{{Expand Polish, topic=bio, date=November 2022, Michał Rymiński
Michał Rymiński (1770 – 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 serf of count
Antoni Tyzenhauz
Antoni Tyzenhauz (1733 – 31 March 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 G ...
on his estate in
Grodno
Grodno, or Hrodna, is a city in western Belarus. It is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. The city is located on the Neman, Neman River, from Minsk, about from the Belarus–Poland border, border with Poland, and from the Belarus–Lithua ...
and Postawy, and placed by him in his private ballet school, where he was
trained by François Gabriel Le Doux from Paris and Daniel Curz 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 its dancers were the pioneer generation of native ballet dancers in Poland.
In 1785, Antoni Tyzenhauz died, and donated the entire Ballet Company and its serf staff 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, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski (), was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuani ...
in his will, after which it became 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 List of Polish monarchs, monarch, Stanisław August Poniatowski. The theatre shares the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, Grand Theatre compl ...
. 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 plac ...
,
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
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 ...
. Michał Rymiński has often been referred to as the leading male lead of the Royal Ballet.
In 1795, the state and monarchy of Poland was dissolved and thereby also the former royal household, including the royal ballet. He followed the other members of the ballet to Grodno. In 1797, he belonged to the members of the former Royal Ballet who sign a petition to request the payment of their outstanding salary.