Filip Kijowski is a dance artist, improviser, performer and facilitator based in Poland. He established and co-runs a LGBTQIA+ library and community center (Biblioteka Azyl), which offers spaces for research, expression, and connection for the local queer community in Lublin. He is researching the role of touch and Contact Improvisation in the collaborative creation of safe spaces for those with marginalised identities seeking solidarity in oppressive circumstances. He facilitates workshops nomadically, on local scales, researching how can we collectively embody allyship by care, by inviting participants to bring their existing experiences into the movement research. He has worked on interdisciplinary dance, cultural and research projects in over 15 countries over the past 10 years.
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During the course I have developed a dance practice, "Becoming Allies” with parents of queer children. My research is informed by the intersections of social-political theories and lived experiences which meet the dance form in movement
Filip Kijowski