Performance

Tosca is considered a flagship example of verismo opera, a genre in which Puccini was one of the leading representatives. It is undeniably a story full of shocking realism, drawn from real life, but also – if not above all – a moving tale of tragic love. Tosca is one of Puccini’s most famous works and one of the most frequently performed operas on stages around the world. The popularity of this title is no coincidence. The opera stands out ...

Although the immediate inspiration for the libretto of Turandot was Carlo Gozzi’s play, one cannot overlook the influence of Friedrich Schiller’s romantic translation, which introduced the story of the Chinese princess to Western culture. Today, however, it is thanks to Giacomo Puccini’s opera that this tale has permanently entered the theatrical repertoire. Although the composer’s death prevented him from finishing the opera himself, ...

No one has collaborated with Gauthier Dance as many times as the great dance aesthete from Italy. Mauro Bigonzetti's pieces have been an integral part of the company's repertoire since the first season in 2007/08. Just recently, Eric Gauthier „incorporated“ the body-twisting choreography Pression from High Five in the anniversary programme 15 YEARS ALIVE. Those familiar with Bigonzetti's work will not be surprised by the element Eric Gauthier ...

English National Ballet is proud to return to Poland and Lodz Ballet Festival for the first time since 2017. Feel the power, beauty and raw emotion of dance with English National Ballet. Experience the bold, boundary-pushing work of Crystal Pite and William Forsythe.  Crystal Pite’s Body and Soul (Part 1) is a hypnotic work that explores our response to loss and the complex, conflicting emotions that follow. It opens with two dancers in ...

In the first choreographic adaptation of The Maias, a seminal work of Portuguese literature, Fernando Duarte presents a ballet that breathes new life into narrative through dance, a form of expression widely cherished by audiences. This original work combines the dramatic intensity of Eça de Queirós’s universe with the unique expressiveness of choreography. Offering a contemporary exercise in intermediality, the piece evokes and reinterprets ...

“Supernova” is a ballet diptych created by outstanding figures of contemporary choreography—Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, as well as Jacek Przybyłowicz—developed for the Łódź ballet company. When we ask AI what a supernova is, we receive a paradoxical answer: it is not the birth of a new star, but above all a process that begins with the death of a planetary structure, giving rise to a new form of existence. Is this really the case? It is ...

In summer 2025, Akram Khan will work with Gauthier Dance for the first time. His starting point will be excerpts from four productions that have become classics and were created on himself or Akram Khan Company. The title Turning of Bones not only alludes to a ritual of remembrance practised mainly in Madagascar – Famadihana, where people take the remains of their ancestors, wrapped in cloth, out of the graves to reconnect with their heritage. ...

This exceeded all expectations! Almost a half-hour standing ovation from the crowds in the audience and an endless series of sensational encores by the dancers - wrote 'the oracle' of Lodz critics, Anna Iżykowska-Mironowicz, in 1990 in the pages of Głos Poranny after the premiere of Zorba the Greek at the Grand Theatre in Lodz.   It was specifically for Lorca Massine - the famous dancer, choreographer, son of the great and ...