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Portugese photographer wows internet with beautiful photos of Polish ballerinas

Using the cityscape as a canvas, since 2019 Carlos Alves has been travelling around the country blending street photography with dance. Carlos Alves

Using the cityscape as a canvas, since 2019 Carlos Alves has been travelling around the country blending street photography with dance.

New Centre of Polish Folklore showcases country’s rich and wonderful dance traditions

Based in the headquarters of the internationally acclaimed folk song and dance ensemble ‘Mazowsze’, the centre’s permanent exhibition will show the entirety of Polish folklore in all its regional variants and how each region differs in its folkloric traditions.

Kraków ballet company reconstructs ‘extremely difficult’ 17th century dance to commemorate composer’s death

The Cracovia Danza Court Ballet, a professional dance ensemble that revives old court dances, spent two months reconstructing the dances to German composer Michael Praetorius’ “Terpsichore”.

Song and dance group revive traditions of Lemko ethnic minority in Poland

Historically from the Beskid and Pieniny highlands around Beskid Sądecki, Beskid Niski and parts of the Pienin mountains, the Lemkos were displaced from their native lands in 1947 and resettled in Western Poland as part of ‘Operation Vistula’, the Communist authority’s forced resettlement of several ethnic minorities from the south-east of post-war Poland to the reclaimed territories in the west of the country.

Will the polonaise dance its way onto UNESCO heritage list?

In this episode of the Debrief, we speak to Romana Agnel from Cracovia Danza and Alek Laskowski from the Chopin Institute about one of Poland’s most famous dances and moves to put it on the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage.

Campaign launched to add Polonaise dance to UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

The campaign was initiated by Polish dancer and choreographer Romana Agnel, founder of the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet in Kraków, the only professional court and historical dance ensemble in Poland.

Let’s Dance! From stage to football terraces, one of Poland’s best kept secrets is how well it can strut its stuff

Today is International Dance Day and to get into the swing of things, TFN’s Nick Westerby takes a look at the history and style of some of Poland’s most popular dances.

Foot lose: thousands across Asia get down and dance to ‘I Love Poland’

The #IlovePolandchallenge has become a hit across the continent with people showing off their moves to the DJ Hazel song.

Eco-snapper highlights scourge of plastic waste with series of stunning photographs

The #NoBeautyInPlastic exhibition, which opens in Warsaw’s Hala Koszyki on November 8, shows off spectacular images from Warsaw-based photographer and blogger Daniel Petryczkiewicz.

Kraków Welcomes the World for 21st EtnoKraków/Rozstaje 2019 Festival

More than 100 artists from over a dozen countries will meet in Kraków on July 2-7 for the 21st EtnoKraków/Rozstaje 2019 festival, billed as one of the most important festivals in Europe presenting traditional, folk, ethno and world music as well as dance and theatre.

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16th century Wrocław coat of arms uncovered in school assembly hall after found hidden behind plaster

Dating from the turn of the 20th century when the school was founded, the city’s coat of arms was in use from 1530 to 1938 when the Nazis ordered that all the old coats of arms be replaced with a new two-field one.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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