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Tancerze Narodowi Jego Królewskiej Mości (English: " National Dancers of His Majesty") was the Polish Royal Ballet, founded in 1785 and dissolved in 1794/95. It played a pioneering role as a native Ballet Company in Poland.
Tancerze Narodowi Jego Królewskiej Mości (English: " National Dancers of His Majesty") was the Polish Royal Ballet, founded in 1785 and dissolved in 1794/95. It played a pioneering role as a native Ballet Company in Poland.
History
The Ballet was founded as a private Ballet Company byAntoni 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 Podskarbi, Treasure ...
on his estate in Grodno
Grodno (russian: Гродно, pl, Grodno; lt, Gardinas) or Hrodna ( be, Гродна ), is a city in western Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, 300 km (186 mi) from Minsk, about 15 km (9 mi) from the Polish b ...
and Postawy. He had a number of his serfs trained in ballet and instructed by François Gabriel Le Doux
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, Kin ...
from Paris and Daniel Curz
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
from Venice.Bernacki: Teatr; Mamontowicz-Łojek: Szkoła Tyzenhauza s. 53, 54, 70, 86-89, 92; Wierzbicka: Sześć studiów; Muzyka 1969 nr 2 (J. Prosnak). This was the first native ballet company in Poland, were ballet had previously been performed by foreign companies (normally from France and Italy), and the 30 ballet dancers of the company were the pioneer generation of native ballet dancers in Poland.
In 1785, Antoni Tyzenhauz died, and the entire Ballet Company and its serf staff were donated in his will 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 ...
, and became the Royal Ballet National Dancers of His Majesty. The Royal Ballet 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 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, Stefan Holnicki and Dorota Sitańska
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 ...
. They were free artists, since the king disaproved of serfdom and abolished serfdom in Poland in 1794.
In 1795, the state and monarchy of Poland was dissolved and thereby also the former royal household, including the royal ballet. In 1797, the former dancers signed a request to be payed their salaries by the former monarch. This is the last time the majority of them are mentioned.
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