Dreiländerlabor: Anna Godowska

June 2025

Anna Godowska is a choreographer, dancer and teacher of modern dance. Together with Sławek Krawczyński, she ran the Bretoncaffe Theatre from 2001 to 2012. Together they developed the project “The_Rite_of_Dreams_Project”, which applies the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung and Arnold Mindell to dance and theater practice, which was awarded at the Polish Dance Platform 2014, among others. In 2015, she was recognized for her artistic achievements by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland. Her latest projects include “How Beauteous Mankind Is!” (2022), which won an award at the Szekspiroff Festival, and “Do You Know All Of Them” (2023). She has choreographed numerous projects for Marta Górnicka’s women’s choir and for international theaters in Berlin, Munich, Braunschweig and Tel Aviv. Her work has been shown at renowned festivals worldwide. In 2017 she received the choreography prize at the Divine Comedy Festival in Krakow, and in 2024 an award from the Polish Stage Artists’ Association ZASP.

About the residency program

As part of a one-week residency at HELLERAU, four experienced artists from Poland, the Czech Republic, Belarus, and Germany come together—each with a well-established background in dance and performance. As mid-career artists, they find themselves at a point where they can draw on a wealth of artistic practice, stage works, and international experience—while continuing to explore new questions and directions in their work.

The residency offers space to share individual approaches, artistic interests, and personal developments. Through open exchange, the artists will explore aesthetic strategies, thematic focuses, and the challenges of working within their respective cultural and political contexts. In addition to offering practical insights into their practices, the residency will foster reflection on sustainable working methods, intergenerational dialogue, and the value of artistic autonomy.

This encounter brings together four voices not at the beginning of their careers—but open to new impulses, collaborations, and future-facing questions.