2nd Days of Dance at the Teatr Wielki: 7-23 September 2010

   Many leading ballet companies and dance theatres have performed at the Teatr Wielki. In 2009, with the inception of the Polish National Ballet, we decided to make these visits a cyclic event and organize the annual Days of Dance. These are held in September before the official opening of the season at the Polish National Opera. The second festival of dance at the Teatr Wielki will feature two ballet companies, four dance theatres, and young ballet artists - a total of more than 20 choreographies, from large-scale shows to small dance miniatures.

   This year’s review focuses on a few themes we feel are important. We remember the 100th anniversary of the death of the father of classical ballet, Marius Petipa, by inviting you to see his famous Don Quixote in a new choreographic arrangement by Boris Eifman. We also remember the Chopin Year, showing how it was celebrated by Polish ballet companies, dance theatres, and Warsaw ballet school students. We touch on the difficult problem of ageing in dance (The Old Man and the Old Woman), an art in which youthful energy and physical fitness are age-old and inalienable elements. We juxtapose the latest Polish dance theatre projects with our Belarusian neighbours’ exploration of this genre. Finally, with the Polish National Ballet’s two evenings from the previous season (Bach Dances, Alpha and More), we present new directions in the ballet company’s activity under Krzysztof Pastor’s leadership.


7 September, 7 p.m. (Chamber Stage)
Polish National Ballet
ALPHA AND MORE
1. WHEN YOU END AND I BEGIN...
Choreography ROBERT BONDARA. Music PAWEŁ SZYMAŃSKI
2. IN SEARCH OF COLOURS
Choreography JACEK TYSKI. Music GRAŻYNA BACEWICZ
3. ALPHA KRYONIA XE
Choreography JACEK PRZYBYŁOWICZ. Music ALEKSANDRA GRYKA
 
8, 9, 10 September, 7 p.m.
St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Russia
DON QUIXOTE, or THE FANTASIES OF A MADMAN
Choreography BORIS EIFMAN. Music LUDWIG MINKUS
 
11 September, 7.30 p.m. (Chamber Stage)
Theatre of the Contemporary Choreography D.O.Z.SK.I, Belarus
BALLET EVENING
Choreography DMITRY ZALESSKY, OLGA SKVORTSOVA. Music COLLAGE
 
14 September, 6 p.m. (Chamber Stage)
Ballet School in Warsaw
DANCES WITH CHOPIN
Choreography MAŁGORZATA BOROWIEC, JOSÉ LIMÓN, ZOFIA RUDNICKA, JACEK TYSKI.
Music FRYDERYK CHOPIN
 
17 September, 7.30 p.m. (Chamber Stage)
Theatrical Institute in Warsaw
THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD WOMAN
Direction AGNIESZKA BŁOŃSKA. Choreography ANNA GODOWSKA. Music JULES BUSHELL
 
18 September, 12 noon & 7 p.m.
Polish National Ballet
BACH DANCES
1. THE KISSES
Choreography EMIL WESOŁOWSKI. Music JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
2. CONCERTO BAROCCO
Choreography GEORGE BALANCHINE. Music JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
3. THE GREEN
Choreography ED WUBBE. Music JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
4. IN LIGHT AND SHADOW
Choreography KRZYSZTOF PASTOR. Music JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Conductor MODESTAS PITRÉNAS, Orchestra & Chorus of the Polish National Opera
 
19 September, 5.30 p.m. (Chamber Stage)
Polish Dance Theatre – Poznań Ballet
CHOPIN FRESH FRUITS
Choreography ANDRZEJ ADAMCZAK. Music FRYDERYK CHOPIN
 
19 September, 7.30 p.m. (Chamber Stage)
Polish Dance Theatre – Poznań Ballet
BALLET EVENING
1. CHOPIN DIFFERENTLY
Choreography KRYSTYNA MAZURÓWNA. Music FRYDERYK CHOPIN, KASPER T. TOEPLITZ
2. THOUSAND COLOURS
Choreography TAKAKO MATSUDA. Music FRYDERYK CHOPIN

22 September, 8 p.m. & 23 September, 7 p.m.
Polish National Ballet
CHOPIN, THE ROMANTIC ARTIST
Choreography PATRICE BART. Music HECTOR BERLIOZ, FRYDERYK CHOPIN, MANUEL DE FALLA, SERGEY LAPUNOV, FERENC LISZT, FRANZ SCHUBERT, ROBERT SCHUMANN
Conductor TADEUSZ KOZŁOWSKI, Orchestra & Chorus of the Polish National Opera