WARSZAWIANKA

Dance Theatre of University of Warsaw WARSZAWIANKA is a representative group of one of the biggest Polish universities - UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW.
There are nearly 100 students and graduates of all faculties dancing, singing and playing instruments in WARSZAWIANKA. Polish regional dances e. g. polkas, mazurkas and obereks are performed by future lawyers, economists, rusicists, mathematicians, IT specialists, historians, philologists, pedagogues, sociologists, etc.
Our group is a member of the Polish Section of the International Folk Festivals and Art Association of the International Folk Festivals and Art Associations (PS CIOFF). The group has been recommended several times to take part in prestigious local and international events. It also accompanied the ceremonies of signing the partnership between Warsaw and its twin cities: the Hague in Holland and Hammamatsu in Japan. Together with the National Philharmonic and Polish Dance Theatre from Poznań it took part in the Chopin Festival in Japan; it was also delegated to Tai-Pei (Taiwan) for the Polish Culture Days there. As the only representative of the country it performed during 98’ Kyongju World Culture Expo in Korea, EXPO2002 in Hannover and EXPO Aichi 2005 in Japan.
During various tournees the group participated in a variety of international folk festivals in Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, China, Cyprus, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, the USA and received warm welcome and organizers’ high notes everywhere.
WARSZAWIANKA has performed hundreds of concerts on great and small stages of all the world presenting its dance, vocal and instrumental repertoire, which comprised all Polish national dances and regional suites of Rzeszów, Podlasie, Kaszuby, Opoczno, PowiśleLubelskie, Silesian Beskid, a scenic picture of mid-war period Warsaw and theatrical shows thematically connected with Christmas and Easter. The group has also prepared many educational programs for students.
WARSZAWIANKA proves that folklore can be an uncommon history lesson as well as fun and entertainment.