Free Workshops – Galway Dance Artist in Residence Magdalena Hylak

Join resident dance artist Magdalena Hylak for these free workshops, open to all and no experience necessary

Nuns Island Theatre

TUESDAY 22nd OF AUGUST / 11:00am – 1pm -Under 18’s

TUESDAY 22nd OF AUGUST / 6:00pm – 7:30pm -Over 18’s

The workshops are based around sound & movement relationships. As Magdalena’s work stands outside any question of style genre or dance technique, no previous experience is needed and there are no requirements to take part in the workshops.

The workshops will be accompanied by live sound artist Lionel Kasparian. In parallel with the dance work, he will offer to anyone who has an interest, an insight into computer assisted experimental music and new technologies applied to sound design.

Booking is advised, please email galwaydance@magdalenahylak.com

MAGDALENA HYLAK studied cultural studies, including theatre and dance, at University of Wroclaw (Poland).

She began her professional career in 2011 by working with Michael Keegan Dolan (IE), Liz Roche (IE), Lea Anderson (UK), Ríonach Ní Néill (IE), Catherine Young Dance (IE), Emma Martin (IE) and Akiko Kitamura (JP) before starting touring nationally and internationally with John Scott | IMDT (IE) and Nacera Belaza (FR).

In 2021, she started developing her own body of work. At the core of her research is the movement and sound outside of the question of style/genre or technique, as well as the exploration of the relationships and tensions between public-personal, inside-outside, visible invisible. Her dance work can be described as raw, repetitive, highly physical and emanating from within.

She is working with the belief that dance is rooted in human existence and that there is no confusion in the public perception of a choreographic work. Therefore, she is interested in community works where she tries to go back to the beginning and work around an absolute idea of movement/dance.

Magdalena Hylak is the Galway Dance Artist in Residence for 2023-2024.

She is the recipient of funding from the Arts Council of Ireland (Agility Award 2021, Commission Award-GDP 2021, Dance Bursary Award 2022) and the Galway County Council (Artist Support Scheme 2022).

She has been commissioned by Galway Dance Days (2012), Galway Dance Project (2016, 2020, 2021), Clifden Arts Festival (2022, 2023) and Tipperary Dance Festival (2023).