STORM

His hips moved with a slow grace - the hips of someone who has danced in front of the mirror long enough to seduce himself. The reflection was so clear that all his sensuality, all its rotations, seemed a sufficient return for the dance itself. I watched him stop his hips for half a second several times, as if checking whether the movement was still there, and then release them again. And that was when I understood that the iliofemoral ligament had just become the strongest ligament in his entire body.

Choreography and performance: Paweł Sakowicz

Music: Agnė Matulevičiūtė

Light design: Julius Kuršys

Costume: Elena Marija Veleckaitė 

Dramaturgical support: Anka Herbut

Production: Sapieha Palace in Vilnius

Co-production: Dance Pavilion – Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

Duration: 40'

The performance was produced by Sapieha Palace and is a part of Breaking the Joints exhibition. Co-organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the international cultural program of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2025.