Biography

Malgorzata (Gosia) Dzierzon is a UK-based choreographer, teacher and producer. Born and trained in Poland she worked as a dancer with Rambert, Gothenburg Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Peter Schaufuss Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet. Malgorzata also made guest appearances performing with Wayne McGregor/Random Dance and with the Ballet Boyz. During her career as a dancer, she performed in full length classical productions (including choreography by Bournonville, Petipa, Nureyev, Martins) as well as neo-classical and contemporary works by George Balanchine, John Neumeier, Maurice Béjart, Meryl Tankard, Nacho Duato, Christopher Bruce, Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe and Merce Cunningham. Malgorzata created many roles working with choreographers including Wayne McGregor, Javier de Frutos, Doug Varone, Garry Stewart, Nicolo Fonte, Siobhan Davis, Ashley Page and Mark Baldwin among others. She was recognized for her performances in the UK with nominations for the Spotlight Award, Female Artist (Modern) and for Outstanding Female Performance (Modern) in the National Critics’ Circle Awards. Malgorzata’s choreographic work has been toured to the UK’s largest stages by Rambert and presented in Poland by Wroclaw Opera Ballet in partnership with Semperoper Dresden. She has been commissioned by professional and graduate companies including the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts and in the UK Ballet Central, INTOTO, Fertile Ground and the Edinburgh Choreographic Project. Most recently her work was performed in Poland by the Sopot Dance Theatre as part of Choreographic Territories – New Paths for the Avant-Garde programme. Malgorzata’s film commissions include the Serpentine Galleries, Kettles’ Yard Gallery and Rambert. She also collaborated with Tupac Martir’s Satore Studio on Looking Outside My Window Festival and on a large-scale interactive dance projection for Johnnie Walker in Mexico City. Malgorzata teaches dance at the Royal Academy of Dance, and as a guest at Central School of Ballet, Hong Kong APA and is a consultant at the Architectural Association in London. Since 2018 she is the artistic co-director of Newcastle- based company Fertile Ground and has co-directed the 2019 and 2020/21 Dance Journeys, English National Ballet’s flagship engagement programme. She is a member and producer with New Movement Collective, where she has co-choreographed four full-length productions and numerous live and digital events including commissions from the Southbank Centre, Stone Nest and Sadler’s Wells Theatre. Malgorzata is a Clore Cultural Leadership Programme Fellow and has a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Choreography from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

New Movement Collective

Architectural Association Interprofessional Studio

Malgorzata Dzierzon

Photography Renaud Wiser