Time 19:00
The Royal Theatre in the Old Orangery in the Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
BUY TICKET
EVENT AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL IN TEMPORE REGUM – Music of the Time of Kings
Everything which is deprived of action is unworthy of the Theatre.
– claimed Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), great reformer of the dance, often called the “father of modern ballet”, author of the famous Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets (Letters on dancing and ballets). Having spent extraordinarily prolific years in Lyon, he then moved on to serving as ballet master in Stuttgart in 1760 at the court of Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. Having a 120-person ensemble at his disposal, including 20 soloists, and cooperating with Niccolò Jommelli – the outstanding composer, Seryandoni the stage designer and having Bouquet responsible for costumes, Noverre successfully put his inventive ideas into practice. Drawing from mythology and antiquity, he created expressive ballets in the whole new form of ballet d’action. A simplified costume, distinctive face (deprived of a mask), and a meaningful and fully dramatic gesture – these were the elements of a whole new meaning to the ballet art, in which dance not only delights, but also moves and speaks its own language.
What would the history of the ballet have looked like at the Polish court of king Stanislaus Augustus, had the king accepted Noverre’s services when he offered them? We will never know. It is delightful, however, to know that such grand master’s ideas will find their way to the stage at the Theatre of King Stanislaus Augustus at the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw during the IN TEMPORE REGUM Festival. This will be a historical moment, as the Polish Royal Opera will, for the first time, have the honour to invite the Spectators to a ballet premiere.
Marta Dziewanowska-Pachowska
SCREENPLAY, STAGE DIRECTOR, CHOREOGRAPHY ROMANA AGNEL
MUSIC DIRECTOR , HARPSICHORD LILIANNA STAWARZ
SCENOGRAPHY MARLENA SKONECZKO
LIGHT DIRECTING KAROLINA GĘBSKA
PROJECTIONS MAREK ZAMOJSKI
LIGHTING PIOTR RUDZKI
PERFORMERS
CRACOVIA DANZA BALLET DANCERS
under the supervision of Romana Agnel:
KING STANISLAW AUGUST PONIATOWSKI DARIUSZ BROJEK
JEAN-GEORGES NOVERRE ŁUKASZ SZKIŁĄDŹ
COURTIER, NOVERRE’S BALLET DANCER MARTA BARANOWSKA
COURTIER, NOVERRE’S BALLET DANCER NIKOLETA GIANKAKI
COURTIER, NOVERRE’S BALLET DANCER EWELINA KELLER
NOVERRE’S BALLET DANCER MAŁGORZATA NABRZESKA
NOVERRE’S BALLET DANCER MICHAŁ KĘPKA
COURTIER, NOVERRE’S BALLET DANCER SEBASTIAN KUBACKI
SECRETARY OF THE KING OF POLAND STANISŁAW AUGUST PONIATOWSKI SEBASTIAN SZUL
THE PERIOD INSTRUMENTS ENSEMBLE OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA CAPELLA REGIA POLONA
Seats are not numbered.
We kindly encourage you to read the rules of participation in cultural events organized by the Polish Royal Opera:
- If you are not feeling well, are ill, had contact with an infected person – stay home.
- Please, take a mask with you. After entering the Theatre building you are obliged to wear a mask covering mouth and nose.
- Disinfect your hands after entering the Theatre building.
- Please remember to sign the Participant Declaration. If possible, please bring the printed and signed declaration with you, if not – fill it in in the Theatre, in the place shown by the staff.
- The cloakroom will be closed on the day of the event. Please take your outerwear with you to the auditorium.
- Take the seat shown to you by the staff.
- Please come earlier – latecomers will not be allowed into the auditorium.
We care about the safety of our Guests!
- Disinfectants are available at the entrance to the building.
- The common space and sanitary rooms are disinfected.
- Only 50% maximum of the seats in the auditorium will be available.
- We keep safe distance.
Should you have questions, we are at your disposal on site or under the phone number +48 500 309 424.
