Edukacja tancerzy klasycznych w polskich szkołach baletowych
Classical dancers' education in Polish ballet schools

Author(s): Katarzyna Sadowska, Dominika Babiarz
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Pedagogy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: education of classical dancers in Poland; classical dancers; ballet school students; dilemmas in educating professional classical dancers; innovations in educating professional dancers
Summary/Abstract: Although ballet has been present in Polish culture since the 16th century, the Polish publishing market still offers few studies on artistic education in the field of dance. Moreover, dance itself, especially classical dance, is not given its rightful place in the pedagogical theory of aesthetic education. Despite many years of calls for reforms in the area of artistic education in Poland, including ballet, these demands from groups requesting reforms remain unaddressed. It is also worth mentioning the dilemmas related to the profession of a dancer in contemporary Poland, such as the low social status of the profession itself, short stage careers, the high level of injury, the mismatch between dance education and the requirements of the labor market, competition from foreign dancers, and the eradication of early retirement. In Poland, an important problem linked to the issues discussed is the long-term marginalization of art in public education, which results in an unsatisfactory social level of participation in high culture. The pedagogical monograph method has been adopted to describe the education of classical dancers in Poland in terms of its current state, challenges, dilemmas and innovations. The subject of the research was ballet education in Poland. This study is a proposal to draw attention to selected aspects of ballet education that the author deems particularly important.

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