about PND
Patricia Noworol Dance pushes the limits of the human psyche, igniting the primal instincts and confronting the social complexities that make up daily life.
Based in New York City, the company is committed to the creation of unique dance theater performances. With a keen eye for direction and a clear understanding of the human form and its' ability to move in space, Noworol pulls on her company of international performers and designers to create raw and original displays of dance, theater, and multimedia that demand life, passion, and physicality.
Since its inception in 2008, PND has been presented in NYC at Ailey Citigroup Theatre, Manhattan Movement Arts Center, Robert Moss Theater, Duo Theater, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, the HATCH, Atlas Theater, Dance Now Festival, American Dance Guild Festival, the Gala Benefit & Festival Performances at Dumbo Dance Festival, La MaMa Moves Dance Festival, White Wave Dance Festival, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, and NYC Fringe Festival where Circuits was awarded with the EXCELLENCE AWARD in 2009 for Outstanding Choreography. The company obtained residencies at the Bessie Alumni Workshop and the DMAC Duo Theater in NYC.
The RUHR 2010.European Capital of Culture invited PND to perform their piece Circuits in significant venues in Germany that was performed at Schauspielhaus Bochum, Pumpenhaus Munster, Kulturzentrum Herne. In addition, PND was presented at the 6.Pottporus Festival in Nordhein Westphalia.
PND's work has been recognized and funded by the world's major public and private organizations including: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and in Germany by POTTPORUS e.V., The RUHR 2010.European Capital of Culture, and Stadt Herne. Noworol's work has been met with glowing press and excellent critical acclaim and has received garnered extraordinary international media attention - from being featured on European TV to radio interviews and complimentary press in Europe and the USA.
mission statement
Patricia Noworol's choreography concentrates on primal human responses to emotional stimuli. A devoted connoisseur of the visual arts as well as keen observer of everyday life, her works are filled with many aspects from the world of psychology and sociology. Growing up as a young child in Poland during the communist era and then moving to Germany as a teenager, Patricia experienced European cultural conflicts that to this day are a foundation of her artistic impression.
Her theme-based works are etched in the human psyche and have created an abstract and symbolically rich art. By employing a highly detailed choreographic vocabulary along with carefully stylized visual and live sonorous elements, her pieces have produced feelings in the audience not usually experienced in the theaters.
Patricia's choreographies are much like abstract paintings. They are filled provocatively with life and passion demanding physicality and a commitment to excellence on the part of the performers. Her works are anatomically and architecturally sound with a keen understanding of the human form and its ability to move in space. Over the last few years, she has looked to continuously incorporate the use of multi-media techniques in her works.
