2007 - Warsaw University, Direction: Cultural Science in Institute of Polish Culture

Ewa Zurakowska

Date of birth: 21.05.1982, Poland

+420 776 790 656

Education

2007 - Warsaw University, direction: cultural science in Institute of Polish Culture, specialization: cultural animation

2001-2003 Academy For Theatre Practicies Gardzienice

2007-2009 Continuo Theatre, actress

Languages:

Polish – mother language

English, Czech (communicative), German (basic), Spanish (basic)

Translations:

- theatre programs, information about the performances (English – Polish, Czech – Polish, Czech – English); for Continuo theatre when I’ve been working for 2 years, there I also worked as literary adviser and drama consultant.

- interpreting the individual presentations of artists during conferences, concerts and translating programs as well; during the Brave Festival (Music and Theatre Festival in Wroclaw, Poland), Era Nove Horyzonty (Film Festival, Poland)

- interpreting the introductions of leaders, while having participated in international theatre workshops which were led in English

Theatral experiences

Spectacles:

2003 – “Zywot Protopopa Awwakuma” - Gardzienice Theatre; Poland

2003 – „Igraszki” - Theatre Academia; Warsaw

2007-2008 – “Hat, stars and chicken pox”, “Willow Tree”, “Vakokodeska”, “Passing” - Continuo Theatre; Czech

workshops:

Poland: Teatr Biuro Podrozy, Stowarzyszenie Teatralne Chorea

Czech: Divadlo Continuo, Rafael Degar – EOZ Theatre from Mexico

Denmark: Odin Teatret (actors training during Odin Week)

Slovakia: workshop with Gabor Goda from Hungary

Music experiences

Concerts with alternative groups from Warsaw: Ryszard Latecki, Yerba Mater, Zespol Polski

Workshops of traditional songs with: Monika Maminska, Mieczyslaw Litwinski, Elina Toneva, Mariana Sadowska,

„Voice alchemy“ with Olga Schweigier

Throat singing with Alash from Tuva

Possible workshop to lead:

- Voice training which contains: breathing, connection of movement and work with resonators, short improvisations

- Teaching of traditional songs from Poland, Bulgaria, Georgia

- basic physical training used us worming up in Continuo Theatre

- theatre exercises containing: voice warming-up, work with text, presence in a space, building short etudes

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culture animation – experiences

in Poland - coorganizing festivals or volountary work during: Brave Festival (Wroclaw), Culture Crossroads (Warsaw), Era New Horizonts (Cieszyn)

in Czech – since I’ve started to work in Continuo Theatre we organized a few actions for children (Children; Day), also a character of street performances we act take part in small towns, so it had a character of animation event in a local communities; we also led a workshop for young artist in Prague in 2007.

Traveling:

Tuva - Syberia, Lapland - Scandynavia, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Greece, Ukraine, Lithuania, Romania, Sovenia, Slovakia