{"id":747,"date":"2020-10-31T16:10:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T16:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/?p=747"},"modified":"2020-11-03T20:44:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T20:44:29","slug":"a-ballet-of-colour-a-palette-of-movement-a-collaboration-with-the-art-color-ballet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/a-ballet-of-colour-a-palette-of-movement-a-collaboration-with-the-art-color-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"A Ballet of Colour, A Palette of Movement: A Collaboration with the Art Color Ballet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][nk_title like=&#8221;&#8221; style=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Colour &amp; Movement, Painting &amp; Dance, Body &amp; Music<\/strong>[\/nk_title][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;835&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][nk_text]<\/p>\n<h4>A fantastic synesthetic experience, the Art Color Ballet under the direction of Agnieszka Gli\u0144ska blurs the boundaries between dance, painting and music creating a sui generis spectacle that engages both the eye and the soul. Their shows are a choreography of dance and painting strokes that gradually dye the backdrop of their own performance and turn the body into both canvas and brush. The end result is a colour-saturated mise en sc\u00e8ne enveloped in\u00a0music and imbued with kinesthestic theatricals. Colour plops at every swing, drips at every curl and splashes at every jump: a contemporary palette of movements and contortions and a chromatic ballet of juxtaposed tints and shades, notes and nuances.<\/h4>\n<p>[\/nk_text][nk_text]<\/p>\n<h6><strong>\u00a9 All photos by Adelina Krupski Photography for Krak\u00f3w Music<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>[\/nk_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;10&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][nk_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>+<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/nk_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;749&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][nk_counter count=&#8221;1&#8243; title=&#8221;Live Stream&#8221;][\/nk_counter][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][nk_counter count=&#8221;3&#8243; title=&#8221;Promotional Clips&#8221;][\/nk_counter][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][nk_counter count=&#8221;2&#8243; title=&#8221;Photo Coverages&#8221;][\/nk_counter][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][nk_counter count=&#8221;1&#8243; title=&#8221;Concert&#8221;][\/nk_counter][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][nk_text]Online Transmission of Tabula Rasa @<a href=\"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/venues\/artsfera-mnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ArtSfera MNK<\/a>[\/nk_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][nk_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/music-makers-dreamers-of-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ethan Smith &amp; Grzegorz Kosowski @Body Art Gallery<\/a>[\/nk_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1604337131456{padding-top: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][nk_plain_video video=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AZLOpx22VTw&#8221;][nk_text]Backstage and Bodyart Installation[\/nk_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][nk_plain_video video=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a2GqO7INxgw&#8221;][nk_text]Tabula Rasa (without original music)[\/nk_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][nk_gallery_images columns=&#8221;2&#8243; images=&#8221;839,840&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;12px&#8221;][nk_text]We met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baletcolor.pl\/en\/about-us\/art-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Agnieszka Gli\u0144ska<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at their first appearance in ArtSfera MNK, which consisted of a bodyart installation inspired by Polish painter and sculptor Maria Jarema and the performance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baletcolor.pl\/en\/spektakle\/tabula-rasa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tabula Rasa<\/strong><\/a>. She was all over the place coordinating all the backstage &#8220;dance,&#8221; 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baletcolor.pl\/en\/kategoria_tancerzy\/dancers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>dancers<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baletcolor.pl\/en\/kategoria_tancerzy\/artists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>artists<\/strong><\/a> is equally talented and make up the ideal culture troop for all the artistic endeavours of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baletcolor.pl\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Art Color Ballet<\/strong><\/a>.[\/nk_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;846&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][nk_gallery_images columns=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;849,844,848,845,843,850&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;12px&#8221;][nk_text]As for the music, they gave their audience a taste of three of their last productions during\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u017bywe obrazy Art Color Ballet&#8221;<\/em> on September 20, 2020.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baletcolor.pl\/en\/spektakle\/amber-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Amber Tree<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baletcolor.pl\/en\/spektakle\/slavic-prelude-performance\/#description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Slavic Prelude<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baletcolor.pl\/en\/spektakle\/kryptonim27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kryptonim27<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;A musical performance inspired by the \u0153uvre of Zdzis\u0142aw Beksi\u0144ski.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/nk_text][nk_plain_video video=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U5A_wW56hX4&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;12px&#8221;][nk_text]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\u00a0at 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.[\/nk_text][nk_gallery_images columns=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;855,856,857&#8243;][nk_gallery_images columns=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;860,859,861,862,863,864,866,865,867&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;12px&#8221;][nk_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/music-makers-dreamers-of-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ethan Smith &amp; Grzegorz Kosowski&#8217;s concert<\/strong><\/a> at the Body Art Gallery was an impromptu initiative that sprouted from the collaboration between\u00a0Krak\u00f3w Music and the Art Color Ballet. The space at the Hotel Cracovia was the perfect continuation and brooch for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/out-of-the-comfort-zone-a-collaboration-with-the-national-museum-in-krakow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the events that had taken place at ArtSfera MNK<\/a><\/strong>. The final action painting from the Art Color Ballet&#8217;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/music-makers-dreamers-of-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.[\/nk_text][nk_gallery_images columns=&#8221;2&#8243; images=&#8221;875,876&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][nk_title like=&#8221;&#8221; style=&#8221;&#8221;]Colour &amp; Movement, Painting &amp; Dance, Body &amp; Music[\/nk_title][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;835&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][nk_text] A fantastic synesthetic experience, the Art Color Ballet under the direction of Agnieszka Gli\u0144ska blurs the boundaries between dance, painting and music creating a sui generis spectacle that engages both the eye and the soul. 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She was all over the place coordinating all the backstage &#8220;dance,&#8221; 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. 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