Join the ‘MAKKABI / still standing’ action!

Did you know that in the centre of Krakow, just below Wawel, there is a former Jewish football stadium? Are you curious about the people who played there and the people who came to watch? Did you know that tensions between Krakow sports clubs date back to pre-war times?

If you want to find out more, take part in the open call for the next edition of the Still Standing project! We invite young people and adults to join. Anyone over the age of 15 can apply, regardless of fitness level or previous experience with choreography and movement in public space. With foreigners living in Krakow in mind, the project will be conducted in two languages: Polish and English. Our aim is to restore the memory of Krakow’s Jewish past, and in particular the Jewish sports club Makkabi.

The project enables participation in a series of free workshop and educational meetings and in a collective choreographic activity (May 11, 2024) in the space of the KS Nadwiślan pitch, i.e. in the former stadium of the Jewish sports club Makkabi. Participation in the choreographic activity will consist of collective performance of simple movement activities in the open space of the pitch.

The “Still Standing” activity has been developed since 2020 by Weronika Pelczyńska and Aleksandra Janus in cooperation with Monika Szpunar. Its aim is to commemorate places related to Polish-Jewish history through movement and dance as tools of remembrance. The project refers to the choreography of Noa Eshkol and raises questions about care as an attitude towards the past. This year we are planning commemorative activities on the site of the former Makkabi Stadium, involving the local community.

This year we want to organise commemorative activities at the former Makkabi Stadium and involve the local community. Jewish history – in Poland, but also in Krakow – can be associated mainly with war and the Holocaust, with Schindler’s List and Jews in traditional costume. Together we can change this and show that sport and dance are good ways to learn about our common past, to get to know our forgotten heritage and to understand the reality that surrounds us.