WOJCIECH MOCHNIEJ
(Poland/Canada)

He was a dancer in Musical Theatre in Lublin and Silesian Dance Theatre. From 1994 he is leading with Melissa Monteros his ensemble – Gdańsk Dance Theatre. He is a founder and organizer of: Polish Presentations of Dance Forms – “Dance Explosions”, International Festival of Improvisation, Summer Laboratory of Choreography, International Meetings with Contemporary Dance and Theatre. As a pedagogue and choreographer he is teaching among others on Universities in Calgary and Lethbridge (Canada), Brockner’s Conservatory in Linz (Austria), Theatre Academy in Helsinki and Conservatory in Oulu (Finland).