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Dorota Sitańska née ''Piekarska'' (1767 – ''died after'' 1797), also known under her stage name ''Małgorzata Sitańska'', was a Polish ballerina. She belonged to the pioneer generation of ballet dancers in Poland as well as the first group of the Polish Royal Ballet.
Dorota Sitańska née ''Piekarska'' (1767 – ''died after'' 1797), also known under her stage name ''Małgorzata Sitańska'', was a Polish ballerina. She belonged to the pioneer generation of ballet dancers in Poland as well as the first group of the Polish Royal Ballet.
Life
Dorota Sitańska was a serf of countAntoni Tyzenhauz
Antoni Tyzenhauz (1733 – March 31, 1785) was a noble from the Tyzenhaus family, son of Benedykt Tyzenhauz. As a personal friend of Stanisław August Poniatowski, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Tyzenhaus became Treasurer of the ...
on his estate in Grodno
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and Postawy, and placed by him in his private ballet school, where she was
trained by François Gabriel Le Doux
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* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
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from Paris and Daniel Curz
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from Venice.Bernacki: Teatr; Mamontowicz-Łojek: Szkoła Tyzenhauza s. 53, 54, 70, 86-89, 92; Wierzbicka: Sześć studiów; Muzyka 1969 nr 2 (J. Prosnak). She made her debut in the "Baletu wieśniackiego" in Grodno 1778. This was the first native ballet company in Poland, were ballet had previously been performed by foreign companies (normally from France and Italy), and she and her colleagues were the pioneer gneeration of native ballet dancers in Poland.
In 1785, Antoni Tyzenhauz died, and the entire Ballet Company and its serf staff were donated to king Stanisław August Poniatowski
Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch ...
in his will, and transformed to become the Royal Ballet National Dancers of His Majesty, which performed at the royal court and at the National Theatre, Warsaw
The National Theatre () in Warsaw, Poland, was founded in 1765, during the Polish Enlightenment, by that country's monarch, Stanisław August Poniatowski. The theatre shares the Grand Theatre complex at the Theatre Square in Warsaw with another ...
. The ballet company was composed by thirty dancers, among whom the elite was regarded to be the group of Michał Rymiński, Marianna Malińska
Marianna Malińska, also called ''Marianna Malewiczówna'' (1767-fl.1797), was a Polish ballerina. She was the first native ballerina in Poland.
Marianna Malińska was a serf of count Antoni Tyzenhauz on his estate in Grodno and Postawy, and pla ...
, Adam Brzeziński
{{short description, Polish ballet dancer
Adam Brzeziński (1768 – ''died after'' 1797), was a Polish ballet dancer. He was a member of the Polish Royal Ballet and belonged to the pioneer generation of ballet dancers in Poland.
Life
He was a ...
, Stefan Holnicki
{{short description, Polish ballet dancer
Stefan Holnicki (1768 – ''died after'' 1797), was a Polish ballet dancer. He was a member of the Polish Royal Ballet and belonged to the pioneer generation of ballet dancers in Poland.
Life
He was a s ...
and Dorota Sitańska. Among her parts where Wandy in "Wanda królowa polska", Kleopatra in "Kleopatra i Marek Antoniusz", and Elmiry in "Soliman II". She was a solo dancer and was called to perform at special state events, such as the inauguration of the statue of John III in 1788.
In 1795, the state and monarchy of Poland was dissolved and thereby also the former royal household, including the royal ballet. She followed the other members of the ballet to Grodno, and is last mentioned in 1797, when she, along with the others, signed a document concerning the payment of the members of the former Polish royal household.
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