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
Repertory
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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)
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Awards
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- 1995: Third Senior Prize at the 9th Polish Dance Competition in Gdańsk
- 1997: First Senior Prize at the 10th Polish Dance Competition in Gdańsk
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