Beauty and Irony

Katarzyna Kozielska / Gabriel Prokofiev | Eyal Dadon | Alexander Ekman / Ludwig Van Beethoven / Franz Joseph Haydn / Franz Schubert / Andy Stein

Performances

Ballet triple bill

NEW BALLET
Choreography: Katarzyna Kozielska      
Music: Gabriel Prokofiev
Set design: Natalia Kitamikado
Costumes: Emil Wysocki
Lighting: Maciej Igielski                                    
World premiere: 14 May 2027, Polish National Ballet

NEW BALLET
Choreography: Eyal Dadon
Co-creator: Tamar Barlev
Music project: Eyal Dadon
Set design: Anna Macugowska 
Costumes: Bregje van Balen
Lighting: Felice Ross
World premiere: 14 May 2027, Polish National Ballet

CACTI
Choreography: Alexander Ekman
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert / Andy Stein
Text: Spenser Theberge
Staging: Jesse Callaert
Set design: Alexander Ekman & Tom Visser
Costumes: Alexander Ekman
Lighting: Tom Visser
World premiere: 25 February 2010, Nederlands Dans Theater 2, The Hague
Polish premiere: 14 May 2027, Polish National Ballet 

The triple bill features two new choreographies created for our company and one renowned contemporary dance masterpiece. In line with our commitment to champion emerging Polish choreographers, we showcase a piece by Katarzyna Kozielska, an internationally acclaimed artist previously associated with the Stuttgart Ballet, who remains little known in Poland. Audiences will also encounter the work of Eyal Dadon, a former dancer with Israel’s distinguished Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company. A talented dancer and choreographer, Dadon also designs soundtracks for his productions. The programme concludes with the Polish premiere of Alexander Ekman’s celebrated ballet, Cacti, which has been scoring international successes for over a decade. Witty and enthralling, the piece represented the artist’s youthful defiance and his steadfast belief in the interpretive freedom of contemporary art – a principle we wholeheartedly embrace in this programme. 

Polish National Ballet
Orchestra of the Polish National Opera

Credits

    • Katarzyna Kozielska

      Eyal Dadon

      Alexander Ekman

      Choreography

    • Katarzyna Kozielska

      Eyal Dadon

      Alexander Ekman

      Choreography

    • Katarzyna Kozielska

      Eyal Dadon

      Alexander Ekman

      Choreography

    • Katarzyna Kozielska

      Eyal Dadon

      Alexander Ekman

      Choreography

    • Katarzyna Kozielska

      Eyal Dadon

      Alexander Ekman

      Choreography

    • Katarzyna Kozielska

      Eyal Dadon

      Alexander Ekman

      Choreography

    • Katarzyna Kozielska

      Eyal Dadon

      Alexander Ekman

      Choreography

    • Katarzyna Kozielska

      Eyal Dadon

      Alexander Ekman

      Choreography

    • Katarzyna Kozielska

      Eyal Dadon

      Alexander Ekman

      Choreography

Sponsors

  • Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland

  • Patrons of the Polish National Opera

    Partners of the Opera Academy

  • Patrons of the Polish National Opera

  • Supporting Partners of the Polish National Opera

  • Technology parner

  • Media partner