Urszula Bernat-Jałocha

Urszula Bernat-Jałocha is an independent dancer, choreographer and teacher (including the DanceAbility method). She is a graduate of the Warsaw Ballet School, the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, and the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance. She has worked with Ohad Naharin, Jo Strømgren, Jacek Przybyłowicz, Ewa Wycichowska, Sjoerd Vreugdenhil, Yoshiko Waki and Iwona Pasińska. She has created performances including ‘The Perception’, ‘Nondescript’ and ‘Showreel’. She is a founder of the UM Foundation.

Urszula Bernat-Jalocha

Over the last few decades, the differences between both sexes have been blurring. Unisex has come to the fore. In this performance, the human being is shown as impersonal, androgenic material, made of flesh and its unlimited possibilities. ‘Nondescript’ balances on the indefinite and speculative line between terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’. By presenting the phenomenon of blurring of the sexes, it draws attention to the consequences of its risk of dehumanisation.

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