Klaudia Rychlik, dance teacher and choreographer

For Klaudia Rychlik, the path to dance pedagogy has been a long one, even though she was incredibly interested in issues relating to learning from a very young age and also loved dance.

Portrait photo of dance teacher alumni Klaudia Rychlik. — Photo: Jonasz Łukaszewicz

Tell us a bit about your background and why you chose to pursue education with us.

– Before starting the education, I’d already completed both a bachelor’s degree in advertising and PR with a specialisation in education and a master’s degree in social anthropology. During that time, I also worked as a freelance photographer, event organiser and producer. I applied to SKH because I saw incredible potential in the subject of dance pedagogy: combining pedagogy, research and artistic expression.

How did you find your time at the university?

– It was very meaningful and gave me the opportunity to deepen both my artistic and pedagogical internships, whilst helping me to articulate what I want to contribute to the field of dance education. Just as important were all the people I met during the education – several of them are now close colleagues and collaborators on various projects.

What did you do straight after obtaining your degree, and what are you doing now?

– I threw myself into various assignments, including work at a cultural school, a rights centre, an adult education association, a sixth-form college and a day centre, which gave me broad experience of the potential of dance in different settings and with different target groups. Shortly after obtaining my degree, I also began focusing more on my dance company, we.dodancecompany, which consists of dancers with and without disabilities. Today, I work primarily as a dance teacher and choreographer and run my own projects.