Stary Browar Nowy Taniec is a multileveled dance project run by Art Stations Foundation since October 2004. Its mission is to popularize and to promote the art of dance, especially its avant-garde trends (conceptual choreography, performance art, body art, multimedia and visual arts combined with stage and body based works) and next to it (or even first of all) to support a development of Polish choreography by turning Stary Browar Art Center into a regular “creation space” – first in Poland workspace - the meeting point of international and Polish artists and a platform of artistic dialogue, research and exchange of experiences.
Following the mission of the project, since the very opening Stary Browar Nowy Taniec introduces and supports young Polish artists. Beginning of 2006 the very first in Poland residency program for young choreographers – Solo Project – has been created providing each year three young artists with a scholarship and offering them not only financial help but first of all a space for work, artistic coaching and professional production & promotion support. With the aim of supporting development of Polish choreography, a series of coaching projects for young professionals has been started in 2007 and developed into Alternative Dance Academy project bringing together international choreographers and Polish artists for a week composition research. In the space of six years, nearly 20 contemporary dance spectacles have been created with production support from Art Stations Foundation. Since 2008 Stary Browar is hosting also Polish Dance Platform organized together with City Center of Culture The Castle. In 2008 Art Stations Foundation became an associated member of Aerowaves network and joined European Dancehouse Network (EDN) as a founding member. From June 2010, together with 18 partners from the whole Europe, the foundation opened modul-dance EU program that for next 4 years will bring to Stary Browar many international residents and will create another production possibilities (also for Polish artists).
With its general interest in art of choreography, its creative process and in discussion on contemporary dance, its history, theory and future, program Stary Browar Nowy Taniec makes Stary Browar a unique spot on a map of Polish dance – a place where conscious, open-minded and adventurous dance audience becomes a challenging partner for contemporary (not only young) choreographers. What a place and atmosphere for a development of contemporary dance!
Through regular presentations of international guest spectacles and the program “So what about Polish dance?” build solely upon Polish productions, we would like to provide the Poznań audience with a state-of-the-art picture of contemporary dance, directing their attention at the problems that dancers and choreographers are facing on an everyday basis, and inspiring the discussion on the present condition and the future contemporary dance in Poland.
With the end of every season we prepare a festival program which is presented during the International Theater Festival MALTA (Old Brewery New Dance at MALTA). With every edition of the festival the audience has a chance to see the performances of internationally famous dancers and choreographers.
Started by Old Brewery in 2006, SOLO PROJECT is the first Polish residency program in dance. The project is directed at those artists who do not hesitate to take risks which are naturally involved in experimenting with the body on stage and want to pursue new, original forms a dance spectacle. Thanks to the program we can provide 3 young Polish choreographers every year with both financial help and professional assistance necessary for the creation of a solo spectacle.
Dance.doc is a regular program in which we present dance-related documentaries and recordings of cult spectacles. As part of the program we also organize guest lectures which help to create a broad perspective for the spectacles staged at Studio Słodownia +3 and inspire the discussion of the problems that contemporary choreography faces nowadays.
As part of Art Stations Foundation's educational program we offer coaching projects for professional dancers and intensive dance workshops. In a series of regular continuous meetings, designed to cover various levels of advancement, we provide systematic dance education under the supervision of the best pedagogues and choreographers.
Another edition of Polish Dance Platform will take place in Poznań between 7th - 10th October. The organizers are ZAMEK Culture Center and Art Stations Foundation. By "building" this year's Platform, we want to create in Poznań a space for the presentation of the best dance performances produced in Poland within the last two years. It will be an occasion for the meeting of various circles of the Polish dance community - not only artists themselves, but also critics, managers and the audience.
