Ballet

Anna Krzyśków is a dancer, educator, choreographer, and stage movement director. She is a graduate of the State Ballet School in Łódź and the Department of Ballet Pedagogy at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where she was twice awarded a scholarship by the Minister of Culture.

 

She began her professional career at the Grand Theatre in Łódź in 1991, where she was awarded the title of I Ballet Soloist. With the Łódź ensemble, she danced over 25 solo roles, including several leading ones, such as Titania in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the Mother in "Wolfgang Amadeus," Snow White in "Snow White," Scheherazade in "Scheherazade," She in "Moods," Widow Marina in "Zorba the Greek," and Anna in "Streets." She also worked as an assistant and guest dancer at the National Opera in Warsaw, the Grand Theatre in Poznań, and the Roman Opera.

 

As a pedagogue and lecturer, she collaborated with institutions such as the Feliks Parnell State Ballet School in Łódź (contemporary dance, choreography), the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź (classical dance, folk dances), and private dance schools in Łódź and Kraków. In 2008, she became the head of the ballet ensemble at the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk, and from 2008 to 2011, she led the ballet ensemble at the Grand Theatre in Łódź.

 

Since 1991, she has been collaborating with choreographer Lorka Massine, becoming his main assistant in choreographic work and a reconstructor and documentarian of the works of his father, Leonid Massine. She has created choreographies and stage movements not only for ballet performances but also for operas such as "Candide" (choreographic collaboration), "Lovers from the Valldemosa Monastery," and "Prince Igor."

 

She has participated in the preparation of 62 premieres for leading theaters and ensembles worldwide, collaborating with renowned directors, choreographers, and ballet directors such as Plamen Kartaloff, Micha Van Hoecke, Tomasz Konina, Patrick Dupond, Brigitte Lefevre, Alexei Ratmansky, and many others. She has also worked with prominent dancers such as Vladimir Vasiliev, Irek Mukhamedov, Agnes Letestu, Natalia Osipova, and Lucia Lacarra.