Martyna Lorenc (she/Marty) moves in various artistic and activist contexts as a performing artist, choreographer, group facilitator and coordinator. Marty was born in Poland in 1987 and has been living and working in Austria and internationally since 2010. During and after her academic training in cognitive science (MSc.) and contemporary dance (BA), Marty worked as a dancer and performer with various dance companies and independent choreographers in the free scene.

In the artistic work, Marty explores the realms of somatics and imagination as poetic and resistant dimensions of existence. Her works encompass various formats, from stage performances to club sessions and video installations. Martyna’s work is based on critical reflection on social conditions and centers bodies and imagination in the search for spaces of action and transformation. 

Marty has been part of the art collective LAB ON STAGE since 2018 and co-founder and part of the initiative fem*voice kollektiv since 2024. Centering interdisciplinary and participative processes Marty facilitates various workshops and group activities that integrate dance and theater pedagogy, body- and imagination-based methods, and approaches to anti-hierarchical and anti-discriminatory space-making. Since 2020, Marty has been involved at maiz – Autonomous Center by and for Migrant Women in the conception, organization, and facilitation of youth projects focusing on anti-discrimination, violence prevention, and gender equality.(www.maiz.at)

photo credit: Maria Czernohorszky

MARTYNA LORENC