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Without question, this will be the most important and expecting ballet event of the Year of Chopin. At the initiative of Waldemar D膮browski, director of the Teatr Wielki and coordinator of the Chopin celebrations, a new ballet will be designed in Warsaw, invoking the great Polish Romantic’s life and history. The script is the work of writer Antoni Libera, while the music will include not only pieces by Fryderyk Chopin but also composers who were influenced by his work: Hector Berlioz, Sergei Lyapunov, Franz Liszt, and Robert Schumann. The production will be choreographed by Patrice Bart, the great French ballet master from the Paris Opera, one of few contemporary choreographers specializing in producing new full-length ballets, a form greatly appreciated by the audiences of great opera houses. This looks set to be a truly European choreographic world premiere. The inspiration comes from Warsaw, but the ballet will look at the legend of the great Polish composer from the point of view of Paris with which Chopin had such close ties.
Following a decision of the Polish minister of culture and national heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski, on 29 April 2009 the Ballet Company of the Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera was transformed into the Polish National Ballet. This means it is not a new company; it has been in existence for 225 years.
The Polish National Ballet is the greatest ballet company in Poland, with a host of excellent Polish and foreign dancers guaranteeing the highest standard of every performance. Its aim is to reflect the nature, energy, and aspirations of the Polish people. This is why, while caring for the tradition and cultivating classical ballet, it also intends to build an attractive and diverse repertoire which will include the leading achievements of Polish and international ballet art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
PATRICE BART
Famous French dancer, choreographer, and ballet master. He studied at the Paris Opera Ballet School and joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 1959, becoming a member of the corps de ballet before his fifteenth birthday. He was promoted to danseur étoile in 1972. He excelled in demicaractère roles, and was particularly noted for his Blue Bird. He became ballet master of the Paris Opera Ballet in 1986 (a position he still holds) and briefly acted as interim ballet director. He retired from the stage in 1989. His first choreography was for the Berlin Staatsoper Ballet, a new staging of Don Quixote, in 1993, which was later taken into the repertoire of the Finnish National Ballet (1995). In 1996 he staged Coppélia for the Paris Opera and in 1997 a new Swan Lake for the Berlin Staatsoper. In 1998 he staged a new version of La Bayadère for the Bavarian State Ballet. Gold medal, Moscow (1969).
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