Jacek Tyski

Soloist, choreographer


Born

Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland

Education

  • Roman Turczynowicz State Ballet School, Warsaw (1987–1994)
  • Hamburg Ballet School John Neumeier (1994–1995)

Important teachers

Zygmunt Sidło, Kevin Haigen, Anatoly Nisnevitch

Engagements

  • Hamburg Ballet, Hamburg, Germany, 1995–2000 as Dancer
  • Compaña Nacional de Danza, Madrid, Spain, 2000–2004 as Dancer
  • Ballet of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, Warsaw, 2004–2007 as Soloist
  • Ballet de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain, May–Dec 2007 as Dancer
  • Ballet of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, Warsaw, from Jan 2009 as Soloist
  • Polish National Ballet, Warsaw, since Apr 2009 as Soloist

Gallery

Repertory

  • With the Polish National Ballet

    • Envious Baron in Tristan (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Head Fakir Magdaveya in La Bayadère (trad. / Natalia Makarova)
    • Golden Idol in La Bayadère (trad. / Natalia Makarova)
    • Alabama Song & Mussel of Margate in Kurt Weill (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Leading Soloist in Alpha Cryonia Xe (Jacek Przybyłowicz)
    • Chinese Dance in The Nutcracker (Andrzej Glegolski)
    • Toy Soldier in The Nutcracker (Andrzej Glegolski)
    • Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (Emil Wesolowski)
    • Leader of the Uprising in Chopin, the Romantic Artist (creation, Patrice Bart)
    • Fairy Carabosse in The Sleeping Beauty (trad. / Yuri Grigorovich)
    • Puss in Boots in The Sleeping Beauty (trad. / Yuri Grigorovich)
    • Servant in Chopin, the Romantic Artist (Patrice Bart)
    • Gavotte in In Light and Shadow (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Cinderella's Step-Sister in Cinderella (Frederick Ashton)
    • Our-Other Man in And the Rain Will Pass... (creation, Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Mouse King in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Don Juan in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Contemporary Seraphim in Six Wings of Angels (creation, Jacek Przybyłowicz)
    • Snug-Lion in A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)
    • Quartet in Nevermore? (creation, Robert Bondara)
    • Solo in Nevermore? (creation, Robert Bondara) 
    • Profiteer in The Green Table (Kurt Jooss) 
    • Lorenzo in Don Quixote (trad. / Alexei Fedeyechev)
    • Petruchio's Servant in The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
      • and solos in
    • For a While (Jacek Tyski, 2nd Choreographic Workshop)
    • The Green (Ed Wubbe)

Awards

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    • 1993: First Junior Prize at the 8th Polish Dance Competition in Gdańsk
    • 1993: Scholarship of the Polish Children's Fund
    • 1994: Second Prize at the International Competition for Young Dancers 'Prix de Lausanne', Lausanne, Switzerland (Scholarship to John Neumeier's Hamburg Ballet School)

Choreographic Works

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    • 2006: For a While, dancers of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, 9th European Dance Festival, Limassol, Cyprus
    • 2007: Donna, Ballet de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
    • 2008: The Rite of Spring, 'Fulltura' art association, Warsaw, Poland
    • 2009: Dreams, Kielce Dance Theatre, Kielce, Poland
    • 2009: Donna, Polish National Ballet (1st Choreographic Workshop)
    • 2010: Dances with Chopin, State Ballet School in Warsaw
    • 2010: For a While, Polish National Ballet (2nd Choreographic Workshop)
    • 2010: In Search of Colours, Polish National Ballet, Warsaw
    • 2010: Third Symphony of Witold Lutosławski, Educational Program 'Rhythm', Warsaw
    • 2011: Afternoon of a Faun, Polish National Ballet (3rd Choreographic Workshop)
    • 2011: Body Language, Educational Program of the Wielki Theatre, Warsaw
    • 2012: A Walk, Polish National Ballet (4th Choreographic Workshop)
    • 2013: Carmen-Suite, Ballet of the Opera at the Castle, Szczecin
    • 2013: Hamlet, Polish National Ballet, Warsaw
    • 2015: Soldiers Overture, Ballet of the Krakow Opera, Kraków
    • 2015: Alice in Wonderland,Ballet of the Opera at the Castle, Szczecin
    • 2016: Just a Thought, Polish National Ballet (8th Choreographic Workshop)
    • 2016: Two Stories – One Dance, Ballet of the Krakow Opera, Krakow
    • 2017: El amor brujo, Ballet of the Wrocław Opera, Wrocław
    • 2017: Carmen-Suite, Ballet of the Wrocław Opera, Wrocław
    • 2017: Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D minor, Ballet of the Wrocław Opera, Wrocław