"What About Puppetry?" Performance, Preservation & Personal Connection with Adelka Polak

www.sovatheater.com/journal/2025/1/5/what-about-puppetry-performance-preservation-and-personal-connection-with-adelka-polak

“From her forested Bethlehem, CT yard, Polak’s always trying to make the natural world her stage. Visiting her parents near Youngstown, Ohio in 2011, Polak grew concerned with unprecedented, fracking-related earthquakes rocking the region. Her show Marvelous Metamorphoses hopes to inspire audiences, especially younger ones, to look after their own habitats.” article by Allison Goldberg

Dancer Polak evokes emotion

Sometimes movements can speak louder than words, according to dancer and visual performing artist Adelka Polak.

"Dance means something beyond what words can ever say, and the art form can exhibit such layers of emotion," said Polak, who lives in Sherman and is an artist-in-residence with the Ridgefield Guild of Artists.

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