Krzysztof Pastor (born 17 December 1956 in

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) is a Polish

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and

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director. He was resident choreographer with the

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from 2003 to 2017, director of the

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in Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in

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since 2009 and at the same time from 2011 until 2020 was the artistic director of the ballet of the

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Origins in Poland

Krzysztof Pastor was born in Gdańsk to a family of doctors - Jan and Leokadia Pastor. He trained with State Ballet School in Gdańsk 1966-1975. After his training, he joined the Polish Dance Theatre in Poznań, under direction of the Polish choreographer

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, where in 1977 became a soloist and performed many roles in the company’s repertoire. Between 1979 and 1982 was first soloist of the ballet of the Grand Theater in Łódź, where his repertoire included: Albrecht in ''

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'', Prince in ''

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'', Armen in

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’s '' Gayane'', Vaslav w ''

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'' and Prince in ''Snow White''. After imposition of martial law in Poland, he emigrated to the West in February 1982.

Overseas achievements

In 1983, he became a soloist with Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon, where he danced in ballets created by: Gray Veredon,

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, Maguy Marin, Nils Christe or

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. From 1985 to 1995 was engaged with the Dutch National Ballet, under direction of

Rudi van Dantzig Rudi van Dantzig (4 August 1933 – 19 January 2012) was a Dutch choreographer, company director, and writer. He was a pivotal figure in the rise to world renown of Dutch ballet in the latter half of the twentieth century. Early life and trainin ...

. He danced many parts in his ballets (e.g. Mercutio in his ''

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''), but also in ballets by:

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, Hans van Manen, Toer van Schayk, Jan Linkens, Carolyn Carlson, Nina Wiener, Ted Brandsen or

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. He also danced in major classical ballets like ''The Sleeping Beauty'' (Bluebird) and ''Giselle'' (Hilarion) staged by Peter Wright or ''

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'' (Von Rothbart) choreographed by Rudi van Dantzig.

Choreographer

In this period, he also took up an interest in choreographic work and since 1987 he was creating his pieces during choreographic workshops and on other occasions. Having some chamber achievements, in 1992 he received an offer to create his first major choreography for the Dutch National Ballet’s repertoire. Then, he created ''Shostakovich Chamber Symphony'', which was his official debut as a choreographer. In 1994, he made his Warsaw’s debut on the stage of Teate Wielki – Polish National Opera choreographing

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’s '' Symphony No. 3''. In 1995, he gained wider recognition during International Ballet Competition in Helsinki, Finland, where he received Gold Choreography Prize for his duet ''Detail IV'' to the music by

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. Between 1997 and 1999 he was a resident choreographer with

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, and then he returned to the Dutch National Ballet, but this time as associate choreographer. In 2000, his Dutch achievements was awarded with Dansersfonds'79 Choreography Prize, and in 2002 his full-length ballet ''Kurt Weill'' received three nominations to international

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(Moscow). Since 2003, he took over a prestigious position of the resident choreographer with the Dutch National Ballet. Ever since he shares this position with outstanding Dutch choreographer Hans van Manen. Most of Pastor’s ballets were created in Netherlands, but he was also invited by other ballet companies worldwide like: Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, New Zealand, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, USA, Hungary, Great Britain and Italy. His works were successfully presented during

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, Holland Dance Festival,

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, Dance Salad Festival in Houston or International Ballet Festival "Dance Open" in St. Petersburg.

Back to Poland

In Autumn 2008, Pastor came to Poland to discuss restaging his ballet ''Tristan,'' in Warsaw’s Teatr Wielki. Production to the music of

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was originally created for the

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. At the time, Waldemar Dąbrowski – Teatr Wielki’s general director, offered Pastor to take over the direction of the ballet in Warsaw. Being interested in this proposal, Pastor decided to return to Poland after 26 years of emigration, setting the conditions of ballet’s artistic independence and autonomic operating conditions in the theatre structure, which would be analogous to other major ballet companies worldwide. Thanks to the efforts of director Dąbrowski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage

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agreed to appropriate changes in the theater’s by-law. On 18 March 2009 Pastor took over the position of director of the ballet of Warsaw’s Teatr Wielki, and in the same year by the decision of Minister Zdrojewski on 29 April it was separated in the structure of the theatre as Polish National Ballet and became equal to Polish National Opera. In addition to the new duties in Warsaw, Pastor still holds the position of resident choreographer in the Dutch National Ballet, and from 2011 until 2020 he shared his experience with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Vilnius, as ballet's artistic director. In 2021 he was appointed to the Program Board of the Polish National Institute for Music and Dance.

Major choreographic works

*1992: ''Shostakovich Chamber Symphony'' (Dutch National Ballet) *1993: ''

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'' (The Israel Ballet) *1993: ''Stop It!'' (Dutch National Ballet; staged also at:

, 1998) *1994: ''Symphony No. 3'' by Górecki (Ballet of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera; staged also at: Dutch National Ballet, 1996) *1995: ''Don’t Look Back…'' (DonauBallet) *1996: ''

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; staged also at:

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, 1999) *1997: ''Piano Concerto'' by Gershwin (The Israel Ballet; staged also at: The Washington Ballet, 1997) *1997: ''Altri canti d’Amor'' (

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in Palermo) *1997: ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'' ( Lithuanian National Ballet; staged also at: Latvian National Ballet, 2001; Hungarian Dance Academy, 2002) *1998: ''Passing By'' (The Washington Ballet) *1998: ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (Lithuanian National Ballet) *1999: ''Bitter-Sweet'' (Dutch National Ballet) *1999: ''Sonata'' by'' ''

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(The Washington Ballet) *1999: ''Hin- und hergerissen'' ( Semperoper Ballett) *2000: ''Do Not Go Gentle…'' (Dutch National Ballet; staged also at: Polish National Ballet, 2019) *2000: ''The Silver Vail'' ( Latvian National Ballet) *2000: ''In Light and Shadow'' (Dutch National Ballet; staged also at: Royal Swedish Ballet, 2003;

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, 2006; Ankara State Opera and Ballet, 2007;

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, 2010; Polish National Ballet, 2010; West Australian Ballet, 2020) *2001: ''

The Rite of Spring ''The Rite of Spring''. Full name: ''The Rite of Spring: Pictures from Pagan Russia in Two Parts'' (french: Le Sacre du printemps: tableaux de la Russie païenne en deux parties) (french: Le Sacre du printemps, link=no) is a ballet and orchestral ...

'' (Latvian National Ballet) *2001: ''Kurt Weill'' (Dutch National Ballet; staged also at: Polish National Ballet, 2009) *2001: ''Bach Divisions'' (The Israel Ballet) *2002: ''Tao'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2002: ''Acid City'' (Lithuanian National Ballet) *2002: ''Encounters'' (

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) *2003: ''Si después de morir…'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2004: ''Opium'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2004: ''Voice'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2005: ''Don Giovanni'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2006: ''Tristan'' (Royal Swedish Ballet; staged also at: Polish National Ballet, 2009; Lithuanian National Ballet, 2012) *2006: ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (Latvian National Ballet; staged also at: Poznań Grand Theatre, 2010, National Theatre in Brno, 2011) *2006: ''Crossing Paths'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2006: ''Suite for Two'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2007: ''Visions at Dusk'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2007: ''

Symphonie fantastique ' (''Fantastical Symphony: Episode in the Life of an Artist … in Five Sections'') Op. 14, is a program symphony written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in 1830. It is an important piece of the early Romantic period. The first performan ...

'' (

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) *2008: ''Tristan and Isolde - Pas de deux'' ( Svetlana Zakharova and Andrei Merkuriev,

Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies. In the early 20th century, it came to internatio ...

) *2008: ''

'' (Scottish Ballet; staged also at: Polish National Ballet, 2014;

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, 2014; Lithuanian National Ballet, 2016) *2008: ''Moving Rooms'' (Dutch National Ballet; staged also at: Polish National Ballet, 2012) *2009: ''Chopin Dances'' (The Israel Ballet) *2009: ''Scheherazade'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2009: ''Dumbarton Dances'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2010: ''

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– Dancer, Clown, God'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2011: ''And the Rain Will Pass…'' (Polish National Ballet) *2012: ''Chapters'' (Dutch National Ballet) *2012: ''

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'' (Dutch National Ballet; staged also at: Lithuanian National Ballet, 2015; Latvian National Ballet, 2015; Polish National Ballet, 2016; Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, 2023 in plan) *2014: ''Adagio&Scherzo'' (Polish National Ballet; staged also at:

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, 2016) *2014: ''The Tempest'' (Dutch National Ballet; staged also at: Polish National Ballet, 2016) *2014: ''

'' (Lithuanian National Ballet) *2015: ''

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in Warsaw'' (Polish National Ballet) *2017: ''

'' with new libretto (Polish National Ballet) *2018: ''Dracula'' (

; staged also at: Latvian National Ballet, 2021;

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, 2021, Polish National Ballet, 2022) *2018: ''

The Miraculous Mandarin ''The Miraculous Mandarin'' ( hu, A csodálatos mandarin, translit= ˈt͡ʃodaːlɒtoʃ}, ; german: Der wunderbare Mandarin) Op. 19, Sz. 73 (BB 82), is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918 and 1924, and based on the ...

'' (Lithuanian National Ballet) *2018: ''Concerto in F minor'' by Chopin (Polish National Ballet) *2018: ''Polish Dances - Polonaise & Mazurka'' (Polish National Ballet) *2019: ''Toccata'' by

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(Polish National Ballet) *2021: ''Tristan and Isolde - Pas de deux'' (

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) *2021: ''

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'' by Schönberg (Lithuanian National Ballet) *2022: ''Swan Lake'', new version (West Australian Ballet)

Awards and state orders

*1995: Gold Choreography Prize, International Ballet Competition in Helsinki (Finland) *2000: Medal of 200 Years of Polish Ballet from the

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(Poland) *2000: Choreography Prize, Dansersfonds'79 (Netherlands) *2002: Nomination for international Prix Benois de la Danse for ''Kurt Weill'' *2010: Polish Performing Artists Union (ZASP) Award - Terpsychora (Terpsichore) *2011: Gold Medal for Merit to Culture ‘Gloria Artis’ *2014: Prize of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (Poland) *2015: Officer's Cross of the

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*2016: Association of Authors and Composers (

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) Award for choreographic achievements (Poland) *2016: Honorary Golden Star of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania *2017: Statuette and a title of an „Outstanding Pole” from Polish Promotional Emblem Foundation “Teraz Polska” *2019: Performing Arts WA Dance Award for Best New Work for ''Dracula'' *2021: Cross of Officer of the Order for Merits to Lithuania

References

Bibliography

*Paweł Chynowski, Maggie Foyer, Anna Kaplińska-Struss: ''Krzysztof Pastor'', Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa, Warsaw 2017. .

External links

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