Creations 17

'We came to the conclusion that a choreographic workshop should be an integral part of a ballet company’s life if the company harbours the ambition to carve out an original artistic style for itself. Without attempts to find new paths, fresh means of expression and even a new language, ballet would be a mildly unexciting art, offering little surprise or challenge to its audience. Perhaps it would be a dead art.

'For this reason, each year our dancers take it upon themselves to stage new choreographic creations, handling the whole production process and preparation of the programme brochure, poster, and other promotional efforts. Naturally and most importantly, they both choreograph and perform the works.

'Each year sees new miniatures, mostly choreographed by dancers with prior choreographic experience from the previous editions of the workshop, but there are some newcomers, too. I look forward to seeing each and every one of them, because that is how new choreographic talents are born. Some – such as Robert Bondara and Anna Hop – have already gained our admiration.'

Krzysztof Pastor
Director of the Polish National Ballet

After the end of the Sunday performance of Creations (27 April 2025), the young choreographers will take part in the panel discussion Body in Movember, Life in Transformation hosted by Katarzyna Dąbrowska, the editor-in-chief of Glamour.

The event will start at 8:45 p.m. in the Młynarski Hall and is open to ticket holders.

PROGRAMME

IVAN PAL 
SWING’A DING!
Music ROYAL CROWN REVUE and HAROLD ADAMSON, JIMMY MCHUGH
Costumes MARTA LIPIŃSKA
Dancers MAGDA STUDZIŃSKA and ALAN POLAŃSKI

EUÉNIE HECQUET 
O.N.S. 
Music KANGDING RAY 
Set design and lighting GRZEGORZ PALUSZEWSKI 
Dancers EUGÉNIE HECQUET and CEZARY WĄSIK

JOANNA DRABIK 
BWRSV_263 
Music JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ANTONIO VIVALDI, CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI 
Baroque dance EDGAR LEWANDOWSKI 
(reinterpretation of Beauchamp-Feuillet notation) 
Soundtrack ediotr PAWEŁ CZEKAŁA 
Costumes EMIL WYSOCKI 
Dancers JULIA ÁLVAREZ, OLIWIA GÓRECKA, PAULINA MAGIER and NIKODEM BIALIK, GREGOR GISELBRECHT, RYOTA KITAI, EDGAR LEWANDOWSKI

GIANNI MELFI 
ADAM CELEBRATED
Music ADOLPHE ADAM (Orfa, fragments) 
Costumes EMIL WYSOCKI 
Dancers MAR BONET SANS, NIKOLA DWORECKA, WIKTORIA KOTLIŃSKA, VANESSA VESTITA, MICHELA ZANZOTTERA and MIKOŁAJ CZYŻOWSKI, MARCO ESPOSITO, DIOGO DE OLIVEIRA, IVAN PAL, ALAN POLAŃSKI

ANNA HOP 
PRELUDIA PODUSZKOWE (PILLOW PRELUDES)
Music GEORGE GERSHWIN (Three Preludes)
Pianist MARCIN MAZUREK 
Lighting ANNA HOP 
Dancers PAULINA MAGIER and JAIME BUSTAMANTE (Duet 1), JULIA ÁLVAREZ and CORMAC MCDONALD (Duet 2), YUME OKANO and DIOGO DE OLIVEIRA (Duet 3)

KRISTÓF SZABÓ 
NOSTALGIA 
Music FRANZ SCHUBERT, ARVO PÄRT, DIMITRI TIOMKIN 
Costumes KRISTÓF SZABÓ 
Dancers PATRYK WALCZAK and AOI CHOJI, JAEUN JUNG, NATALIA PASIUT, YANA SHTANHEI, KASPER GÓRCZAK, GIANNI MELFI, ROBERTO OLIVIERI, CEZARY WĄSIK 

ANTONIO LANZO
SALOME 
Music RICHARD STRAUSS 
Text OSCAR WILDE 
Costumes EMIL WYSOCKI 
Dancers JOANNA DRABIK and NIKODEM BIALIK, PAWEŁDOBRZYŃSKI, CORMAC MCDONALD, IVAN PAL 

CREATIONS TEAM
Project managers GIANNI MELFI and KRISTÓF SZABÓ 
Technical coordinator MAGDA STUDZIŃSKA 
Literary coordinator and programme editor ADAM HUCZKA
Poster concept GIANNI MELFI
Rehearsal photos and promotion REMY LAMPING