PS alum Monika Błaszczak (M.A. '24)
PS alum Monika Błaszczak (M.A. '24) will premiere her new work, "Clay", in Venice on June 27th at Palazzo Contarini Polignac. The performance is part of "Memories of Water, Memories of Air", an event curated by Kasia Sobucka and organized by Arts Territory under the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU. The premiere of "Clay" inaugurates the newly-formed dance company, Monika's Dance World.
About "Clay":
Animated by the force of love and its transformative potential in times of crisis, "Clay" cultivates a poetic, sensuous approach to movement. Through a choreographic language attuned to space and its many presences — visible, ghostly, and more-than-human — the work explores vulnerability, resilience, and eroticism. The body and clay serve as parallel vessels of memory and transformation: soft, fragile, and shaped by touch and time.
The performance exposes our deep, material, and sensual relationship with the body of the Earth. It is a celebration of life — an attempt to come closer to the mystery at the heart of our earthly existence. Even amid ruins, dance remains.
Set to a soundscape by Antonina Nowacka (from the album Lamunan) and accompanied by an extravagant costume and set design by Marta Szypulska, Clay invites the audience into a tender, elemental choreography of being.