The Polish National Ballet (PNB) is the largest and the most important ballet company in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. It continues a national ballet heritage, which dates to the 17th century. Modernly it was known until 2008 as the ballet of the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera. In that year the ballet received artistic autonomy reflected in the theatre's by-laws and was elevated to the rank of Polish National Ballet. Since then, its director is Polish choreographer

Krzysztof Pastor Krzysztof Pastor (born 17 December 1956 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish dancer, choreographer and ballet director. He was resident choreographer with the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam from 2003 to 2017, director of the Polish National Ballet ...

Ballet events in Polish history

Spektakl w obecności króla Stanisława Augusta

In 1628 a traveling Italian opera troupe created the first ballet performance in Poland. Ballet scenes were then often incorporated into operas held at the court theater. For many years it was foreign dancers who performed. Eventually in 1765 the first permanent ballet company was formed, on the initiative of the king Stanisław II August. The company functioned with some interruptions in the Saxon’s Opernhaus (opera house), the first Polish public theater. A 1766 book on ballet by the famous ballet master of France Jean-Georges Noverre was dedicated to the Polish king.Paweł Chynowski
History of the Polish National Ballet
Accessed 7 April 2017. Maciej Pręczyński (Prenczyński) was the first well-known Polish dancer; he worked with

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in Venice and Vienna in the 1770s. In 1785 Stanisław II August established a company of young dancers, trained in a ballet school at a Lithuanian estate. This first professional ballet company of predominantly Polish dancers was known as His Majesty’s National Dancers (1785-1794). Performances were held on stage at the National Theatre building in

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, Warsaw. Its heritage was continued by subsequent Polish companies. Aleksander Tarnowski i Konstancja Turczynowicz w tańcu kaczucza, 1847, lit

During the

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the National Ballet School flourished in Warsaw. After 1818 it was guided by French ballet masters Louis Thierry and Maurice Pion. Under construction 1825-1833, the Teatr Wielki (Grand Theater) then became the artistic center for both opera and ballet in Poland. The choreographer and teacher Roman Turczynowicz became a Polish ballet-master at mid-century. Several outstanding foreign masters, e.g., Filippo Taglioni,

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, Virgilio Calori, Pasquale Borri, José Mendez, Raffaele Grassi, and Enrico Cecchetti, worked developing Polish dancers. During the late 19th century,

Mathilde Kschessinska Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska ( pl, Matylda Maria Krzesińska, russian: Матильда Феликсовна Кшесинская; 6 December 1971; also known as Princess Romanovskaya-Krasinskaya after her marriage) was a Polish ...

(Matylda Krzesińska), a dancer of Polish extraction, became one of the leading lights of the Imperial Theater in St. Petersburg. Early in the 20th century, there were many Polish dancers who joined the

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of Sergei Diaghilev, which climbed to world renown. These included the ballet master

Stanislas Idzikowski Stanislas Idzikowski (1894 – 12 February 1977) was a Polish dancer and ballet master, active in England, and with such historic companies as Pavlova's, Ballets Russes, and Vic-Wells. During his performance career, 1910-1933, he became famous fo ...

, Leon Woizikovsky (orig. Wójcikowski), and Mieczyslaw Pianowski. Polish dancers also distinguished themselves in the various Ballets Russes companies that succeeded Diaghilev's. Among these were Yurek Shabelevski,

Roman Jasinski Roman Jasinski (1907- 16 April 1991, aged 83-84) was born in Warsaw, Poland and died in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Roman, commonly known as Yasha within the dance community, was a Polish ballet dancer who discovered his love for dance at a very young age. ...

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, Yurek Lazovski, and Nina Novak. Siblings

Bronislava Nijinska Bronislava Nijinska (; pl, Bronisława Niżyńska ; russian: Бронисла́ва Фоми́нична Нижи́нская, Bronisláva Fomínična Nižínskaja; be, Браніслава Ніжынская, Branislava Nižynskaja; – Febr ...

and

Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav (or Vatslav) Nijinsky (; rus, Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, p=ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj; pl, Wacław Niżyński, ; 12 March 1889/18908 April 1950) was a ballet dancer and choreog ...

were of Polish heritage, though they trained under the patronage of the Tsar at the Imperial Academy in St. Petersburg. They danced with Ballets Russes, and both became celebrated

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. During the

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, Nijinska headed the Balet Polski, aka Les Ballets Polonais, aka The Polish Ballets newly formed in Warsaw in 1937. This company was the brainchild of poet

Jan Lechoń Leszek Józef Serafinowicz (pen name: Jan Lechoń; 13 March 1899 in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire – 8 June 1956 in New York City) was a Polish poet, literary and theater critic, diplomat, and co-founder of the Skamander literary move ...

, and created with the assistance of M. Waclaw Jedrzejewicz, Minister of Public Education and President of the Organization Committee of the Polish Section to the Art and Technical Exhibition in Paris. The company's general director was Arnold Szyfman. For the first season, 1937-1938, Nijinska created five new ballets including ''Baśń krakowska'' (''La Légende de Cracovie),'' to music by Michal Kondracki; ''Pieśń o ziemi naszej'' (''Le Chant de la Terre),'' to music by Roman Palester; ''Koncert E-moll Chopina (Concerto de Chopin),'' to Frédéric Chopin's B-minor piano concerto; ''Apollo i dziewczyna'' (''Apollon et la Belle),'' to music by Ludomir Rozycki; and ''Wezwanie (Le Rappel),'' set to a score by Boleslaw Woytowicz. This repertoire featured scenery and costumes designed by Teresa Roszkowska, Waclaw Borowski, Wladyslaw Daszewski, and Irena Lorentowicz-Karwowska. The souvenir program for this company's Covent Garden appearances states: "Every gesture and every colour, the ebb and flow of the groups, each step of the soloists, the spirit and harmony of the Polish Ballets are imbued with the artistic ideals of Bronislava Nijinska and her ardent desire that the world should see the dances of her country in their noblest and most beautiful form." At the Paris Exposition Internationale of that year, this Polish Ballet won the Grand Prix for performance, Nijinska the Gran Prix for choreography. In 1938 the Ballets Polonais was directed by Leon Wójcikowski. It appeared at the New York

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in 1939, but World War II caused its closure. Following the traumas of war, the 'Ballet of Teatr Wielki' reemerged in Warsaw. Yet the original Teatr Wielki had been almost completely destroyed during the 1939 siege of Warsaw. Eventually it was rebuilt and enlarged, in a new facility (also called the Opera Narodowa ational Opera. Continuing a heritage of several centuries, the new theater opened in 1965. It housed the companies and schools for both

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and ballet, its stage being shared. The dance company later became the Polish National Ballet, which continues to rehearse and perform in Teatr Wielki.

Under new name and status

On 18 March 2009 Polish choreographer

, already engaged with the

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, became the director of the ballet of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera. He took over this position with Paweł Chynowski as his proxy only under the condition that the company receive artistic autonomy. Thanks to the efforts of Teatr Wielki’s general director Waldemar Dąbrowski on 29 April 2009 the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski took the decision to separately constitute the ballet in the theater’s by-laws, under the name Polish National Ballet. With the foundation of the Polish National Ballet, the company became autonomous and works as an equal partner to the Polish National Opera. Polish National Ballet pursues a program of major classic dance formation. It performs an academic choreographic repertoire, but also reaches for 20th-century ballet masterpieces. Invitations are extended to outstanding contemporary choreographers; it also introduces works by young Polish choreographers. With nearly 90 dancers it includes both Polish and foreign dancers and affiliated specialities. The company performs regularly at the Teatr Wielki, when it is not on tour in Poland or performing abroad.

Repertoire, 2009-2023

Ballets staged by the Polish National Ballet from its establishing (year, ballet, choreographer): * 29 March 2009: ''Tristan'' by

(Polish premiere) * 3 April 2009: ''

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'' by Emil Wesołowski (revival) * 8 April 2009: ''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...

'' by

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Lev Ivanov Lev Ivanovich Ivanov (russian: link=no, Лев Ива́нович Ива́нов; 2 March 1834, Moscow – 24 December 1901, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet. ...

Irek Mukhamedov Irek Dzhavdatovich Mukhamedov OBE (russian: Ирек Джавдатович Мухамедов: tt-Cyrl, Ирек Җәүдәт улы Мөхәммәтев; born 8 March 1960), is a Soviet-born British ballet dancer of Tatar origin who has danced ...

(revival) * 16 May 2009: '' Onegin'' by John Cranko /

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(revival) * 28 May 2009: '' La Bayadère'' by Marius Petipa / Natalia Makarova (revival) * 10 June 2009: ''Anna Karenina'' by Alexei Ratmansky (revival) * 24 June 2009: ''When You End and I Begin...'' by Robert Bondara (world premiere) * 20 November 2009: ''Kurt Weill'' by Krzysztof Pastor (Polish premiere) * 17 December 2009: ''

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'' by Andrzej Glegolski (revival) * 23 April 2010: ''In Search of Colours'' by Jacek Tyski (world premiere) * 23 April 2010: ''Alpha Kryonia Xe'' by Jacek Przybyłowicz (revival) * 9 May 2010: '' Chopin, the Romantic Artist'' by Patrice Bart (world premiere) * 30 May 2010: '' The Sleeping Beauty'' by Marius Petipa / Yuri Grigorovich (revival) * 25 June 2010: ''The Kisses'' by Emil Wesołowski (world premiere) * 25 June 2010: '' Concerto Barocco'' by

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(Polish premiere) * 25 June 2010: ''The Green'' by

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(Polish premiere) * 25 June 2010: ''In Light and Shadow'' by Krzysztof Pastor (Polish premiere) * 27 November 2010: '' Cinderella'' by

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/ Wendy Ellis-Somes (Polish premiere) * 27 March 2011: ''And the Rain Will Pass…'' by Krzysztof Pastor (world premiere) * 11 June 2011: '' Le Sacre du printemps'' by

/ Millicent Hodson (Polish premiere) * 11 June 2011: ''The Rite of Spring'' by Emanuel Gat (Polish premiere) * 11 June 2011: ''Le Sacre du printemps'' by Maurice Béjart (Polish premiere) * 18 September 2011: ''Persona'' by Robert Bondara (world premiere) * 25 November 2011: ''The Nutcracker and the Mouse King'' by

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and

Wayne Eagling Wayne Eagling (born 27 November 1950) is a Canadian ballet dancer, now retired. After more than twenty years as a popular member of The Royal Ballet in London, he became well known as an international choreographer and company director. Early li ...

(Polish premiere) * 14 April 2012: ''

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'' by George Balanchine (Polish premiere) * 14 April 2012: ''Cain and Abel'' by Emil Wesołowski (world premiere) * 14 April 2012: ''Six Wings of Angels'' by Jacek Przybyłowicz (world premiere) * 17 November 2012: ''Century Rolls'' by

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(world premiere) * 17 November 2012: ''Moving Rooms'' by Krzysztof Pastor (Polish premiere) * 17 November 2012: ''Artifact Suite'' by William Forsythe (Polish premiere) * 15 March 2013: ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream'' by

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(Polish premiere) * 13 October 2012: ''Weill Suite'' by Krzysztof Pastor (premiere) * 13 October 2012: '' Afternoon of a Faun'' by Jacek Tyski (world premiere) * 3 October 2013: ''Hamlet'' by Jacek Tyski (world premiere) * 7 March 2014: ''Romeo and Juliet'' by Krzysztof Pastor (Polish premiere) * 29 March 2014: ''Adagio & Scherzo'' by Krzysztof Pastor (world premiere) * 29 March 2014: ''Returning Waves'' by Emil Wesołowski (revival) * 29 May 2014: '' Don Quixote'' by Marius Petipa, Aleksandr Gorski / Alexei Fedeyechev (premiere) * 15 November 2014: ''Nevermore...?'' by Robert Bondara (world premiere) * 15 November 2014: '' Soldiers' Mass'' by

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(Polish premiere) * 15 November 2014: '' The Green Table'' by Kurt Jooss / Jeanette Vondersaar (Warsaw premiere) * 14 February 2015: ''Pupa'' by Anna Hop (world premiere) * 28 May 2015: ''

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in Warsaw'' by Krzysztof Pastor (world premiere) * 27 November 2015: ''

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'' by John Cranko / Jane Bourne (Polish premiere) * 9 April 2016: ''The Tempest'' by Krzysztof Pastor (Polish premiere) * 25 November 2016: '' Chopiniana'' by Mikhail Fokine / Alexei Fadeyechev (premiere) * 25 November 2016: ''

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'' by Krzysztof Pastor (Polish premiere) * 25 November 2016: '' Chroma'' by

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(Polish premiere) * 20 May 2017: ''Swan Lake'' by Krzysztof Pastor (world premiere with new libretto) * 14 June 2017: ''Darkness'' by Izadora Weiss (world premiere) * 10 November 2017: ''Świtezianka'' by Robert Bondara (premiere) * 10 November 2017: ''On a Stave'' (Tansman's ''Sextuor'') by Jacek Tyski (Polish premiere) * 10 November 2017: Szymanowski's ''Violin Concerto no. 2'' by Jacek Przybyłowicz (world premiere) * 20 April 2018: ''Lady of the Camellias'' by John Neumeier (Polish premiere) * 17 November 2018: Chopin's ''Concerto in E minor'' by

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(world premiere) * 17 November 2018: Chopin's ''Concerto in F minor'' by Krzysztof Pastor (world premiere) * 31 December 2018: Moniuszko's ''Polish Dances - Polonaise & Mazurka'' by Krzysztof Pastor (world premiere) * 6 April 2019: ''Sarmatian Parable'' after

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's ''

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'' by Conrad Drzewiecki / Emil Wesołowski (Warsaw premiere) * 6 April 2019: ''Husband and Wife'' after Fredro by Anna Hop (world premiere) * 25 April 2019: Kilar's ''Toccata'' by Krzysztof Pastor (world premiere) * 16 October 2019: '' Le Noces'' by Bronislawa Nijinska (Polish premiere) * 16 October 2019: ''Do Not Go Gentle…'' by Krzysztof Pastor (Polish premiere) * 16 October 2019: ''Infra'' by Wayne McGregor (Polish premiere) * 17 September 2020: '' Le Corsaire'' by

Manuel Legris Manuel Legris is a French ballet dancer, born in Paris on October 10, 1964. He was an ''étoile'' (star dancer) of the Paris Opera Ballet for 23 years. On September 1, 2010, he began direction of the Vienna State Ballet. He was appointed artisti ...

after Marius Petipa (premiere) *16 December 2020: Kilar's ''Preludium'' by Krzysztof Pastor (world premiere at the Dance Open Festival, Saint Petersburg) *4 June 2021: '' Mayerling'' by Kenneth MacMillan (Polish premiere) *13 November 2021: ''Exodus'' by Anna Hop (world premiere) *13 November 2021: '' Flights-

Harnasie ''Harnasie'', Op. 55, is a ballet-pantomime written by the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski between 1923 and 1931, to a libretto by Jerzy Rytard and his wife and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, the librettist of Symanowski's opera, ''King Roger''. Th ...

'' by Izadora Weiss (world premiere) *28 April 2022: ''Dracula'' by Krzysztof Pastor (Polish premiere) *25 November 2022: ''

Giselle ''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, ...

'' by

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, Marius Petipa / Maina Gielgud (premiere) *18 May 2023: ''Grosse Fuge'' by Hans van Manen (Polish premiere) in plan *18 May 2023: ''Eroica Variations'' by Ted Brandsen (world premiere) in plan *18 May 2023: ''Seventh Symphony'' by

(Polish premiere) in plan

Leading soloists, 2009-2023

On tour

* 2010: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Mariinsky Theatre, 18th White Night Music Festival (''Chopin, the Romantic Artist'' x 2) * 2010: China, Shanghai,

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, Expo 2010 (''Chopin, the Romantic Artist'' x 2) * 2010: Norway, Bergen, Den Nye Opera, Bergen, Norway (''When You End and I Begin...'' / ''In Search of Colours'' / ''Alpha Kryonia Xe'' x 3) * 2012: Spain, Sevilla,

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(''La Bayadère'' x 5) * 2012: Finland, Kuopio, Music Centre, Kuopio Dance Festival (''Weill Suite'' / ''When You End and I Begin...'' / ''Afternoon of a Faun'' / ''The Green'' x 2) * 2013: USA, Houston, Cullen Theater, Dance Salad Festival (''Kurt Weill'' / ''And the Rain Will Pass...'' / ''Moving Rooms'' / ''Persona'' – excerpts x 3) * 2013: Spain, Barcelona,

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(''The Kisses'' / ''Concerto Barocco'' / ''The Green'' / ''In Light and Shadow'' x 4) * 2013: Lithuania, Vilnius,

Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT) ( lt, Lietuvos nacionalinis operos ir baleto teatras) is an opera house and ballet theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania. It is the largest theatre of the country, committed to organising the creatio ...

(''Century Rolls'' / ''Moving Rooms'' / ''Artifact Suite'' x 2) * 2015: USA, New York,

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(''Adagio & Scherzo'' / ''The Rite of Spring'' by Emanuel Gat / ''Moving Rooms'' x 7) * 2015: USA, Washington,

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(''Adagio & Scherzo'' / ''The Rite of Spring'' by Emanuel Gat / ''Moving Rooms'' x 1) * 2016: Netherlands, The Hague, Zuiderstrandtheater (''Romeo and Juliet'' x 2) * 2016: Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Krzysztof Pastor’s Birthday Gala (''Adagio'' / ''Moving Rooms'' x 1) * 2017: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Dance Open Festival (''The Tempest'' x 1) * 2018: Czech Republic, Brno, Exhibition Centre, Festival Dance Brno 100 (''Chopiniana / Moving Rooms / Bolero'' x 1) * 2019: Canada, Montreal, Place des Arts (''Swan Lake'' x 10) * 2019: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Dance Open Festival (''Toccata'' x 1) * 2019: Germany, Osnabrück,

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(''Toccata'' x 1) * 2019: Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (''Toccata'' x 1) *2020: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Oktyabrsky Big Concert Hall, Dance Open Festival (''Preludium'' x 1) *2022: Germany, Hamburg,

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- Main Stage, 47th Hamburg Ballet Days (''The Tempest'' x 2) *2022: Netherlands, Amsterdam, Dutch National Opera & Ballet, 60th Anniversary Gala

(''Toccata'' x 1) *2022: Finland, Lappeenranta, City Theatre, Lappeenranta Ballet Gala (''Tristan and Isolde''-Pas de deux ''& Moving Rooms'' x 2) *2022: Hungary, Győr, National Theatre of Győr (''Husband and Wife'' x 1)

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