ALEKSANDRA CHMIEL
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2017 - present: independent dance scholar and freelance production manager, registered at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK)
2018: Speaker at Re-writing Dance Modernism International Conference: "Navarasa: Analytical Tool from Sanskrit Aesthetics in a Trans-national Dance". Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland. https://rewritingdancemodernism.wordpress.com/
2016: Publication in Danswtenschap Nederland 9 academic journal of the Dutch Society for Dance Research (VDO: Vereniging voor Dans Onderzoek):
"The Rasa Theory: An Analytical Tool from Sanskrit Aesthetics"
2015: CaDance Festival / Korzo Productiehuis Den Haag - international programmers host
2014: Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad, India - research on application of Sanskrit Aesthetics in Indian Classical Dance
2014: Natarani Theatre, Ahmedabad, India - production and marketing assistant for Women @ Work Festival
2013: CaDance Festival / Korzo Productiehuis Den Haag - international programmers host
2012: Cie My Body Dance / Stefano Taiuti - showcase production and publicity, Amsterdam: stefanotaiuti.com
2012: Korzo Productiehuis Den Haag – production and tour manager
2011: Performance Studies International #17 Conference Utrecht, Stadsschouwburg Utrecht – location manager assistant
Springdance Festival Utrecht - production assistant
CaDance Festival / Korzo Productiehuis Den Haag - production assistant
2010 – 2017: American School of The Hague - substitute teacher for Drama, Dance, Art.
2007 – 2008: Acton Training Centre Ltd, Lublin - English teacher
2003 – 2004: Vintage Fashion Jane Bourvis, Portobello Road, London and Accessorize, Regents Street, London - sales and marketing assistant
2003: Radio Lublin, Poland - internship at the advertising and promotion department
ART PROJECTS:
Fearless Campaign by Shilo Shiv Suleman at Conflictorium, Ahmedabad, India - exhibition curator
Production assistance and application for European Commission Culture Programme (international)
Tour management for TIN Blind Date Series: 'Iki Shi Tai' by Shintaro Oue (Korzo Producties) – fifteen cities in The Netherlands
Dance dramaturgy line project at SNDO workshops with David Zambrano and Ann Liv Young, Amsterdam
Summer Intensive produced by Les Ballets C de la B, Gent – choreographer's assistant
Endless Extended by Nanine Linning, Amsterdam – volunteer
60 minutes of Opportunism by Ivana Muller, Amsterdam – volunteer
Covent Garden backstage, Royal Ballet rehearsals, London – volunteer
Dance workshop by Ann Van Den Broek (Belgium) 'The Red Piece' at Korzo Theater, The Hague
Dance workshop by Mor Shani (Israel) 'Love-ism' at Dansateliers, Rotterdam
Dance conditioning workshops with Lublin Dance Theatre, Lublin, Poland
Workshops in stage design, light and technology in dance at the International Contemporary Dance Conference, Bytom, Poland
Participation in DansLab projects and presentations, The Hague
EDUCATION:
2017: MA Literary Studies at Leiden University (Cum Laude)
2015: MA Contemporary Dance and Theater Studies at Utrecht University
2004 – 2007: BA Philology, English Language Teaching at Warsaw University
Licensed in The Netherlands and approved by The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to teach English in the following schools:
- pre-university education, VWO (first three grades)
- senior general secondary education, HAVO (first three grades)
- intermediate general secondary education, MAVO
- pre-vocational, VBO
- practical and remedial teaching departments (orthopedagogisch-didactische centra)
- primary education: teaching English at all levels in primary education
2002 – 2005: IT Technician at College of Information Science and Technology, Poland
2003 – 2004: London Institute of Technology and English, UK – English in Computing
2002 – 2003: Advertising Production Technician at Advertising College of Warsaw College of Promotion, Poland
OTHER TRAINING:
Mar-Sep '16: Amorgos Diving Center, Greece - Divemaster
Oct 2014: Indian Classical Music - workshop with Revanta Sarabhai during India Dance Festival, Korzo Theatre, The Hague
Jul 2014: Kathak dance course with Guru Vaishali Trivedi at Alliance Francaise d'Ahmedabad, India
Jun 2014: Kalarippayatu workshop at CVN Kalari East fort, Trivandrum, India
Feb-Jun '14: Bharatanatyam dance classes at Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad, India
Nov 2013: Symposium Research Funding Days by Utrecht University: Course 'Getting Ready for Horizon 2020' presented by Dr. Sean McCarthy from Hyperion Ltd. and Thematic Discussion Panels on Institutions, Life Sciences, Sustainability, Youth & Identities
Aug-Dec '13: Wing Chun Kung Fu at Nederlandse Wing Chun Federatie with Sifu Jeffrey Grune
Oct 2013: Lecture and workshop Introduction to Indian Classical Dance, Korzo Theatre, The hague
May 2013: Classical Massage Techniques - training and certification by Fysicas, Zoetermeer
Nov 2012: Symposium 'I am for an art criticism that...' on the use and influence of arts writing today and 'Writer's Clinic' - workshop by Adam Kleinman at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
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