Teacher, refugee from Chechenia, founder and Head of the WOMEN ON THE ROAD FOUNDATION/ WANDERING WOMEN FOUNDATION, member of the Council of Immigrants and Immigrant women in Gdańsk. She participated in the creation and implementation of the Model of Integration of Immigrants. She graduated from the School of Intercultural Mentors of the Save Foundation, the School of Leaders of the RCI Foundation, the "Draw the line" program of the Feminoteka Foundation and numerous courses on the development of intercultural competences. In the years 2014-2016 she was the creator of a youth dance ensemble in Gdańsk. She participated in the performance "Hit them" for the 100th anniversary of women's rights in Poland. He conducts workshops of Chechen dance and culture, handicrafts and sewing. She conducts classes for students, teachers, social workers and city officials on migration, exile and integration of immigrants. She organizes and conducts workshops for immigrants and refugees on women's rights in Poland. Co-author and implementer of educational programs for schools in Gdańsk and Sopot. Co-author of research and scientific articles on the integration of immigrants and refugees.
Born 1982 in Moscow (Russia), theatre director & actor. Since 2020 Head of The Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theatre in Krakow, one of the oldest public stages in Poland.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in theatre direction (2013)
visiting professor - Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (2012)
MA in directing - Alexander Zelwerowicz Theatre Academy in Warsaw (2011)
theatre direction internship - Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow (2009)
MA in acting - Ludwik Solski National Theatre School in Cracow (2006)
MA in management in culture - Jagiellonian University (2006)
THEATRE DIRECTION CREDITS
Birdy the opera - music by Karol Nepelski (2019) Tete a tete Festival - London, UK
Tragedy of Jan by Jacob Gawatowic (2018) Chorea Theatre - Lodz
Hamlet case study by Wyspianski/Grotowski/Shakespeare (2017) Chorea Theatre - Lodz
Lemonade on the basis of Stanislav Lem (2016) art_commited - Warsaw
Woman in the mirror by Piotr Domalewski (2016) Teatroteka TV theatre
The Tempest by Wiliam Shakespeare (2015) Bialystok Puppet Theatre - Bialystok
Othello by Wiliam Shakespeare (2015) Gombrowicz Theatre - Gdynia
Orlando Paladino by Joseph Haydn (2015) Academy of Fine Arts - Warsaw
Master and Margerita by Mikhail Bulgakov (2015) Collegium Nobilium Theatre - Warsaw
The Velvet Rabbit by Margery Wiliams (2014) Gulliver Theatre - Warsaw
Mad Joanna; the Queen by Jolanta Janiczak (2013) Gombrowicz Theatre - Gdynia
Incediens by Wajdi Mouawad (2014) Collegium Nobilium Theate - Warsaw
Bordel Formidable! Extravaganza by Eugene Ionesco/Zygmunt Krasinski (2013) Collegium Nobilium Theatre - Warsaw
Wet Weather Cover by Oliver Cotton (2013) Powszechny Theatre - Lodz
Sawdust and Tinsel by Ingmar Bergman (2012) Collegium Nobilium Theatre - Warsaw
They shoot horses, don't they by Horace McCoy (2011) Bytom Dance Dept Theatre - Bytom
Morphine by Elena & Mikhail Bulgakov (2011) Roma Musical Theatre - Warsaw
Scenario for 3 actors by Boguslav Schaeffer (2010) Gombrowicz Theatre - Gdynia
Vassa Zheleznova by Maxim Gorky (2010) Och Theatre - Warsaw
Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky (2009) Collegium Nobilium Theatre - Warsaw
Hamlet etude (2008) Shakespeare Festival - Gdansk
Solaris electronic opera by Stanislav Lem (2008) Malta Theatre Festival - Poznan
Vampire the musical by Vladyslav Reymont (2005) Ludwik Solski Theatre School - Cracow
MOVIE ACTING CREDITS - EPISODES IN
Photographer (2013) by Waldemar Krzystek
80 milions (2011) by Waldemar Krzystek
Mniejsze zlo (2009) by Janusz Morgenstern
Little Moscow (2008) by Waldemar Krzystek
World War II: Stalin (2007) for BBC
THEATRE ACTING CREDITS
Boy in Richard III (2006) by Wiliam Shakespeare (dir. Jerzy Stuhr) - Ludowy Theatre - Cracow
Leopold in Vision of Mozart (2005) by Franzobel (dir. Roman Gancarczyk) - Ludwik Solski Theatre School - Cracow
Malvolio in The Twelfth Night (2005) by Wiliam Shakespeare (dir. Jerzy Stuhr) - Ludwik Solski Theatre School - Cracow
Adamus in The Green Goose (2004) by K. I. Galczynski (dir. Martha Stebnicka) - Ludwik Solski Theatre School - Cracow
Maciej Nowak Non-cabaret (2001) - Wybrzeze Theatre - Gdansk
ACADEMIC WORK
Waldman Professor of Theatre at Emerson College Boston, USA (2019)
Vice-rector of National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Warsaw (2016-2019)
Head of Acting in National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Warsaw (2014-2016)
acting teacher in Bytom Dance Dept (2011-2014; Ludwik Solski National Theatre School)
He gave masterclasses in USA (UCLA, Emerson College), China (Beijing Academy of Drama), Germany (Ruhrtiennale Festival) and UK (Drama Studio London).
Beata Klocek di Biasio, author of several books on the history of art. She received Dottore in Lettere at the Dipartimento Lettere e Filosofia of La Sapienza University in Rome. She received her Ph.D. at the Art Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She has cooperated with the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University Institute of Culture Studies, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze (where she held international conferences on European identity), Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme d’Aquitaine, Université Michel de Montaign, Bordeaux, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities. A member of the Science Council of the series Europa XXI. Nowe Perspektywy. Beata Klocek di Biasio’s scholarly interests include visual communication and the tradition of Antiquity in contemporary culture. Her books give an insight into the question of European identity and the myth of Europe in arts. In 2020 she published first monograph on the art of world renown sculptor Igor Mitoraj: "Mitoraj - A Dialogue Between Art and History".
Outstanding polish theater, TV and film actress fluent in Kashubian language.
For several years she has been reading Kashubian translations of the Bible at the collegiate church in Wejherowo during annual concerts under the VERBA SACRA project.
In 1984 she graduated from Acting College at Teatr Wybrzeże in Gdańsk (where she made her debut in Lucjan Rydel's BETLEJEM POLSKIE in 1982). For the next four years (from 1984) she appeared on the stage of the Contemporary Theatre in Szczecin. In 1988 she moved to the New Theatre in Poznan, where her long collaboration with Izabella Cywinska began, as well as her first roles in Television Theatre. In 1991 she became an actress in the Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw, and since 2003 in the National Theatre in Warsaw. She has also appeared as a guest actress in performances directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna (TR Warszawa), and Krzysztof Warlikowski (Nowy Teatr).
Danuta Stenka was born on 10 October 1961 in Sierakowice, she grew up in Gowidlino in Kashubia. Her husband is Janusz Grzelak with whom she has two daughters, Paulina and Victoria.
She is the ambassador of the LEGAL CULTURE campaign. She has won many awards which prove her versatility, extraordinary talent and acting skills. Thanks to the role of George Sand in the film CHOPIN THE DESIRE OF LOVE Danuta Stenka was awarded the title of Actress of the Year at the International Film Festival: NOVEMBER in Minsk and STROZARY in Kiev. In 2001 she imprinted her hand on the Promenade of Stars in Międzyzdroje. In 2003 she won the POLITYKA'S PASSPORT in the category of THEATRE for her role in the play WINNING (Teatr Współczesny in Wrocław). In the same year she was awarded a BIG SPLENDOR prize by the Artistic Ensemble of Polish Radio Theatre. She also won the Aleksander Zelwerowicz Award, given by the editors of the THEATER magazine, for the 2005/2006 season. For her role at the TWO THEATRES Festival in Sopot in 2005, she received an honorary acting award for her performance in the Television Theatre production INTRIGUE AND LOVE directed by Maciej Prus. In 2010 she received the award - Fenomen Przekroju for her role in the Television. In 2011, she was awarded the Gloria Artis Silver Medal for Meritorious Service to Culture and the Stolem Medal, which is very important in the Kashubian environment. In December of the same year, she was awarded the Golden Microphone for "outstanding roles created in the Polish Radio Theatre". Danuta Stenka is a multiple winner of Polish film awards: Eagles (2003) for best leading female role, Golden Duck (2003) for best Polish actress for the film CHOPIN, THE DESIRE OF LOVE
and an EAGLE (2008) for the best supporting actress in KATYŃ. In 2009, she received the GRAND OFF for best actress for the short film JANEK, directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski. In 2014 she was chosen the best actress of the 7th International Theatre Festival DIVINE COMEDY in Krakow. The statuette and a cash prize of PLN 10,000 funded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage went to Danuta Stenka for the TR Warsaw performance A SECOND WOMAN, directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna. In 2014, she also undertook the monodrama CONCERT OF WISHES, directed by Yana Ross. For these roles, she won the 2015 Magnolia Award - an award from the City of Szczecin "for expanding the space of human drama" as part of the COUNTERPOINT Review of Small Form Theatres.
Since 2015 she has appeared in such productions as CHEMISTRY (dir. Bartosz Prokopowicz), SZATAN KAZAŁ TAŃCZYĆ (dir. Katarzyna Rosłaniec), PLANET OF SINGLES (dir. Mitja Okorn), ZGODA (dir. Maciej Sobieszczański), SZTUKA KOCHANA (dir. Maria Sadowska), LETTERS TO M 3 (dir. Tomasz Konecki), or WAREWOLF (dir. Adrian Panek).
On September 4, 2018, TVN emited the first episode of the 3rd series of the TV series DIAGNOSIS, in which Danuta Stenka played the role of a schwarz character, a hospital orderly. November 2018 saw the release of PLANET OF SINGLES 2 and February 2019 saw the release of PLANET OF SINGLES 3. 2019 saw Danuta Stenka's participation in: SUICIDE ROOM, HATER (directed by Jan Komasa), SOLID GOLD (directed by Jacek Bromski), BLACK MERCEDES (directed by Janusz Majewski), KLECHA (directed by Jacek Gwizdala) and 1800 GRAMES (directed by Marcin Głowacki).
AWARDS
Acting Award of the Two Theatres Festival for the female role in the radio play "Lilla Weneda" - Gwinona, Queen of the Lechits. 2017 Best Actress of the 7th International Theatre Festival "Divine Comedy". Award for the role of Victoria in "The Other Woman" directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna 2014 Golden Microphone Award - for outstanding roles created at the Polish Radio Theatre.
Actress, singer, and a dancer. Finished seven classes of Music School in Katowice - piano major as well as a Musical Acting school in Gliwice. Started her acting career in 2012 in Gliwice Musical Theatre in „Don Juan on holiday”, directed by A. Polony). While working there she starred in musicals: “Addams family”, directed by J. Mikołajczyk), „Sound of music” (directed by M.Sartova), „I have a dream” (directed by R. Lybeck, J. Aström), „Little prince” (directed by C. Domagała), “Pinokio” (directed by P. Gabara), together with many other operettas such as: “Flower of Hawaii”, “Night in Venice”, “Countess Maritza”, “The Gypsy Princess”, “The Merry Widow”, “The Bat” and other musical and gospel concerts. Currently, while in Bielsko-Biała Polish Theatre, she is starring in: “Macbeth” (directed by G. Suski) as one of the tree Witches , „Hotel Westminster” - role of Maid Maria, „Boeing, Boeing” as a Polish flight attendant, „Man of La Mancha” (all three directed by W. Mazurkiewicz), “Glorious” (directed by P. Szkotak). One can also see her performing in Variete Theatre in Krakow as one of the Merry Murderesses in “Chicago” (directed by W. Kościelniak) or Gdynia Musical Theatre in “Hairspray” (directed by B. Szyc). She also portrays the role
of Fortinbras in “Hamlet” directed by M. Kleczewska in Polish Theatre in Poznan.
Piotr Cholodzinski, Ph.D, associate Professor, Director is a head of Acting Departement at Høyskolen Kristiania. Through his extensive work as a director, teacher and researcher, Cholodzinski has been an active contributor to the trans-national theatre discourses. His sophisticated style of directing, and modern take on classics has pushed boundaries and helped actors to develop their own distinct voices. His signature as a director can perhaps best be described as a strong stage presence, energetic acting styles, and an abundance of ideas. He holds a Ph.D. in directing from the Theatre Academy in Warsaw, and works as a director in theatre, opera, TV-drama and radio, both in Norway and internationally.
Ph.D: Hedda Gabler, Theatre Academy, Warszawa 2008. Also shown at Svenska National teatern, Helsinki. Directing, teaching -2010-2020 – Royal theatre academy – Madrid- J . Fosse- directing department- teaching - Theatre festival – Corsica- J. Fosse- Somebody is coming- performance - The Wedding- performace- Oslo, Warszawa, Roma, Rabat - Conservatoire National superieur d`art dramatique Paris – Ibsen- teaching - Klaus Nomi – Theatre Cai X – Tokyo- performance - Theatre Academy – Warsaw- directing department- Ibsen- teaching - International theatre festival- Corsica- Lady from the sea – Ibsen- performance
Conservatoire National superieur d`art dramatique- Paris- Ibsen- acting department - teaching
Maastricht Theatre Academy; teacher, Chekhov-workshop
Anonym søkes, by Anders Persson. – Dramatikkens hus- Olso - performance
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee, Statsteatern, Gothenberg- performance
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee, Svenska National teatern, Helsinki.- performance
Figrao’s bröllop by W.A Mozart, Musikhuset – opera- Helsinki- performance
1/Lykkens man – Nationaltheatret- Oslo- performance
TeaK Teaterhögskolan Helsinki; teaching Grotowski- technique- teaching
Klaus Nomi – Angel of Suburbia by Sven Henriksen, Dramatikkens hus, Oslo- performace
Sangen fra Rotsundet/Guohcanuori šuvvá by Rawdna Carita Eira, Beaivváš National teater, Kautokeino- performace- nomnation for Ibsen prize
Spelet om Garborg og Baral by Erling Kittelsen and Arild Stubhaug, Esvika Asker- performace
Teatr Polski, Wroclaw. Artistic director, Norwegian festival of Arts
Fruen fra havet by Henrik Ibsen, Teatr Polski, Wroclaw - performance
Ekteskap på vidt gap by Dario Fo og Franca Rame, Nationaltheatret , Oslo- performance
Bunden by Thomas Jansson, Svenska National Teatern, Helsinki- performance
TeaK Teaterhögskolan Helsinki; teaching Stanislavski-technique
The Tempest by W. Shakespeare, Østfold teaterverksted Fredrikstad- performance
Prugelfantutten by Lene Westerås, Generator, workshop at Det Åpne Teater
Nordland Kunst og filmskole; course i filmdirecting
En lykkens mann by R.M. Lukkari, Nationaltheatret, Oslo- performance
Turbulent zone- film- NRK- fabel- norwegian- danish production
Student at The Warsaw University of Technology, Department of Administration. Both assistant to the accomplishment and accounting team of The Foundation for Dialogue and artist-painter loving sea and marine themes.
Interaction designer and lecturer at the Chair of Multimedia, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw, graduate of the Faculty of Information Technology at the same university. Specializes in Human-Computer Interaction, Mixed Reality and Interactive Digital Storytelling. Author of scientific articles on the use of multimedia for education, arts, medicine and people with disabilities. From 2006 to 2015, he annually co-organized interdisciplinary scientific seminars/conferences (Kansei/MIDI) on topics related to the broadly understood human-computer interaction, in particular related to the methods of designing user interfaces ensuring high usability of IT solutions. In the years 2013-2016 he participated in the project "OpenArt - Modern Art for All", the aim of which was to create a multimedia guide in the form of an application for mobile devices facilitating access to works of art exhibited by people with hearing and vision impairments and improving the experience of receiving art for disabled people from Poland and abroad. He co-creates artistic projects/installations in cooperation with artists using modern multimedia technologies. Adobe Certified Expert (ACE).
EDUCATION
Master's degree in Intercultural Psychology (SWPS University – Poland) and Master’s degree in Psychology of Organization and Management – London School of Economics and Political Science.
Postgraduate degree in Talent Management and Leadership Development from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
WORKED
For more than 5 years in London in Recruitment and Executive Search in the areas of Market Insurance, Investment Banking and IT.
She taught business subjects in English at the SWPS University in Warsaw.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Trainer in the field of talent management and the development of leadership - women in leadership, intercultural training, intercultural communication in business.
Assistant professor at the Department of Applied Polish Studies at the Institute of Polish Philology at the University of Gdańsk, since 2011 head of postgraduate studies Teaching Kashubian language, head of the Kashubian Language and Culture Centre at the UG (2015-19), Chair of the Programme Council in Kashubian Ethnophilology. With a great will I teach how to learn (to learn); Once I was a Polish woman at wejherowska school, today I teach didactics of Polish and Kashubian language (I was a promoter of 18 undergraduate works in both philological fields). I am the head of Kashubian teaching practices. Given that the issue of teaching Kashubian is in statu nascendi as well as literary Kashubian, in this area I actively work and publish. Since 2015 I have been co-organizer of scientific and didactic conferences for Kashubian language teachers at the UG (together with the Kashubian-Pomeranian Association), since 2016 I have been coordinating an interdisciplinary Kashubian lecture at the Faculty of Philology of the UG, working with the Central Examination Commission. My research is related to Kashubian and Western Slavic paremiology. On the basis of a doctoral dissertation written under hearts. Jerzy Sampa's book Kashubian Proverbs was created. Study of paremiography and paremiology (Kashubian Institute 2013), which includes a study on the history of the Kashubian proverb from the middle. 19th century to the middle of the 20th century and the Book of Kashubian words, i.e. a dictionary of about 12 thousand. Proverbs. I cooperated in the release of two comparative dictionaries (paremiography and phraseological) in six languages: Czech, Slovak, Polish, Kashubian, Lower- and Upper Lusatian (Ostrava 2010, 2016). I put together a thematic collection of Kashubian-Polish proverbs. Kashubian proverbs with Polish counterparts (Oficyna Czec 2002, 2010). In 2016, I coordinated the educational field of the Project of the Baltic Cultural Center Tell me a fairy tale - Òpòwiédz mie bôjkã - Tell me a fairy tale... 2 (project with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage), as a result of the actions of students, lesson scenarios were created under the common title Ordinary unusual – in the land of Kashubian fairy tales published in "Pomerania". I am a member of the Board of the Kashubian Institute (since 2015), the Kashubian Commission at the PAU Science Station in Gdańsk, vice-president of the Council of the Kashubian-Pomeranian Museum of Writing and Music in Wejherowo (2020-2024). Wejherowianka, married, mother of three children.
Co-founder and vice-president of the Wandering Women's Foundation. She participated in the creation and implementation of the Model of Integration of Immigrants in Gdańsk. Author of books and scientific articles on intercultural education and integration of immigrants and refugees. PhD in pedagogy, assistant professor at the Institute of Pedagogy at the University of Gdańsk. Research interests focused on social and cultural integration processes in a context of social change. Co-author of research and implementation projects in the field of development of intercultural competences of employees of educational institutions and social inclusion. Implementing projects to integrate migrants into local communities.
Tomasz Duda, Ph.D. Psychologist, intercultural dialogue trainer, lecturer at the Warsaw Medical University. He cooperated as trainer and coordinator on many projects, with the Foundation for Dialogue.
Grzegorz Schramke (born 1978 in Brusy) is a Kashubian writer and translator. Laureate of several Kashubian Prose Competitions in Wejherowo (1st place in 2005 and 2014) and the 2nd Competition for Science Fiction Storytelling in Kashubian in Bytow (1st place in 2009). His works, mainly in prose, were published in Kashubian-language collections: Rost na kamiznie. Antologia prozy kaszubskiej (2008) [A plant on rocks. An anthology of Kashubian prose (2008)] and Chceta wiãcy krwie? (2015) [Do you want more blood? (2015)]. He graduated in Polish philology from the University of Gdańsk. In 2020 he defended with distinction his doctoral dissertation entitled Contemporary Kashubian-language literature in the years 1981-2015.
Co-founder and member of the informal Group of Kashubian writers "Zymk" (spring) and Kashubian Cabaret FiF. A long-time organizer of the Kashubian speech competition for children and young people of the school "Bë do not zabëc mòwë starków" by Jan Drzeżżona. Juror in Kashubian and Polish-language recitation competitions and spelling competition ph. "The Princess in the Palace". Songwriter. Popularizer of the works of NorthKaszubski writers – Jan Drzeżdżon, Aloysiah Budzisz, Jan Bilot, Jan Patock. From 2006 to 2011 he was a member of the Kashubian Language Council. Translator of texts from Polish to Kashubian. Teacher of Kashubian language at the Study for Kashubian teachers at the University of Gdańsk and the Pomeranian Academy in Slupsk. Speaker at numerous meetings on Kashubian literature, history and culture. He received a scholarship from the Minister of Culture in the field of literature in 2016. Interests: Pomeranian demonology, Kashubian literature, history of Pomerania, ethnography and Kashubian anthropology.
Head of Nansen Dialogue Network. Dr Bryn has been nominated together with the Nansen Network to the Nobel Peace Prize seven Times. He is Norwegian peace studies specialist who has, through the Nansen Academy, been involved in peace making educational initiatives in the Western Balkans since 1995. He has conducted more than 100 dialogue seminars at the Nansen Academy, mainly between Serbs and Albanians from Kosowo, between Macedonians and Albanians from Northern Macedonia, and between Croats, Serbs and Muslims from Bosnia Herzegovina, bur also joint seminars with larger groups – including seminars in Bethlehem and Jerusalem with Israelis, Arabs, and Palestinians. Since 2014 he has visited Ukraine more than 20 times.
In 1987 the Nansen Academy in Norway was awarded the Freedom of Expression Foundation Prize. In 1998, the Academy received Honourable Mention of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, in recognition of its contribution to the promotion of peace and tolerance. Senior Advisor of the Nansen Dialogue Network, Steinar Bryn and previous Director of the Nansen Academy, Inge Eidsvåg received Amalie Laksov's Fund for the Protection of Human Rights in 1999. Steinar Bryn received the Bridge-builder Prize 2004 for his contribution to confidence-building. In 2010 he received the Livia Prize – Prifest 2010 – LIVIA Fonden.
Steinar Bryn has lectured extensively about his experiences at Universities in Europe and the United States. He has previously participated in EEA supported projects in Poland. The most recent Polish-Norwegian project was: "A REFUGEE AT SCHOOL AND IN THE MUNICIPALITY", Góra Kalwaria, Poland. Expert of the Foundation for Dialogue - Prof. Michalski has been cooperating since 2007 with Dr. Steiner Bryn.
Bohdan Michalski, Ph.D. Intercultural dialogue facilitator through visual arts. Former Director of the Polish Culture Institute in Stockholm, leader of scholarly and teaching grants (Italy, Finland, Sweden, South Korea, Poland). He collaborated (still before 2017, when the Foundation was set up) with Dr Steinar Bryn from the Nansen Academy and the Nansen Network (Lillehammer, Norway) in a few projects. These included e.g. the dialogue workshops of the Summer School European Preventive Diplomacy (for students from Poland, Germany, Sweden, and Italy, dedicated to preventing ethnic conflict and the role of culture in their resolution) within the framework of the Erasmus-Mundus program. Dr Bryn held a seminar and workshops during the 2015 project coordinated by Prof. Michalski: "A REFUGEE AT SCHOOL AND IN THE MUNICIPALITY" in Góra Kalwaria, the venue of the largest Centre for Foreigners in Poland.