Abstract
The fi nal decade of the 20th century was the turning-point for the development of Polish contemporary dance. In 1991 Jacek Łumiński established the Silesian Dance Theatre in Bytom. The theatre is said to be in the avant-garde of all activities related to contemporary dance development in Poland. It was J. Łumiński and his theatre who pioneered new trends in contemporary dance at the beginning of the nineties of the 20th century, at the same time they have conducted educational activity over the intervening twenty years.The aim of this article is to present the artistic and educational activity of the Silesian Dance Theatre of the recent twenty years. In the beginning the author presents a choreographic por-trait of J. Łumiński, the founder and choreographer of the Silesian Dance Theatre, and creator of the Polish contemporary dance technique. Then an analysis of J. Łumiński’s dance style is car-ried out, and the review of the Silesian Dance Theatre’s choreographic attainments is presented.The fi nal part of the article discusses the wide spectrum of educational activities under-taken in the fi eld of contemporary professional dance by theSilesian Dance Theatre, and the phenomenon of the theatre on the Polish stage.
Highlights
The aim of this article is to present the artistic and educational activity of the Silesian Dance Theatre of the recent twenty years
The final part of the article discusses the wide spectrum of educational activities undertaken in the field of contemporary professional dance by the Silesian Dance Theatre, and the phenomenon of the theatre on the Polish stage
Łumiński manages to achieve incredible concentration of emotions, painful memories and reflection over the state of Poles of today. Both the critics and viewers announced WK-70 to be the greatest achievement of the Polish contemporary dance and the Silesian Dance Theatre’s final decade of the 20th century
Summary
October 9th, 1994, Finnish, Lapland and Polish folk music/ Johann Sebastian Bach, Bartłomiej Pękiel; Silesian Dance Theatre in Bytom. The setting of WK-70 is an empty stage with a lengthened glass construction shifted by the dancers at the time of performance. Łumiński manages to achieve incredible concentration of emotions, painful memories and reflection over the state of Poles of today Both the critics and viewers announced WK-70 to be the greatest achievement of the Polish contemporary dance and the Silesian Dance Theatre’s final decade of the 20th century. (...) the most important thing is that this performance is truly universal and it would fit in all time frames. All these elements decide that we deal with a real world – class masterpiece”
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