga, 14th edition of Biennale de Lyon ‘Mondes Flottants’,  Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Kanal-Centre Pompidou and  Museo Reina Sofía just to name few. In fall 2015, Ola Maciejewska  premiered BOMBYX MORI in Paris at la Ménagerie de verre in the framework  of the Festival Les Inaccoutumés and has been presented at Kaaitheater,  TANZ im August, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Rotterdamse  Schouwburg, Veem Huis voor Performance, ImPulsTanz in Vienna and more.  BOMBYX MORI and DANCE CONCERT are supported by Fondation d'entreprise  Hermès in the frame of New Settings. In 2016 until 2018 Ola Maciejewska  was associated artist of Centre chorégraphique national de Caen en  Normandie. The latest work DANCE CONCERT had its world premiere at  National Taichung Theatre in Taiwan and the fall of 2018, it has been  presented at Centre Pompidou in the frame of Festival d’Automne in  France. In 2019, she has just received a grant "International Tanzmesse  NRW" to make a research on the scenography of Rolf Borzik at the  Archives of the Pina Bausch Foundation in the fall of 2020.

Source: website of the artist https://olamaciejewska.carbonmade.com

Since 2001, the National Center for Dance (CND) has been making recordings of its shows and educational programming and has created resources from these filmed performances (interviews, danced conferences, meetings with artists, demonstrations, major lessons, symposia specialized, thematic arrangements, etc.).