Cracovia Danza Court Ballet

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "Cracovia Danza Court Ballet"

Scott Preston
8 years ago
Views:

1 Cracovia Danza Court Ballet Municipial Institution of Culture inkrakow Dear Sir/Madam We hereby propose you an artistic offer of the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet - Municipial Institution of Culture in Krakow (Poland) for the 2012/2013 season along with a cooperation proposal with this only Polish professional early dance ensemble managed by Romana Agnel - dancer, choreographer, director and pedagogue. The repertoire of the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet contains of a wide variety of different performances that allude to the history of European dance and cultural legacy of all periods, from the Middle Ages to the beginnings of the 20 th century. Besides, some of the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet's spectacles are based on the compositions and forms of Polish national and folk dances as well as on the history and traditions of Krakow (Poland). Furthermore, the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet conducts educational activity by means of organizing workshops, thematic exhibitions and lectures. In the year 2000, The Cracovia Danza Court Ballet organized for the first time the 'Cracovia Danza' Court Dance Festival to mark the granting of the title of 'European Capital of Culture' to Krakow (Poland). From that time The Festival is held annualy in August in Krakow, the capital city of Malopolska and meets with the great interest of the enthusiasts of court culture from all over the world. Due to the recognition in Poland and abroad the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet participates in the significant ballet, theatrical and operatic productions. Over the years the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet cooperated with numerous outstanding institutions of culture in Poland and abroad as well as with world-renown instrumentalists and early dance ensembles, e.g. 'The Spirit of Gambo', Hannover (Germany); 'Il Tempo', Warsaw (Poland); 'Le Concert de l'hostel Dieu', Lyon (France); 'La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy' (France); 'Ricercar Consort', Brussels (Belgium); 'Collegium Marianum', Prague (Czech Republic); 'Consortium Sedinum'; Szczecin (Poland); 'Ars Cantus'; Wroclaw (Poland); 'United Continuo Service' (Germany); 'Intrada', Krakow (Poland); Maria Pomianowska with the Ensemble; Warsaw (Poland). The Cracovia Danza Court Ballet participates in a wide variety of prestigious events (e.g. the 750 th anniversary of the Location of the City of Krakow; celebration of unveiling the monument of Jan Zamoyski as a part of The Year of Zamosc; the series of events 'The Carnival in Krakow'; The Days of Krakow in Vilnius and Lvov; the 635 th anniversary of the location of Koszyce; Night of Museums and Theatres in Krakow, Poland). Within the Chopin Year Celebrations the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet presented its repertoire performance 'Chopin's Dance World' in Poland and abroad (among others: in Austria, France and Belgium as a part of series of events 'Chopin in European salons' subsidized by Ministry of Culture and National Heritage). Besides, the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet performs during the renown festivals, e.g. International Music Festival 'Concentus Moraviae' (Czech Republic); Early Music Festival 'Tage der Alte Musik Regensburg' (Germany); International Summer Academy of Early Music (Poland); International Dance Festival 'Summer Ballet in Ladek-Zdroj'; The Festival

2 'Days of Music in Zamosc'; International Moniuszko Festival in Kudowa Zdroj (Poland); Baroque Opera Festival (Germany); Early Music Festival (Italy); Poland-wide Early Music Ensembles 'Schola Cantorum' (Poland). The Cracovia Danza Court Ballet will perform in front of your audience or invited guests. Worth emphasizing asset of all performances is nonverbal communication clear even for foreign-language audience. All performances of the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet have an interesting plot, musical background of the period and are enriched with beautiful costumes. Those spectacles meet with great interest and popularity among children and adults. Every of the spectacles can be performed as a whole or cut for shorter scenes that interlard with the items of your event programme. Those performances may last over one hour and engage all of the dancers (10-12 people) or may be shorter presentations of dance forms that last around 10 minutes with reduced line-up. The Cracovia Danza Court Ballet's artistic proposal may be also an interesting highlight of different ceremonies (among others: anniversaries, jubilees, conferences) or closed meetings. What should be marked is the work of Cracovia Danza choreographers and dancers who conduct workshops of court and historical dance in the whole country. All workshops, those cyclical or one-time are addressed to different age groups. If need be, please feel free to inquire. Yours faithfully, Dominika Kosek-Turowska manager of the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet Below there are pictures of selected, characteristic performances of the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet. On the website is run the current repertoire offer. The following proposal is only a visual and informative material and the content must not be used as a promotion of the performances. Cracovia Danza Court Ballet, Pl. Na Groblach 7, Kraków cracoviadanza@cracoviadanza.pl, phone:

Worth emphasizing asset of all performances is nonverbal communication clear even for foreign-language audience.

3 MIDDLE AGES 'Dances and Entertainments of the Middle Ages' 'The Legend of Queen Jadwiga based on a story by L. Rydel' 'Ladies and Knights at the Wawel Court' Artur Strąk Ilja van de Pavert

4 RENAISSANCE 'La Fortuna Lady with an Ermine' the performance with Early Music Ensemble Ars Cantus 'Queen Bona's Masquerade' Ilja van de Pavert Artur Strąk Ballo d`amore Artur Strąk Tomasz Korczyński

5 RENAISSANCE 'Chess' based on J. Kochanowski's poem Paweł Mazur Paweł Mazur

6 BAROQUE 'Venetian Carnival in Vignettes' 'Old Polish Minatures' Frederic Agnel Ilja van de Pavert 'Sobieski and Marie Casimire' Fred Agnel Ilja van de Pavert

7 BAROQUE 'Ballet des Nationes' with ensemble 'Collegium Marianum' (Prague, Czech Republic) and ensemble 'Solamente Naturali Bratislava' (Bratislava, Slovakia) Tomasz Korczyński Ilja van de Pavert Frederic Agnel Ilja van de Pavert Collegium Marianum Ilja van de Pavert

Bratislava' (Bratislava, Slovakia) Tomasz Korczyński Ilja van de

8 BAROQUE 'Ballet about Coffe' J. S. Bach Tomasz Korczyński Tomasz Korczyński Tomasz Korczyński Tomasz Korczyński

9 CLASSICAL TIMES AND LATER 'Alla Polacca' Old Polish Dances in Vignettes Atrur Strąk Ilja van de Pavert

10 CLASSICAL TIMES AND LATER 'Chopin's Dance World' Tomasz Korczyński Ilja van de Pavert Tomasz Korczyński Ilja van de Pavert

11 CLASSICAL TIMES AND LATER Fin de Siècle in a Krakow Salon 'The 20s and 30s Programme' Ilja van de Pavert Artur Strąk 'At The Old Cinema'

12 CLASSICAL TIMES AND LATER 'Colours of Poland acc. to K. Szymanowski'

13 CLASSICAL TIMES AND LATER 'Polish Dance Through the Ages' Ilja van de Pavert Tomasz Korczyński

Stage adaptation: Romana Agnel Leszek Rembowski Michaił Zubkow. Costumes and stage scenery: Monika Polak-Luścińska

COLOURS OF POLAND ACCORDING TO KAROL SZYMANOWSKI Stage adaptation: Romana Agnel Leszek Rembowski Michaił Zubkow Costumes and stage scenery: Monika Polak-Luścińska Preparation of dancers: Alina Towarnicka-Niedźwiedź