We met Agnieszka Glińska at their first appearance in ArtSfera MNK, which consisted of a bodyart installation inspired by Polish painter and sculptor Maria Jarema and the performance Tabula Rasa. She was all over the place coordinating all the backstage “dance,” taking photos, setting up the stage and talking to co-organisers and hosts. An indisputably creative and busy, she likes to be in control of every single detail before, during and after the performance, and rightfully so. A perfectionist of sorts and a pioneer of bodypainting art in Poland, she holds credentials as a dancer, choreographer, art director, photographer, scenographer and visual artist. Her team of dancers and artists is equally talented and make up the ideal culture troop for all the artistic endeavours of the Art Color Ballet.

As for the music, they gave their audience a taste of three of their last productions during “Żywe obrazy Art Color Ballet” on September 20, 2020.

• Amber Tree
  “A music and ballet spectacle inspired by the prehistory of peoples crossing Europe, being the ancestors of contemporary inhabitants of Polish lands, will address issues related to our origin, formation of the native community under the influence of other cultures, as well as the spiritual and material values that are shaped in this way.”
• Slavic Prelude
  “An inspiration for the script and music for the show were nature and Slavic culture, religion ad rituals. The story is recounted by the music, dance and the symbolism of nature accursed in four seasons.”
• Kryptonim27
  “A musical performance inspired by the œuvre of Zdzisław Beksiński.”

The show was a three-part performance which developed throughout almost four hours and in which dancers and artists engaged in action painting varying the palette of colours at each instance. The result was a powerful and colourful backdrop canvas, which was later used as a main feature in the ephemeral Body Art Gallery at the Hotel Cracovia.

Ethan Smith & Grzegorz Kosowski’s concert at the Body Art Gallery was an impromptu initiative that sprouted from the collaboration between Kraków Music and the Art Color Ballet. The space at the Hotel Cracovia was the perfect continuation and brooch for the events that had taken place at ArtSfera MNK. The final action painting from the Art Color Ballet’s performance featured as the backdrop for the duo and contributed to a unique atmosphere of the concert. Read about it and listen to some of the music here.