Jakub Gontarski

Jakub Gontarski is a graduate of the 13 Film Stunt School in Wrocław. He practiced the Japanese martial art of judo and the Brazilian martial art of capoeira (in Brazil and in many European countries). He plays Afro-Brazilian instruments. Jakub is interested in movement and body mechanics, and performs movement improvisations on stage to live music. He taught movement classes at Ente private kindergarten (European Cooperation Centre) and worked for the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe. He teaches workshops with socially excluded youth in Wrocław, including as part of the project Thought in Motion, undertaken by the Institute of Music and Dance. He is a co-organizer of the Żywe Kultury Ruchu CYRKULACJE festival in Wrocław and a co-creator of the productions Animan – I Am That and Madhouse. Jakub collaborates with the Grotowski Institute as the leader of the Two Paths Studio, which operates as part of the BodyConstitution research programme. He serves as Secretary of the Momentum Association of Creative Initiatives