Argentino tango

Pola Policzkiewicz - Woźniak (Argentine tango)

She has been dancing since she was six. She started with classic dance, and then moved on to stage dance, flamenco, ballroom and folk dance. From 1998 she practices Argentine tango. After completing tango courses in London and Paris, together with David Mason (Denmark) she the founded and led the tango evenings project in Warsaw. She was one of the first people in Poland to dance tango, as well as one of founders of the Argentine Tango Academy in 1999 year. She taught tango in Dance and Acting Studio at Warsaw Ballet School, the "Oko" Center of Culture and many others. In 2000 she worked as a co-choreographer for the performance "Tango with lady M." by Polish Dance Theatre. She learnt to dance tango in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Padwa and Warsaw. In 2003, during her journey to Buenos Aires, she got the specialization at women technique (Aurora Lubiz, Claude Murga, Zoraida Fontclara, Jorgelina Guzzi) as well as tango milonguero. Her teachers were: Nestor Rey, Mabel Rivero, Claudio Omar, Veronica Maria, Emiliano Gimenez, Debra Ferrari, Margarita Klurfan, Marcelo Alvarez, Osvaldo Zotto, Loreny Ermoncidy, Armanda Orzuzy, Danieli Arcuri, Ernesto Balmacedy, Jorge Firpo and oters. From spring of 2000 she is a partner of Jan Woźniak. Together they took part in Star Festival in Międzyzdroje. She danced with teams such as: Trio Revirado, Media Luna, Tangata Quintet, Machina del Tango, Libertrio, Pantango, Tangonave, quartet D`Coté from Argentina. She led courses and workshops in Kraków, Łódź, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Lądek Zdrój and in Śląsk. She was invited as a guest to many cultural programs on radio and television. She published several articles concerning tango. She leads evenings of tango, workshops and courses covering all levels of advance, takes part in various dance performances, organizes concerts, events and workshops with foreign teachers in order to promote Argentine tango. She is a postgraduate student in the Center of Latin-American Studies in Warsaw. From 2002 to 2004 she occupied a post of president of the Argentina Tango Academy, being at board of association from the very beginning.