Chopin Tribute to Premiere
by Staś Kmieć
The best way to experience the magic and magnificence of Mazowsze – The National Song and Dance Ensemble of Poland is to see the company perform live. The world-renowned company returns to North America in a special 60th Anniversary celebratory tour of live performances November 14 – December 12. Presented by 2Luck Concepts, the tour will feature 90 dancers, singers and the full 23-member orchestra.
New Program
The concert program will differ greatly from the PBS television program and will include many different dances and three U.S. premieres.
A 200-year birthday anniversary tribute to Fryderyk Chopin will include a choreographic work by Witold Zapała to Rondo à la Krakowiak in F major, written by the composer in1828. In stylized costumes, the piece is an homage to the Polish tradition of such folk ballets such as Pan Twardowski, Wesele w Ojcowie and Harnasie. The women are attired in Romantic period balletic costumes and the men in stylized short-length Kraków kabaty. The song Życzenie G-dur op. 74 will also be presented. Songs from Racibórz in the Śląsk region will showcase a new set of costumes and will be accompanied by the okaryna folk instrument – a vessel flute in the shape of an egg with ten finger-holes.
Popular favorites will include Dances from Wilanów, Kaszuby, Szczawnica, Lublin, Jurgów, Szamotuły, Podegrodzie, Limanowa; Winegathering in Lubusz: Dances of the Żywiec townspeople and from the Podhale Mountains; the national dances Krakowiak, Polonez, Mazur, Kujawiak; folk songs and the customary opening Chodzony and Łowicz finale.
Mazowsze Dance Workshop and Wigilia Dinner
During the tour Mazowsze will be teaching a 5-hour Polish Folk Dance Workshop in Youngstown, OH on December 5. This "once in a lifetime" opportunity has never been done in the United States. The schedule will include: children, instrumental and lecture sessions For information call Polish Youngstown: 330-744-1934 or visit: www.polishyoungstown.com. Youngstown welcomes dancers from across the country to attend.
The full tour itinerary and theater contact information are as follows:
November:
- 11/16: Utica, NY - Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute (315-797-0055, (800) 754-0797; www.mwpai.org/performing-arts
- 11/17: Amherst, MA - University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center (413-545-2511, 1- 800-999-8627); www.umass.edu/fac/index.html
- 11/26: Pittsburgh, PA - Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall (412) 394-3353);
www.proartstickets.org - 11/29: St Paul, MN - The O’Shaughnessy at St Catherine University; www.oshaughnessy.stkate.edu - sponsored Polish Cultural Institute of America
December:
- 12/5: Youngstown,OH - Dance Class Workshops, lectures and performance; Wigilia Dinner – Polish Youngstown 330-744-1934; www.polishyoungstown.com
- 12/6: Cleveland,OH - Palace Theatre/Playhouse Square Center (216-771-8403, 866-546-1353); www.playhousesquare.org
- 12/8: Worcester, MA - The Hanover Theatre(508-831-0800 or 1-877-571-7469); www.boxoffice@thehanovertheatre.org
- 12/9: Baltimore, MD – France-Merrick Performing Arts Center (410-837-7400, 1-800-551-7328); www.france-merrickpac.com/home.html
Bus from Passaic, NJ
The Association of the Sons of Poland has tickets for the December 11, 7:00 pm performance at Lehman College in the Bronx, NY. The cost for the evening includes bus transportation from the Polish Home on Monroe Street in Passaic, a ticket to the show, and a box Polish gourmet dinner prepared by the chef of Royal Warsaw, plus a chocolate treat from Genevieve's of Garfield.
For more information, call 201-935-2807
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