Dancer, performance artist and Chi Kung instructor · Improviser
IMDL / Shared encounters
01 / Practice
Izabela Pacewicz-Wysocka is a dancer, performance artist and Chi Kung teacher based in Amsterdam. Since 2007, she has investigated movement and performance through improvisation, combining artistic work with organising and stage management. Her training brings together Body Weather, contact improvisation, instant composition and Zhan Zhuang Chi Kung. She has studied with practitioners including Peter den Dekker, Katerina Bakatsaki, Frank van de Ven, Katie Duck and Miri Lee. She has taught weekly Chi Kung classes in Amsterdam since 2013.
02 / In practice
Izabela Pacewicz-Wysocka · IMDL 04 · Tempel · 14 December 2025
Film still / Videography · Jongkag Park
Izabela Pacewicz-Wysocka · IMDL 04 · Tempel · 14 December 2025
Film still / Videography · Jongkag Park
01 / Performance film
Izabela Pacewicz-Wysocka — IMDL #4: Perennation · 1 min
Films: Jongkag Park
Practice & experience
Dancer, performance artist, and Chi Kung instructor since 2007, Izabela Pacewicz-Wysocka has spent many years researching body, movement, dance, and performance art through improvisation, teaching classes and organizing workshops with dancers, musicians, vocalists, writers, and light artists in the Netherlands and Poland. She has practiced under Magdalena Witaszczyk, Pauline de Groot, Peter den Dekker, Kirstie Simson, Andrew Harwood, Katerina Bakatsaki and Frank van de Ven, Marisa Grande, Lili Kiara, Julyen Hamilton, and Katie Duck.
Works as a dancer, performance artist and Chi Kung instructor, with a practice dating from 2007.
Organises and teaches improvisation workshops with dancers, musicians, writers and light artists in the Netherlands and Poland.
Studied Contact Improvisation with Kirstie Simson and Andrew Harwood and Body Weather with Katerina Bakatsaki and Frank van de Ven.
Developed practice through work with Julyen Hamilton, Katie Duck, Marisa Grande and Lili Kiara.
03 / At IMDL
IMDL / Improvised Music Dance Laboratory