Rafał Dziemidok - born 1971, since 1997 independent dancer, actor, choreographer, theatre director, improvisation coach, writer since 2012 resides in Berlin.
RD danced with and for: Martin Clausen (Berlin), Two Fish/Theater an der Parkaue (Berlin), Julian Rosefeld (Berlin), Public and Private/Clement Layes (Berlin), Novoflot (Berlin), Theater o.N. (Berlin), Dada von Bzdulow (Gdańsk), Gdański Teatr Tańca (Gdańsk), Compagnie Yvette Bozsik (Budapest), Teatr Powszechny (Warsaw),
RD is a cofounder and a leader of Koncentrat Artistic Group. RD choreographs in theatre, opera and film: Tragedy-Medea (Polish Dance Theatre, 2007), The Conquest of Mexico (Staatstheater Saarbrücken, 2012), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Teatr Studio, Warszawa, 2017 – as director), Julietta (Wupperthaler Bühnen GmBH, 2018), Heart of the Factory (European Solidarity Center, Gdańsk/Adam Mickiewicz Institute, 2018) and others.
RD is a holder of i.e.: German research grants (FdK), scholarships of Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2008, 2017), the Aerowaves network selection (2011), as well as: MA in law (University of Gdańsk, 1996), LLM (Comparative Constitutional Law, CEU Budapest, 1997) and LLM (Human Rights, CEU Budapest, 1998).
Major festivals and venues: Springdance/Preview (Utrecht), Les Hivernales (Avignon), euroscene (Leipzig),The Place (London), Dublin Dance Festival, Body/Mind (Warsaw), SIC! (Warsaw), CSW Zamek Ujazdowski (Warsaw), LaMaMa (NYC), Phildelphia LiveArts, DaSpace/St Marks Church (NYC), Lublin Dance Festival, Stary Browar (Poznań), Springforward (Lubljana), Les Plateaux at cdc Valde Marne, Azkuna Centroa (Bilbao), Polish Dance Platforms (2008, 2014); HAU (Berlin), Uferstudios (Berlin), sirenos (Vilnius) and others.
He delivers stage and site-specific work, pieces with amateurs and professional dancers, group and solo performances, constantly searching for the abstract language and precision of the personal stories told on stage.
Tagesanzeiger on Floe: "In «Floe» geht es dann um das Erwachen ruhender Energie. Was sich anhört wie eine Metapher von Mike Shiva, beschreibt ein Stück über die Kraft der Erinnerung und den Mut, Sehnsüchte zu leben. Rafal Dziemidok ist eine Persönlichkeit der polnischen Tanzszene" (Publiziert: 28.09.2011)
Rafal's first press. Bard Observer, December 1992, page 7, dancing "Day" in choreography Aube by Rosie Getz
artist's profile at culture.pl/pl/tworca/rafal-dziemidok
Polish Theatre Encyclopedia
Dutch Theatre Encyclopedia
Kathleen Cioffi Introduction: Grotowski's evolving influence in Poland
broadwayworld.com on Kicking Down the Quilt
Galerie Nord I Kunstverein Tiergarten Berlin archive
Online Musik Magazin on Julietta in Wuppertal
Tagesspiegel review of Novoflot's Bibel #1-3
dansmagazine.nl on Polish dance
Presse-blog on Novoflot's Wir sind so frei #2,3
Dwutygodnik review of Koncentrat's Nut. Squirrel
Leipziger Zeitung on Out of Season. Undancing Vivaldi
Die Deutsche Buehne on Novoflot's Die Oper#1
Tageszeitung archive
gallerytalk.net mentions The Crossing
Gazeta Prawna announces How to Dance Forever
kicket.pl on How to Dance Forever
profile at grandreunion.net
Koelner Philharmonie program
Out of Season. Undancing Vivaldi in Chemnitz
Out of Season. Undancing Vivaldi in Montpellier
Out of Season. Undancing Vivaldi in Dresden
mdr kultur on Off Europa festival 2022
Warsaw Body/Mind festival on World of Interiors
blues at Panther Galerie Berlin
Musical Academy in Łódź archive on How to Dance Forever
Lofft Program
Bezirksamt Mitte Berlin. Die kulturellen Höhepunkte im August 2022
Die Tageszeitung on fliegen&fallen
New York Times on Several witty Observations (with Dada von Bzülöw)
FB: Jimmy Doesvivaldi
Insta: jimmydoesvivaldi
