Cultural events
World Basketry Festival in Nowy Tomysl
The World Basketry Festival took place in Nowy Tomysl from the 29.-31st. August. Representa- tives from all continents participated incl. Den- mark represented by Jette Mellegren and Jan Johansen. The festival was organised by Nowy Tomysl City Council, Nowy Tomysl Cultural Center, Polish Basket Makers' Association. The Danish Cultural Institute wasone of the honorary patrons.
Henrik Kaalund's On the Verge - A Trilogy in Silesian Dance Theatre
The performance On the Verge - A Trilogy by the Danish choreographer Henrik Kaalund was presented on the 30th. June within the framework of The International Conference of Modern Dance and Dance Festival organized by Silesian Dance Theatre in Bytom. From the 30th. June umtil the 4th. July the artist led dance workshops. More on www.konferencja.stt.art.pl
Premiere of The Nightingale based on H.C. Andersen's fairy tale in Teatr Guliwer in Warsaw
On the 7th. June in Teatr Guliwer in Warsaw there was the first-night performance of H.C.Andersen's The Nightingale directed by Ewelina Pietrowiak. Danish Cultural Institute was the Honorary Patron of the premiere.
Concert of Danish Classical Songs
On 7. June 2008 in Oranzeria of the Wilanow Palaceb Susanne Bungaard - soprano - and Mette Christensen - piano gave a concert of Danish songs. The concert was a part of the 4th. European Songs' Festival organised by Romuald Traugutt Philharmonic in Warsaw.
Nature in Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales
The Bialystok division of The Polish Forest Society invited the director of the Institute and translator of the writer's fairytales, Boguslawa Sochanska, to give a lecture on The nature in Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales. The lecture took place on the 2nd. June in the Regional State Forest Authority in Bialystok.
Children's film festival in Warsaw 31.May- 8.June
The thirteen best Danish films for children and teenagers were shown in Muranow Cinema in Warsaw from the 31st. May to the 8th. June LEGO prepared surprises for all the taking part in the morning film-shows on 1. June. A Polish-Danish seminar on films for children and teenagers was organised on the 3rd June. Among the speakers were : Ulrich Breuning from The Danish Film School, Flemming Kaspersen from The Danish Film Institute and Polish filminstructor Andrzej Maleszka. Organisers: Danish Embassy in Warsaw, Danish Cultural Institute, Danish Film Institute and Muranow Cinema in Warsaw.
DANISH DAY IN KOSCIAN SPECIAL SCHOOL
29. May in Koscian Special School a Danish Day was arranged. Following the project All of Poland Reads to Kids the teachers and pupils approached H.C. Andersen: the fairy-tales were read and the pupils made some of Danish food. The director of the Institute, Boguslawa Sochanska, gave a lecture on the humour in H.C. Andersen's Fairytales and Stories adressed to the teachers from Koscian schools.
VERBA SACRA - H.C. ANDERSEN IN POZNAN PHILHARMONIC
26. May in Poznan Philharmonic Marian Opania, an outstanding Polish actor, was reading H. C. Andresen's fairytales and young musicians from Poznan School of Talents were giving a concert of classical music. Boguslawa Sochanska introduced the audience to the religious aspect of H.C. Andersen's work. The concert was a part of Verba Sacra Festival.
RETROSPECTIVE OF JØRGEN LETH'S FILMS ON 5. PLANETE DOC REVIEW
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edition of Documentary Films' Festival Planete Doc Review was set off on 9. May 2008. During the festival not only could we see over 100 films from all over the world but also a retrospective of 8 films of Danish filmdirector Jørgen Leth: A perfect human, Sunday in Hell, 66 scenes from America, Notes on love, Pelota, Haiti.Untitled, New scenes from America, The 5 obstructions. Professional filmmakers had a chance to take part in master classes run by the filmdirector. The festival ended 18. May.
MEETINGS WITH JANINA KATZ
On the occassion of launch of Janina Katz's novel Pucka, meetings with the author were held from 9.-16.April in Warsaw, Cracow and Bielsko-Biala. Janina Katz emigrated from Poland after the March '68 events and lives in Copenhagen. She is well-known and multi-awarded Danish writer. Her 11 poetry and 2 short story collections as well as a children's book have been published in Denmark. The author's first book My life as a barbarian was published in Poland in 2006. Janina Katz is also a translator of Polish literature into Danish. Organizers: Danish Cultural Institute, Jacek Santorski & Co., Warsaw Public Library, Center of Jewish Culture, Beskidzka Library.
JENS DAMKJÆR NIELSEN - GRAPHICS
From 3. - 15. April 2008 a graphics exhibition consisting of works by Jens Damkjær Nielsen was presented in the Cultural Center ZAMEK in Poznan. The artist cultivates mostly black and white linocut. The heritage of nordic tradition as well as the spirit of Edward Munch's graphics can be traced in his works. Jens Nielsen takes inspiration from the local landscape and tradition. Organisers: Cultural Center ZAMEK and The Danish Cultural Institute.
NEW DANISH MUSIC DAYS IN CRACOW ON FESTIVAL 'BRIDGES'
5. edition of the festival Bridges in Cracow (8-11. December 2007) presenting the world scene of new music was dedicated Danish music and especially works by two best known living Danish composers: Per Nørgård and Bent Sørensen. Both were guests of the festival. The works by Nørgård and Sørensen as well as other composers were performed by the leading Danish artists: violinist Christine Pryn, cellist Jakob Kullberg and organist Jens Christensen. The Symphonic Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Cracow, the Danish ensemble Contemporanea and the duo Martin Klapper and Olga Magieres also performed. Organizers: Association Muzyka Centrum and The Academy of Music in Cracow, Kunststyrelsen, Kunstrådet, Solistforeningen af 1921, Danish Cultural Institute, Danish Embassy, Dansk Komponist Forening www.bridges.art.pl
MEETING WITH GRZEGORZ WRÓBLEWSKI
On the 6th of October a meeting with Grzegorz Wróblewski, the author of the drama Den ny koloni (Nowa kolonia) took place at the Institutes new premisses at Piekna Street in Warsaw. The drama was edited in Szczecin at the Forma publishing house under the Institute's patronage.
DANISH THEATRE CARTE BLANCHE PERFORMED DURING 16. CHILDREN'S ART BIENNALE IN POZNAN
With its play The Attic Under the Sky Carte Blanche theatre from Aalborg performed during this year's Children's Art Biennale. The performances took place in Teatr Animacji on 4. and 5. June, when the Danish artists through music, pantomime and puppets created special atmosphere and let the audience discover mysteries of the attic. The 16. Children's Art Biennale was held from 3. to 6. June, and this year was mostly concentrated on theatre.
Organizer: Children's Art Center in Poznan.
FESTIVAL OF DANISH CULTURE JUBII DK!
On 10-12. May a Danish culture festival JUBII DK! was held at Klub Reduta in Warsaw. The audience had the opportunity to listen about Hans Christian Andersen's life and work, watch films based on the writer's fairy tales and see the exhibition of posters by Finn Nygaard. The main attraction of the project were concerts by the Danish group Tesco Value with its leader Czeslaw Mozil. The main organizer of the festival was Fundacja Fermata. [more]
GRAPHICS EXHIBITION BIN COPENHAGEN
From 27. April to 3. June 2007 in the gallery of Danish Graphics Association, Danske Grafikeres Hus in Copenhagen, an international graphics exhibition will take place. Polish artist Dariusz Chojnacki will participate in the exhibition which makes the final part of an international cooperation project that began last year with the graphics exhibition by the Danish Jens Damkjaer Nielsen in the Center of Art and Culture in Kalisz, Poland.
FILM FESTIVAL 'EUROPE IS LAUGHING'
From 23. April to 13. May, on the occassion of German EU Council Presidency, film festival Europe is Laughing organized by Goethe Institut was held. The screenings took place in Warsaw (Cinema Silver Screen), Gdansk (Cinema Kameralne) and Lublin (Cinema Chatka Zaka). Danish Italian for Beginners by Lone Scherfig was on the programme.
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STIG DALAGER'S 'JOURNEY IN BLUE'
Stig Dalager's novel Journey in Blue (Podróz w blekicie) is available in Polish bookstores. The novel is a fictional biography of Hans Christian Andersen, where the author takes the reader on a journey through the mind, body and works of one of the greatest names in world literature. Stig Dalager (b. 1952) is one of Denmark’s most distinguished writers and author of novels, poetry, short stories, plays, tv and film scripts. Many of his books were translated into other languages, including Journey in Blue with its ten foreign translations.
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN PRIZE 2007 FOR BOGUSLAWA SOCHANSKA
The author of the latest Polish translation of H.C. Andersen's fairy tales, Boguslawa Sochanska, was awarded The Hans Christian Andersen Prize 2007 on 2. April in Odense. This year's prize went also to the Danish illustrator Ib Spang Olsen and Berliner Märchentag, the institution promoting H.C. Andersen's work in Germany.
'FAIRYTALES AND STORIES' BY H.C. ANDERSEN ANNOUNCED THE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2006
The title Book of the Year 2006 was granted by the literary perdiodical "Magazyn Literacki Ksiazki" to the three-volume edition of all 164 of Hans Christian Andersen's stories and fairy tales. The author of the translation made for the first time ever in Poland directly from Danish is Boguslawa Sochanska, the director of the Danish Cultural Institute. The edition, published by Media Rodzina, is illustrated with the writer's paper-cuts. It contains, too, essays and articles by Danish scholars Klaus P. Mortensen and Ejnar Stig Askgaard as well as notes concerning the fairy tales and the translator's essay on the history of the reception of H.C. Andersen's works in Poland. [more]
CONCERTS BY AUREHØJ CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA FROM DENMARK
From 25. to 29. March, Aurehøj orchestra and choir consisting of 90 young people, gave concerts in the region of Wielkopolska. The concerts were held in Kosciól Pallotynów church and secondary schools in Poznan as well as in the concert hall of Klub Odlewnika in Srem.
EXHIBITION '4DK. THE ARTIST AND THE INDIVIDUAL'
Danish Cultural Institute in cooperation with Galerie Bram and Danish Embassy organised in 2006 a painting exhibition of four leading contemporary Danish artists: Finn Mickelborg, Stig Broegger, Hans Christian Rylander and Ole Sporring. The exhibition 4DK was presented in Wroclaw City Museum (July), the National Museum in Szczecin (August) and from December 7th to January 15th, 2007 in the Aula gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. [more]
JANINA KATZ'S 'MY LIFE AS A BARBARIAN'
Janina Katz's debut book My Life as a Barbarian (published by Jacek Santorski & Co.) being the biography of the author's family, has finally appeared in Poland. In Denmark, the book received the title of the best prose book of the year 1993.
Janina Katz, writer, literary critic and translator into Danish of a.o. Polish poetry by Cz. Milosz, W. Szymborska, Z. Herbert, E. Lipska, T. Rózewicz, and prose by T. Konwicki i S. Mrozek, was born in Krakow and emigrated to Denmark in 1968. Is awarded many prestigeous Danish literary prizes.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN DANISH FILM?
Thanks to the cooperation with Danish Embassy and the film distribution company Gutek Film, presentations of latest Danish films were held in September 2006 in cinemas 'Muranow' in Warsaw and 'Pod Baranami' in Krakow. The programme included: Strings dir. Anders Roennow Klarlund, The Sun King dir. Tomas Villum Jensen and In Your Hands dir. Annette K. Olesen.
Children could watch animated films based on H.C. Andersen's fairy tales: The Tinderbox, Hans the Clopper, The Snow Queen and a Polish film The Flax.
AKTIVT DANSK. GRAMMAR AND WORDLIST FOR BEGINNERS.
Lately, the number of Poles learning Danish and living in Denmark has been increasing rapidly. There are now about 15 000 Polish citizens studying at the University of Copenhagen or working IN Denmark as doctors, nurses and craftsmen. The employees of the Danish Cultural Institute, in cooperation with Lise Bostrup from the University of Copenhagen, have prepared a grammar of Danish in Polish, which also includes a dictionary. The grammar book is part of a set alongside a student's book with texts and a CD with dialogues.
THE WORLD OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
From 19. June to 10. November 2006 the exhibition The World of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairytales was presented in The Ethnografic Museum in Warsaw. The exhibition included best scenographies to Polish puppet-theater performances based on H.C. Andersen's fairy tales. [more]
AN EXHIBITION OF ILLUSTRATIONS FOR POLISH EDITIONS OF H.C. ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
The exhibition, which the Danish Cultural Institute lends to schools, libraries and other institutions, consists of 23 copies (50x68cm) of illustrations for various Polish editions of The Fairy Tales by such artists as J.M. Szancer, J. Stanny, M. Murawski and many others. The exhibition was produced in cooperation with the Polish embassy in Copenhagen and the Association of Polish Artists, and was presented in Denmark in 2005 .
For more details and booking, please contact the Danish Cultural Institute via email.
LECTURES DELIVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE
In schools, libraries and culture centres, the head of the Danish Cultural Institute in Poland, who is also the author of the latest translation of Andersen's fairy tales into Polish, has been delivering lectures on Andersen's life and works. The latter, contrary to common beliefs, were not addressed to children only. The lectures' topics may vary and include Denmark's history, Danish literature and culture, the system of public libraries in Denmark and others.
THREE DANISH DOCUMENTARIES AT 3RD WORLD'S FESTIVAL OF FEATURE LONG DOCUMENTARY FILMS 'PLANETE DOC REVIEW'
The Danish Cultural Institute, in cooperation with the Royal Danish Embassy in Warsaw, has helped to fetch 3 Danish films to be screened during the 3rd World's Festival of Feature Long Documentary Films PLANETE DOC REVIEW.
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EXHIBITION OF JENS D. NIELSEN'S GRAPHIC ART
April 26th til May 16th an exhibition of works by Danish graphic artist Jens D. Nielsen at the Centre for Art and Culture in Kalisz. The exhibition shows black and white lino-prints. The artist's inspiration is urban living - human imprints and rhythms. The series has a coherent theme, but each print has it own existence - a parallel to city life: the unbroken stream of situations, which at first may seem as mirrors of a specific city or the "generic". [more]
EVENTS IN DENMARK CONNECTED WITH H.C. ANDERSEN'S YEAR
The grand celebration of the 200. anniversary of H.C. Andersen's birth took place in Copenhagen on 1. and 2. April 2005. The Embassy of Poland together with the Danish Cultural Institute prepared the exhibition H.C. Andersen seen with Polish eyes presenting illustrations to the fairy tales made by Polish artists as well as puppets from the best Polish theatre performances of the recent years. [more]
DOCUMENTARIES, FEATURE AND ANIMATED FILMS BASED ON THE LIFE AND WORKS OF H.C. ANDERSEN
The Danish Cultural Institute and the Royal Danish Embassy in Warsaw, in cooperation with the Danish Film Institute and Kunstyrelsen, have the pleasure to inform you about the possibility of renting documentaries, feature and animated films based on H.C. Andersen's life and works. The films can be rented for non-commercial purposes only! [more]
EXHIBITION ON THE RECEPTION OF H.C. ANDERSEN'S WORK IN POLAND
On 31st March 2006 the exhibition on the reception of Hans Christian Andersen's work in Poland was opened at the Henryk Sienkiewicz Literary Museum in Poznan. The exhibition, which consists of various Polish editions of the fairy tales (from the very first ones to the latest ones), copies of illustrations for various Polish editions as well as H.C. Andersen's papercuts and drawings, shows the perception of Andersen's works in Polish culture. The exhibition will be open all April. [more]
EXHIBITION 'HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN - MAN AND WRITER'
On the occasion of H.C. Andersen's 200th birthday anniversary, the Odense City Museums and the HCA2005 Foundation produced an exhibition, which
presents the story of the writer's life through pictures of documents, portraits, drawings, photographs, letters, etc. It is made in a light and nicely designed shape.
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H.C. ANDERSEN IN THE CASTLE
The project H.C. Andersen in the Castle arranged together with the Center of Culture Zamek in Poznan on 8-29. December 2005, offically closed the H.C. Andersen Year in Poland. The project contained exhibitions as Hans Christian Andersen 2005, exhibition of illustrations to Polish editions of the writer's fairy tales, H.C. Andersen's paper-cuts, scenographies to theatre spectacles besed on H.C. Andersen and children's art works. The project included also a presentation of the latest book edition of the fairy tales as well as animated films. [more]
COMPETITIONS DURING THE H.C. ANDERSEN YEAR
During the H.C. Andersen Year schools, libraries and cultural centres all over the country arranged plenty of art, musical and literary competitions related to the writer's work, of which many were patronized by the Danish Cultural Institute. In January 2005, the children's periodical 'Swierszczyk', together with our Institute, announced a nationwide children's literary competition for a new, original fairy tale. [more]
EXHIBITION 'H.C. ANDERSEN IN POLAND'
The exhibition was arranged in cooperation with the National Library and presented the reception of Hans Christian Andersen's work in the Polish culture. The exhibition consisted of - historically shown - various editions of the fairy tales in Poland, original book-illustrations, theatre posters, elements of theatre scenographies, recordings, etc.
The exhibition was open from 31. March till 14. May 2005 in the National Library. [more]
MEETING WITH GRZEGORZ WROBLEWSKI AND LAUNCHING OF HIS LATEST POETRY-BOOK
Meeting with Grzegorz Wróblewski and launching of his latest poetry-book "Rooms and Gar" with illustrations by Teodor Bok took place on the 24th February 2005 in the National Library. Both artists are of Polish origin have been living in Denmark for many years. The book has been edited by the National Library and the Danish Cultural Institute.
GNIEZNO ENCOUNTERS WITH THE POSTER. THE 6TH ENCOUNTER: DENMARK
In cooperation with the Danish Cultural Institute, the National Museum in Poznan arranged an exhibition of Danish posters that might be visited from
5th November 2004 to 27th February 2005 in the Museum of the Origins of Polish State in Gniezno. The exhibition was number six in the series of world poster presentations entitled Gniezno Encounters with the Poster. [more]
A RETROSPECTIVE OF FILMS BY SOEREN KRAGH-JACOBSEN
Soeren Kragh-Jacobsen (b. 1947) belongs to the group of best known contemporary film directors in Denmark. Polish spectators are familiar with such pictures as Mifune, based on DOGMA 95 principles, as well as The Island on Bird Street, a film shooted in Poland telling the story of a boy fighting for life in Warsaw ghetto during the War. [more]
FILMS OF DANISH FILMMAKERS, FORMER STUDENTS OF LODZ FILM SCHOOL
The cinema "Chalie" organized a showing of films made by Danish film-makers who studied their art in Lodz between 1970 and 1990 - along with films by the women-directors Katia Forbert-Petersen, Annette Mari Olsen, and Kathrine Windfeld. Katia Forbert-Petersen and Annette Mari Olsen met at the Film School with Lodz film-lovers, film-makers, and film students. [more]
MEETINGS WITH WRITER SUZANNE BROEGGER
The meetings with the well-known Danish writer, poet, and columnist that were held in Warsaw and Lodz were connected with the promotion of her novel The Jade Cat and the artistic book Hours, designed by Barbara Domagala-Wilson, a Polish painter living in Denmark. The latter work arose from the shared inspiration of the writer's texts and the visions of the painter. A series of paintings by Barbara Domagala-Wilson with the same title is now being presented as part of the program Poles among the Danes. Presence.
The novel The Jade Cat was first published in 1997 and is now being published on the Polish market by the Jacek Santorski & Co. Publishing House. The novel poses a literary description of the history of the author's family. The Polish reader may find interesting the fact that the author's great-grandparents - the Jewish Loevin family - came from Torun. [more]
PIOTR TOPPERZER - PHOTOGRAPHY
The exhibition of Piotr Topperzer's photography is connected with our broader program Poles among the Danes. This artist, who hails from Poland, belongs to the elite of Danish advertising photographers. His photos, ones which are associated with the famous Danish design, have also in recent years won the attention of Poland's press. This exhibition also puts on display his second realm of activity, that of artistic portrait photography. His work can be viewed from April 23 to May 15 in the Palac Poznanski. [more]
CONCERT OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IN LODZ PHILHARMONIC
The concert performed by the Symphonic Orchestra of the Lodz Philharmonic, with the participation of Gints Glinka (conductor) and Christine Michaela Pryn (violin), was one of the events that inaugurated our program Rendez-vous with Denmark in Lodz. [more]
CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMED BY WLADYSLAW MARCHWINSKI (VIOLIN) AND YUKA ICHIKAWA (PIANO)
On April 23, on exactly the 35th anniversary of his departure to Denmark, Wladyslaw Marchwinski (violinist) performed a duet with Yuka Ichikawa (pianist) in the Palac Poznanski, as part of the Rendez-vous with Denmark program in Lodz. [more]
POLES AMONG THE DANES - GRAPHIC DESIGN
The exhibition is another presentation of Polish artists living in Denmark. Posters and other graphic design is represented by the artists, who have gained high professional position in Denmark - Lea Boruszek, Peter Gyllan, Remi Mosko, Grazyna Schindler. The exhibition is open from April 23 to May 16 in the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. [more]
POLES AMONG THE DANES - PAINTING AND INSTALLATIONS
e exhibition being held this year from April 23 to May 15 in the Palac Poznanskich in Lodz showcases the artistic oeuvre of both Danish artists and a range of Poles who, for a wide variety of promptings, chose to pursue their lives in Denmark. Presenting their paintings are: Barbara Domagala-Wilson, Grazyna Gotz, Beata Teresa Wroblewska, Janusz Tyrpak, and Anna Izabela Zadros Hansen, who in the past was associated with Lodz's Academy of Fine Arts. Also included are their Danish colleagues Anita Viola Nielsen and Jan Wessel. This exhibition also highlights the drawings of Malgorzata Maria Buras and the installations of Marianne Soegaard Soerensen. This exhibition was earlier held at the Culture Center ZAMEK located in Poznan's Castle. [more]
TEODOR BOK - SCULPTURE
Born in 1947 in Szczecin, the artist has lived in Denmark since 1973. From 1969 to 1972 he studied in Warsaw under the sculptor Bronislaw Koniuszy. Later he studied at the Danish Design School in Copenhagen. The exhibition of Teodor Bok's works was presented from April 23 to May 15, 2004 at the Central Museum of the Textile Industry in Lodz and was a part of our project Rendez-vous with Denmark. [more]
FINN NYGAARD - POSTER
Finn Nygaard is one of Denmark's most highly renowned graphic artists. His early contact with the creative work of Poland's Waldemar Swierzy and the Polish poster school spawned the main thrust of his interests - i.e., that of poster art. The posters in Nygaard's oeuvre now number more than 200. The exhibition of his work that recently opened in cooperation with the Polish National Museum in Poznan was earlier presented as part of our Denmark in the Castle 2003 project. It may now be seen from April 23 to May 15 at the City of Lodz Historical Museum (Palac Poznanskich) on 15 Ogrodowa Street. [more]
RENDEZ-VOUS WITH DENMARK - Danish Days in Lodz (April 22 - May 16, 2004)
The Danish Cultural Institute in cooperation with The Royal Danish Consulate in Lodz and a number of local partners has arranged a wide presentation of Danish culture entitled Rendez-vous With Denmark. The arrangements will take place in splendid cultural institutions of the city of Lodz through April and May. [more]
EXHIBITION OF YOUNG POLISH DESIGN IN COPENHAGEN
From 29th Dec. 2003 to 25th January 2004 a big and well arranged exhibition Polen viser frem (Poland presents) was presented in Copenhagen. The exhibition consisted of works by 120 young designers and graphic artists - mainly students and recent graduates from the Academies of Fine Arts in Poznan, Krakow, Lodz and Wroclaw as well as persons connected to the academies in Warsaw and Gdansk. [more]
DANMARK IN THE CASTLE 2003: POLES AMONG DANES
With this year's Denmark In The Castle we wanted to ask the Polish artists living in Denmark the question on what kind of challenge it is for an artist to live on emigration, that is for one who has not only grown up with the experience of generations sharing the same fate, mode of thinking and feeling, but who - whether one wants it or not - is determined by this experience in one's artistic work.
The inauguration of Denmark In The Castle 2003 together with openings of the exhibitions took place on 20th November 2003 in the Cultural Center ZAMEK in Poznan. [more]
CONCERTS BY LYNGBY-TAARBAEK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Lyngby-Taarbaek Symphony Orchestra consisting of talented amateur musicians as well as students of music from the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Academy of Music gave 3 concerts during its turnee in Poland in the autumn 2003. [more]
'WORKS DEPRIVED OF TITLE' - EXHIBITION OF INSTALLATIONS BY MARIUSZ GILL
From 21st June to 28th August an exhibition of works by Mariusz Gill was presented in the Center of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko. The artist, who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan and in the years 1985-89 was assistant at the academy's Faculty of Sculpture, lives and works in Odense, Denmark. From 5th to 30th Dec. the exhibition will be shown at the BWA Gallery in Bydgoszcz. [more]
CONCERTS BY THE QUARTET 'NORDLYS'
The quartet visited Poland already for a second time and on 10th September represented Denmark during the European Union's Music Festival in The National Philharmony in Warsaw. The day after the quartet perfomed in Skierniewice. [more]
EXHIBITION 'THE MAGIC WORLD OF BOOKS'
The Magic World of Books - Danish children's litarature is another exhibition prepared by The Danish Literature Center that is travelling across the country and being presented in many libraries and cultural centres in Poland. [more]
EXHIBITION 'A WORLD OF WONDERS - DANISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS'
Many Polish libraries presented the exhibition on the Danish children's literature A World of Wonders. The exhibition was produced by The Danish Literature Center, the institution of which main aims are to promote the Danish literature abroad and support translations, litarary conferences and meetings. [more]
CONCERTS BY THE COPENHAGEN YOUTH ORCHESTRA
A brass orchestra consisting of 48 young people at the age of 12-25 gave concerts in Cracow, Wieliczka, Szczawnica, Kroscienko and Drezdenko. [more]
PETER GYLLAN - POSTERS AND GRAPHICS
In the Gallery BWA Design in Wroclaw, the exhibition of posters and graphics by Peter Gyllan was presented from 7th February to 2nd March 2003. [more]
JAZZ CONCERTS
Composer and drummer, Jacek Kochan, invited 3 musicians: Jacob Dinesen (Denmark), Slawomir Jaskulke and Krzysztof Pacan for a series of concerts in Poland. [more]
DENMARK IN THE CASTLE 2002
The Danish Cultural Institute in cooperation with the Cultural Center ZAMEK invited for the third edition of the series of presentations of the Danish culture Denmark in the Castle. This year's presentation comprised 3 exhibitions, a retrospective of films by the well-known Danish instructor Bille August and a literary salon with the poet Morten Söndergaard. [more]
UNIKA - exhibition of Danish handicraft
Due to great interest in the Danish design exhibitions presented in recent years in Warsaw and Poznan, the Danish Cultural Institute decided to present the exhibition UNIKA which illustrated the latest tendencies in the Danish handicraft. [more]
MUSIC IS LIFE - EXHIBITION ON THE DANISH COMPOSER CARL NIELSEN.
The exhibition presented life and work of Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), the most famous Danish composer, from his early childhood spent on the Danish isle of Fynen, till the time when he became the central figure of the Danish and Nordic musical life. [more]
Exhibition ARNE JACOBSEN - MASTER OF DANISH DESIGN
In 2002, with a series of exhibitions both locally and abroad, Denmark was celebrating 100-anniversary of the architect's birth. This exhibition, arranged in co-operation with the companies Fritz Hansen, Louis Poulsen and Stelton, will be presented in Krakow (the project Meet the Danes), Warszawa, Wroclaw and Gdansk. [more]
'MEET THE DANES', KRAKOW, Autumn 2002
MEET THE DANES was the first so comprehensive presentation of Danish culture in the Malopolska-region, initiated and organized by the Danish Cultural Institute in Poland in cooperation with the County of Malopolska and its partner regions from Denmark: The County of Copenhagen and The County of Fynen, thus celebrating the 10th anniversary of cooperation in such fields as nature protection, health service, care of the disabled people etc. The purpose of the project was to present various aspects of Danish cultural life, especially that of the regions Copenhagen and Fynen, in Malopolska. Special attention is paid to the topics Denmark is highly respected for, such as design, film, children's literature etc. [more]
NEIGHBOURS OVER THE BALTIC SEA
Neighbours over the Baltic Sea is a cultural cooperation programme initiated by the Danish Cultural Institute, based on the exchange of experiences, contacts and ideas as well as common realisation of bilateral cultural activities. The cooperating parts are: The Danish Cultural Institute, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Copenhagen and Royal Danish Embassy in Warsaw, that coorganise various bilateral or international cultural projects, a.o. presentations of Polish culture in Denmark
ne of the most significant events of the year 2002 was the photo exhibition arranged by Galleri Image from Århus and Frederiksberg Slot Museum, which presented 60 photographs by six contemporary Danish artists. [more]
DAYS OF DANISH CULTURE IN GORZOW WLKP.
In the period 25th Feb - 15th March 2002 a series of events arranged in cooperation with the City Council of Gorzow Wielkopolski took place, presenting various aspects of the Danish cultural life as well as ways of its management and financing. [more]
DENMARK IN THE CASTLE 2001
18.11-15.12.2001 Poznan, The Cultural Centre ZAMEK. A second edition of the festival of Danish culture Denmark in the Castle, organised by the Institute in cooperation with The Cultural Centre ZAMEK in Poznan, took place from November 18 to December 15. The project was inaugurated by the President of Poznan, Ryszard Grobelny, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark, Laurids Mikaelsen. Traditionally, there were exhibitions, concerts, theatre performances and films, as well as literary meetings, a conference and a week of Danish cuisine. [more]
PHOTO EXHIBITION 'EXISTENCE'
One of the most significant events of the year 2002 was the photo exhibition arranged by Galleri Image from Århus and Frederiksberg Slot Museum, which presented 60 photographs by six contemporary Danish artists. [more]
EXHIBITION 'DANISH EX LIBRIS'
Exlibris is a kind of art that over decades has connected people sharing the passion. The exhibition Danish Exlibris, composed mainly from the collections of The Raczynski Library in Poznan, but enrichened by loans from Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum og Exlibrissamling, is in a way a documentation of Danish-Polish relations in this field.
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CONCERTS BY CHRISTINE MICHAELA PRYN
Christine Michaela Pryn (b.1976) had her official debut in March 2001 together with Odense Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the great Polish conductor Jan Krenz, and got remarkable reviews.
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PHOTO EXHIBITION 'OTHELLO' BY NICOLAS GROSPIERRE
A photo exhibition prepared by the Mazovian Centre of Culture and Art in cooperation with The Danish Cultural Institute, being the artistic documentation of the performance Othello made by a young Polish-French artist Nicolas Grospierre. [more]
PROMOTION OF 'POWTORZENIE. PRZEDMOWY' ('REPETITION. INTRODUCTION') BY SØREN KIERKEGAARD
Promotion of "Powtorzenie. Przedmowy" ("Repetition. Introduction") by Søren Kierkegaard, translated and analyzed by Bronislaw Swiderski (Published by WAB). "How to deal with unrequited love and unfulfilled ambitions, not succumbing to bitterness, cynicism or recklessness? How to retain human dignity during severe circumstances? Isn't this a pressing issue worth the translator's hard work?" - that is how the translator starts his introduction. [more]
DANISH DAYS IN PINCZOW
The city library in Pinczow invited The Danish Institute of Culture to organize Danish Days in Pinczow in the autumn of 2000. [more]
EXHIBITION 'OUR BALTIC NEIGHBOURHOOD'
From May 15th to June 30th, the forth exhibition in the series Our Neighbours - A New Perspective, organized in cooperation with The Danish Institute of Cultural, was presented in the National Library in Warsaw. The exhibition presented reception of 5 Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden in the Polish culture. The director of the Institute was the curator of the exhibition.
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EXHIBITION DANISH DESIGN
The most spectacular event of the project Z Dania na Ty was the exhibition Danish Design presented in the Institute of Industrial Design, September 4 -20.
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LITERARY MEETINGS WITH WRITER JANINA KATZ
Janina Katz is well known to the readers of the Polish emigrant magazine Kultura, issued in Paris, where she was publishing after she emigrated from Poland in 1969 after having been expelled from Polish literature by censorship. [more]
POSTER AND PORCELAIN - EXHIBITION BY BJÖRN WIINBLAD
Björn Wiinblad is a versatile artist, very popular in Denmark and abroad, who has been active for 60 years. His wide output ranges from postesr, book-illustrations and scenography to textile, glass, porcelain, ceramics and interior design.
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PHOTO EXHIBITION BY TOVE KURTZWEIL
Tove Kurtzweil is an outstanding artist, well known in Denmark, and regarded as the most interesting photographer in the country. Several albums depicting her work have been published and her photographs are presented e.g. in the collections of the Lenono Photo Archive in New York and Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.
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EXHIBITION KAREN BLIXEN - LIFE AND WORK
The legend of Karen Blixen (1885-1962), the world-famous Danish 20th century writer, is alive in Denmark not only in literary circles, for whom the writer has long been a point of reference and source of inspiration...
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PER ARNOLDI - 100 POSTERS
Per Arnoldi (b.1941) is a leading Danish artist. He is active with graphics, painting, scenography, ceramics, furniture and textile design. The exhibition of his posters was presented in Poznan, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Rzeszow.
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EXHIBITION 'GLANCE'
The exhibition consisted of works of eight well-known Danish contemporary artists. The curator, Emilia Wedrowska, is known for dissemination of Polish contemporary art in Denmark. She is the owner of Galerie Brantebjerg in the Northern Sealand, where she presents works of Danish and Polish artists. The artists taking part in the exhibition "Glance" had also exhibited in the gallery. Their works reflect various artistic visions; they constitute a picture of a slice of contemporary artistic life in Denmark.
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INAUGURATION OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE
At the end of 1999, the decision was taken to move the seat of the Danish Cultural Institute in Poland from Tri-Cities, where the Institute had been established in 1994. The new offices were inaugurated on December 9, 1999 in the National Library in Warsaw and on February 4, 2000 in the Cultural Centre ZAMEK in Poznan.
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