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Today, we visited Bytom's sole contemporary "gallery," which is funded by the city as part of the Cultural Center that houses the dance festival we've been enjoying. The gallery, Kronica, seems to operate on a theoretical level. Our host, Stach Ruksza, described the miss… Continue

For those of you interested in dance, I'm writing a bit about the XV Annual Dance Conference and Performance Festival in Bytom Poland at DNA World, including some of my dance photos (there's a first time for everything). Here are some of the non-dance visual highlights (caveat that they're straight out of the camera so far).… Continue

Wendy and I started our visit to Poland with 24 hours in Warsaw and made a good visit with the curator of the Center for Contemporary art. There was a really good exhibit of a Polish artist who lived much of his life in London. He and his wife were better known as writers: the Themersons, Stefan and Francziczka. His visual ar… Continue

Harambee Dance Co. needs a storyteller this Sat, June 21 1) The Harambee Dance Company seeks an experienced storyteller for our "Harambee Storytelling" presentation. Two musicians will be provided to accompany the storyteller. There will be three 20 - 30 minute presentations during the day at 11:30am, 1:30pm, and 3:30pm. The fee is $ 200. * We have run this announcement several times and have connected with some extraordinary storytellers. There are so many responses; unfortunately, we are not… Continue

Don't miss this amazing description of artists in America from the New York Times. According to the latest U.S. census, "artist" is one of the biggest professions in the country, responsible for huge amounts of income and covering everything from modern dancer to architect.