CRACOVIA DANZA COURT DANCE FESTIVAL

Festival of Court Dance Cracovia Danza is the only event of that kind in Poland. Taking place during the summer, it is unique in the world, since it gather masters of court dances and various dancing groups from all over the world specializing in historical dances. During the week-long Festival, the renaissance Decjusz’s Villa is a center of historical dances, providing workshops with exceptional specialists. Since few years participants can attend acting and music classes. Dancing groups taking part in the Festival have an outstanding opportunity to present themselves to Cracow’s auditory during outdoor shows in historical places of the city. The Festival is to begin and end with amusing outdoor performances presented by Court Ballet Cracovia Danza in collaboration with invited guests. Since 2000 those events attract hundreds of court dance and culture lovers to the Royal Castle’s courtyard, as well as to the Main Square. One can experience other accompanying events, such as exhibitions, lectures, concerts, which are connected to the main theme of each edition.The author and Artistic Director of the Court Dance Festival is Romana Agnel.

THERE WERE 20 EDITIONS OF THE FESTIVAL TO THIS DAY.
EACH OF THEM HAD S DIFFERENT THEME:

2000 – 1TH FESTIVAL
2001 – THE CARNIVAL AND THE MASQUERADE BAL
2002 – COURT DANE AND COURT POETRY
2003 – COURT DANCE AND COURT THEATRE
2004 – OLD POLISH COURT AND DANCE
2005 – COURT DANCE IN CENTRAL EUROPE
2006 – ITALIAN STYLE COURT DANCE
2007 – COURT DANCE IN KRAKOW
2008 – COURT DANCE IN COUNTRIES OF ORIENT
2009 – ANNIVERSARY EDITION
2010 – DANCE MASTERS
2011 – FOLK DANCE IN COURT DANCE AND BALLET
2012 – COURT DANCE IN THE 18TH CENTURY
2013 – SPANISH COURT
2014 – THE MARRIAGE OF MUSIC AND DANCE
2015 – GROTESQUE AND COMEDY IN COURT DANCE
2016 – COURT DANCE IN SOUTH AMERICA
2017 – IN THE FAR EAST
2018 – WAR AND PEACE
2019 – FABLES, FAIRYTALES AND LEGENDS