Mateusz Szymanówka is a dramaturg and curator currently working at Sophiensæle in Berlin, where he is responsible for the dance program and curation of Tanztage Berlin. He also co-curated program focuses and thematic festivals Queer Darlings 3 (2022), Queer Darlings 4 (2023), Leisure & Pleasure (2023) and Making Life in the Ruins (2025). From 2019 to 2020, together with Michał Grzegorzek, he developed the performative and discursive program To Be Real at the Center for Contemporary Art - Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, which explored the relationship between contemporary performance and club culture. From 2021 to 2022, he co-moderated with Kasia Wolinska the Work Culture working group within ZTB Berlin, which published the booklet
“How To (Make) Dance in Berlin - a Toolbox for a Better Work Culture in the Independent Dance Scene”
. He has also worked with and for institutions and initiatives such as Nowy Teatr, Teatr Studio and Pomada Queer Festival in Warsaw, Art Museum in Lodz, Art Stations Foundation in Poznan, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, donaufestival in Krems.