HARNAM, The Folk Dance Ensemble "Harnam" (also ''The Representative Ensemble of The Łódź Voivodeship'';
[from 2000] in Polish: ''Zespół Tańca Ludowego "Harnam"'') – is the eldest folk ensemble in Poland. It was established in 1947 by Jadwiga Hryniewiecka. Harnam meets in the Ludwik Geyer’s
White Factory
The White Factory ( pl, Biała Fabryka) is the classicist building in Łódź, Poland, constructed in 1835–1839 to host a textile factory which belonged to Ludwik Geyer. It currently hosts the Central Museum of Textiles and Folk Dance Ensemb ...
in
Łódź.
History
Harnam was established by Szymon Harnam Textile Industrial Works No. 8 in Lodz. The first artistic director was Jadwiga Hryniewiecka and then her students: Sławomir Mazurkiewicz (1979-1990) and Maria Kryńska (1990-2008). In 1994 Maria Kryńska and Krzysztof Sitkowski founded a therapy studio for children and teenagers with
Down syndrome and they worked until 2008. In 2012 Harnam and Krzysztof Sitkowski were awarded Silver
Medal for Merit to Culture
A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...
– Gloria Artis. Krzysztof Sitkowski (a Jadwiga Hryniewiecka’s student) has been artistic director from 2012.
Repertoire
The Folk Dance Ensemble "Harnam"
Folk Dance Ensemble Harnam shows authentic character of
Polish folk dance adapted to principles of theatre. Dances are with stage dramatization.
OFF Harnam Group
Group OFF HARNAM has been working also since 2008. It combines folk motifs, legends and basic steps with modern dance. It is the first group which represents the style of Folk Jazz – a combination of
Polish folk dance with
Jazz dance.
Tournées
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Algeria ('75, '85),
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United Kingdom ('68, '79, '97),
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Austria ('51, '62),
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Belgium ('62, '66, '73, '84, '88, '94, '95),
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
('63, 2013),
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Croatia ('92),
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Czechoslovakia ('49, '84),
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Czech Republic (2005),
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Egypt ('88),
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Finland (2007),
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France ('75, '76, '77, '80, '83, '84, '85, '86, '91, '92, '94, '96, 2004, 2006),
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Spain ('78, '94, '96, '98, 2008, 2009),
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Netherlands ('83, '85),
* Yugoslavia (
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* 82 (number)
* one of the years 82 BC, AD 82, 1982, 2082
* ''82'' (album), a studio album by Kenyan electronic music band Just a Band
See also
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* Lead, chemical element with atomic number 82
* List of highways numbered
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,
'95),
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Canada ('69, '72),
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North Korea ('86),
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Luxembourg ('86),
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Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
(2007),
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Morocco ('85, 2010),
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Mongolia ('63),
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Germany ('59, '78, '92, 2005, 2009),
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East Germany ('50, '51, '52, '53, '61, '62, '65, '73, '75, '77, '79, '87, '89),
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Portugal ('94),
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Romania ('53, '69, 2008),
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Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
('87),
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Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
('64),
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Sweden
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(2003),
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Tunisia ('74),
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Turkey ('98, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014),
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United States ('69, '72),
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Hungary (2002, 2006),
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Vietnam ('63),
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Italy ('58, '61, '91),
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Soviet Union ('64, '77)
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Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ('74)
References
External links
* http://www.harnam.pl/
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Polish folk groups
Polish dances
Culture in Łódź
Musical groups established in 1947
Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
Recipients of the Order of the Banner of Work