Holobiont Collective (3+)

Interactive dance performance for families with children 3+ y.o.
Language: Nonverbal performance / On Stage

My Tail and I is the latest production of the acclaimed independent dance collective Holobiont, composed of Polish female artists working in the field of experimental choreography for families. Addressed to families with children over 3 years of age, the performance offers a humorous and young audience-friendly take on the history of evolution (with the human tailbone as one of its remnants).

With a humorous atmosphere and in a form appropriate for the youngest audience, the performance asks: How many tails do we have? How do we feel them? How can they support us in our daily lives? How can they feed our movement and our imagination? During the event, the artists invite the participating families to join in on a movement interplay with the performers and unleash the creative energy that often lies dormant in our tails.

Concept: Hanna Bylka-Kanecka
Choreography: Holobiont collective in collaboration with Heike Kuhlmann, Adalisa Menghini, and Ka Rustler
Creation | Performance: Aleksandra Bożek-Muszyńska, Hanna Bylka-Kanecka, Dana Chmielewska
Set design collaboration: Mr.Tail
Music: Józef Buchnajzer
Lighting design: Łukasz Kędzierski/Ewa Garniec
Production: Performat Foundation
Co-production: Polish Theatre in Poznan, The Jan and Halina Machulski Ochota Theater in Warsaw
Partner: Somatische Akademie Berlin
Distribution: Performat Production – Karolina Wycisk
Photos: Marek Zakrzewski / SZKICEzWIDZENIA
Co-organised by the National Institute of Music and Dance as part of the “PolandDances / Choreographic residencies” programme. Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

The performance was selected for the Polish Dance Network 2022 and the programme PolandDances – Tournée 2022 of the National Institute of Music and Dance. Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. The performance was selected for the Polish Dance Platform 2024, organised by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

Co-organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the international cultural programme of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2025. Co-organised by Dance House Lemesos within the framework of InBetweening - The art of exchange project.

Duration: 60'

Tickets: € 10/8