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The Association of Young Artists of the Wejherowo Region and the Art'n'Voices Vocal Ensemble invite you to an event ‘Laboratory of Ballads and Romances. Art'n'Voices vs. Adam Mickiewicz ‘, which will take place on the 29th October, 2022 at 7.00 p.m. in the Savior Church in Sopot (Evangelical-Augsburg Parish). Admission to the event is free!
‘Laboratory of Ballads and Romances’ is an interdisciplinary word-music project with elements of stage movement. On the last Saturday of October, the space of the Savior Church in Sopot will become a kind of laboratory where artists of the younger generation will experiment with Mickiewicz's work, trying to transplant the idea of Polish Romanticism into 21st-century art.
This task will be undertaken by the Art'n'Voices Vocal Ensemble (winner of the ‘Fryderyk’ 2021) specializing in the performance of contemporary a cappella music. Poetry published 200 years ago, will be presented in a completely new version. The ensemble will perform live improvisations as well as works by young Polish composers, reflecting the atmosphere and character of Ballades and Romances.
Together with the musicians, actors - Piotr Jankowski and Marta Kalmus-Jankowska, dancer - Joanna Nadrowska and jazz violinist Tomasz Chyła will enter into a creative dialogue with the poet. Visualizations prepared by Gary Garnowski will complement the interdisciplinary event. The whole is directed by Piotr Jankowski.
The project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage as part of the ‘Ballads and Romances’ programme.
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