Paweł Kubiak

Poland

波 兰

Certified Ilan Lev Method Instructor ｜Somatic Educator

I. Pedagogical Roots & Environment Paweł’s fascination with dance is deeply intertwined with his background in Pedagogy. His early research into supportive learning environments took place in the unconventional setting of a Forest Kindergarten, where he began facilitating Contact Improvisation and creating communal spaces for Jams and workshops.

II. Somatic Mastery & Global Research A certified practitioner of the Ilan Lev Method (ILM), Paweł’s work is characterized by an ongoing dialogue with the Feldenkrais Method. For the past four years, he has followed a trajectory of "Nomadic Inquiry" across Europe and Asia, utilizing the teaching of workshops as a tool to:

  • Deepen personal exploration.

  • Rediscover the familiar through a somatic lens.

III. Philosophy: The Joy of Togetherness Improvisation serves as Paweł’s life practice—a sanctuary to cultivate values that sustain Co-creation:

  • Presence & Care: Establishing a safe and resonant field.

  • Mutual Support: Grounding the collective in a shared physical ethics.

  • Emergent Discovery: Allowing the future to unfold through the joy of relational movement and shared inquiry.

RESEARCH PROPOSAL: LISTENING TO THE FUTURE

Somatic Research｜Movement Exploration｜Deep Attunement

I. The Premise: Grounded Joy What if the ground of our meeting is joy—a grounded joy that allows us to listen more deeply? This research invites us to reframe joy not as a fleeting emotion, but as a foundational state that supports radical presence.

II. The Inquiry: Listening to the Future We explore "listening to the future" not as prediction, but as an act of sensing how the future already whispers into the present. It is an exploration of how the "yet-to-be" shapes:

  • Movement: How we initiate action.

  • Encounter: How we meet the other.

  • Imagination: How we dream into the next moment.

III. Methodology: Softening into Readiness Rooted in Contact Improvisation and the Ilan Lev Method, the practice centers on:

  • Softening the Need to Know: Moving from a state of Readiness rather than a Plan.

  • Inquiry as Companion: Allowing questions to shape the relational space between self, other, and the unknown.

  • Dynamic Witnessing: Viewing movement as a living dialogue of touch, weight, and shared attention.

IV. The Emergent Collective Through solo and group practices of attunement and shared timing, we sense the birth of a Collective Body. In this shared space, joy becomes grounded—a lived, embodied experience of being present within the dancing body and in harmony with the world.

Photography courtesy of Paweł Kubiak