To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, we invite you to a special dance performance by Adi Weinberg, a choreographer and dancer whose work engages with the questions of memory, identity and historic legacy.
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Conceived in dialogue with the "1945. Not the End, Not the Beginning" temporary exhibition, the performance offers a metaphorical exploration of the complex relations between the past and the present. Through body movement and expression, the artist raises questions about what has remained after the War—above all what has remained in our collective memory and in the trajectories of individual lives.
The premiere will take place in Muranów, a district of Warsaw particularly marked by history, built on the rubble of the former ghetto. Beneath the ground level, there still lie fragments of demolished homes and traces of the lives of Polish Jews.
You are there, like my skin. The fact that you live lets me know I am alive, so long as you are neither my counterpart nor my copy.”
Luce Irigaray
We meet here — in this place, at a crossing of different times:
Two women. One fabric. All of us.
Bits of buried, forgotten, unspoken stories begin to rise, broken memories slowly start to shape our bodies.
In 'Undercurrents', two dancers give these lost parts of us a physical form, creating an expressive, abstract and poetic movement whilst the fabric of life is pulsing within and between us.
This movement becomes our intimate bridge, a dance.
Adi Weinberg
Adi Weinberg – is a dancer, choreographer and Gaga teacher. She graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, the Haifa Program for Professional Dancers and did an apprenticeship in Vertigo Dance Company. As a contemporary dancer she performed at many festivals around the world.
She has worked with choreographers and institutions, such as: Andrea Costanzo Martini, Nadar Rosano, Efrat Rubin, Rachel Erdos, Noa Zuk, Aviv Eveguy, Shimrit Golan, Sharon Vaisvaser, Deganit Shemi, Michael Miller, Weronika Pelczyńska, Agnieszka Glińska, Fresco dance company, the Israeli Opera, and the Polish National Opera.
Since 2014, she has been developing her work as a choreographer and performed her creations at various platforms and festivals, including Machol Shalem International Dance week, Tel Aviv Dance festival at Suzanne Dellal, fabrik Potsdam, MAAT Festival, MSTT festival, KRoki festival, Instytut Teatralny and more. In 2017 she was awarded with a grant from Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts for developing her choreography.
She has been building the Gaga community in Warsaw since 2017, teaching Gaga and movement research workshops for different audiences in Warsaw, Berlin, Potsdam and at various venues and festivals across Europe and Israel. Additionally, she is a curious student practicing Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Feldenkrais.
- Concept, choreography and dance: Adi Weinberg
- Dance cooperation: Liwia Bargieł-Kiełbowicz
- Music: Sébastien Beliah
- Costumes and mis-en-scene: Kornelia Dzikowska-Demirska
- Dramatic structure: Cat Gerrard
- Artist’s assistant: Johanna Simon
- Coordination: Kora Gałązka
- Production: Marta Sarnowska
- Special thanks: Ofir Shabtai Levin, fabrik Potsdam, Weronika Litwin, Anna Moniewska, Michał Majewski
Organizer: Association of the Jewish Historical Institute in Poland
Partner: POLIN Museum
Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund as part of the "Dance" program realized by the National Institute of Music and Dance.
Podziemne prądy / Undercurrents
6PM
07.09.2025 - 07.09.2025
Main hall of POLIN Museum
