MAGDALENA BURTAN
I am a Polish-born dancer, artist and somatic educator working internationally at the intersection of contemporary dance, artistic expression and embodied creativity. I create spaces for people to reconnect with the intelligence of the body, deepen their expression and discover new possibilities of being and moving.
My path brings together dance theatre, acting, voice, somatic movement and an interdisciplinary interest in human development. I studied at Queen Mary University of London and the London School of Economics, trained in dance theatre with Companhia Olga Roriz and in acting at L’Art Studio in Kraków. I am currently deepening my practice through Movement-Based Expressive Arts training at the Tamalpa Institute in California.
At the heart of my work is a fascination with the sensing body, the creative imagination and the human capacity to give form to inner experience. I see artistic expression not simply as a practice, but as an essential part of being alive - a way of making meaning, encountering ourselves and bringing new worlds into existence.
I work between Kraków, Poland, and Lisbon, Portugal.