Adam Kozal

Soloist


Born

Poznań, Poland

Education

  • The Olga Sławska-Lipczyńska State Ballet School, Poznań, Poland (1988-1997)

Important teachers

  • Vladimir Bulanov, Liliana Kowalska, Joseph Kerwin, Ingrid Němečková, Alan Land

Engagements

  • Ballet of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, Warsaw, from 1997 as Coryphée
  • The Hamburg Ballet, Hamburg, Germany, from 1998 as Dancer
  • The Finnish National Ballet, Helsinki, Finland, from 2000 as Soloist
  • The Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp, Belgium, from 2006 as Demi-Soloist
  • The Polish National Ballet, Warsaw, since 2009 as Soloist

Gallery

Repertory

  • With the Polish National Ballet

    • King Mark in Tristan (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Wie lange noch? in Kurt Weill (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Berlin in Lights & Mussel of Margate in Kurt Weill (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Rajah in La Bajadère (trad. / Natalia Makarova)
    • Spanish Dance in The Nutcracker (Andrzej Glegolski)
    • Painter (Delacroix) in Chopin, the Romantic Artist (creation, Patrice Bart)
    • Puss in Boots in The Sleeping Beauty (trad. / Yuri Grigorovich)
    • Prince Chéri in The Sleeping Beauty (trad. / Yuri Grigorovich)
    • Second Air in In Light and Shadow (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Dancing-Master in Cinderella (Frederick Ashton)
    • Prince's Friend in Cinderella (Frederick Ashton)
    • Stiva in Anna Karenina (Alexei Ratmansky)
    • Ominous in And the Rain Will Pass... (creation, Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Paris in Romeo and Juliet (Emil Wesołowski)
    • Young Man in Le Sacre du printemps (Vaslav Nijinsky / Millicent Hodson)
    • Chief in Le Sacre du printemps (Maurice Béjart)
    • Mr P. in Persona (creation, Robert Bondara)
    • Faun in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Nutcracker in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Soloist in the Waltz of Flowers in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Prince (Cinderella's Partner) in The Sleeping Beauty (trad. / Yuri Grigorovich)
    • Duet 2 in Moving Rooms (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Him 2 in Persona (Robert Bondara)
    • Servant in The Prodigal Son (George Balanchine)
    • Lord in Hamlet (creation, Jacek Tyski)
    • King Stanislaus Augustus in Casanova in Warsaw (creation, Krzysztof Pastor)
    • General in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Trio of Dogs in The Tempest (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Count Moszyński in Casanova in Warsaw (Krzysztof Pastor)
      • Father in Darkness / Lilli (creation, Izadora Weiss)
      and solos in
    • The Garden's Gates (creation, Robert Bondara, 2nd Choreographic Workshop)
    • In Raspberry Brushwood (creation, Anna Hop, 2nd Choreographic Workshop)
    • The Kisses (creation, Emil Wesołowski)
    • The Green (Ed Wubbe)
    • The Creation (creation Zbigniew Czapski-Kłoda, 3rd Choreographic Workshop)
    • The Fear Theme (creation, Anna Hop, 3rd Choreographic Workshop)
    • Lab V (creation, Anna Hop, 4th Choreographic Workshop)
    • Human Object (creation, Barbara Bartnik, 4th Choreographic Workshop)
    • Private Nightmare (creation, Barbara Barnik, 5th Choreographic Workshop)
    • Collars (creation, Anna Hop, 5th Choreographic Workshop)
    • 4.44 (creation, Adam Kozal, 7th Choreographic Workshop)

Awards

    • 1995: Third Senior Prize at the 9th Polish Dance Competition in Gdańsk
    • 1997: First Senior Prize at the 10th Polish Dance Competition in Gdańsk