The gala’s artistic program will feature excerpts from award-winning and critically acclaimed dance performances, as well as carefully selected choreographic etudes.

Duet from the performance ‘Juvenalia’ | Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa w Warszawie

Creators:

Choreography – Gianni Melfi
Music – Max Richter
Costume – Gianni Melfi
Light design – Tomasz Fabiański
Performers – Weronika Gałązka, Maciej Duda

The performance was realized as part of the JUNIOR program of the Polish National Ballet, subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

„Out of nowhere” | Opera Śląska

Creators:

Choreography – Wiktor Perdek

Music – Alessandro Marcello ‘Concerto for oboe in D minor: II. Adagio’

Performers – Michalina Drozdowska, Thais Henrique Rocha, Clara Ushizaka, Francesco Pio Tosto, Alberto Pecetto, Maciej Pletnia

Ballet director – Grzegorz Pajdzik

„Tkliwie, ulotnie, samotnie” | Opera Śląska

Creators:

Choreography – Anna Kmiecik-Sokalla

Music – Karol Szymanowski ‘Roxana’s Song’ from the opera, “King Roger”

Performers – Michalina Drozdowska, Douglas De Oliveira Ferreira, Maciej Pletnia

Ballet director – Grzegorz Pajdzik

„Bolero” | Opera Wrocławska

Creators:

Choreography – Meryl Tankard

Music – Maurice Ravel

Multimedia projections – Régis Lansac

Costume – Sylvie Skinazi

Choreographer’s assistant – Anandi Vinken

Ballet director – Małgorzata Dzierżon

Music director, conductor – Adam Banaszak

Performance – Balet, Orkiestra Opery Wrocławskiej

Performers – Sava Cebanu, Miho Okamura, Paula Dzwonik, Shantana Hull-Jurkovic, Risa Sasaki, Zofia Korpacka, Paulina Grodzińska, Agata Załuska, Magdalena Kurilec-Malinowska, Armando Barros, Lucas Hessel Rafalovich, Davide Piccoli

„8m68” | Teatr Wielki im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Poznaniu

Creators:

Choreography, costume, light design – Robert Bondara

Music – Amon Tobin

Performers – Giorgio Tinari, Anita Crema, Silvia Simeone, Alexandre Sellani, Julia Korbańska

The performance uses music from a recording made on February 25 and 26, 2021 by the Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Poznan, conducted by Jerzy Wolosiuk. The tracks “Goto 10”, “Lost & Found” and “Journeyman” are taken from Amon Tobin’s album “ISAM” (Isound Labels, 2011).

„N.O.M. (Kościelec 1909)” | Teatr Wielki w Łodzi

Creators:

Choreography – Jacek Przybyłowicz

Music – Wojciech Kilar

Music director – Marta Kluczyńska

Set design concept – Jacek Przybyłowicz

Light design – Maciej Igielski

Choreographer’s assistants – Anna Krzyśków, Anna Nowak

Conductor’s assistant – Marcin Mirowski

Performers – Angela Albonetti, Kata Bán, Maria Góralczyk, Gabriela Ignaszak, Anna Major, Riho Okuno, Stanislava Pincekova, Isotta Sellari, Sonya Shteyn, Karolina Urbaniak, Nazar Botsiy, Brandon Demmers, Joshua Legge, Giuseppe Stancanelli, Emil Tambrowski, Chase Vining, Krzysztof Pabjańczyk