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ALICJA BAJOREK

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Alicja Bajorek was born in Świdnica, Poland. She is a graduate of the Ludomir Różycki High School of Ballet in Bytom, the Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She completed her studies receiving a Master of Arts degree. She was a multiple winner of ballet competitions in Poland and abroad. Her achievements were rewarded with scholarships from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Director of the Centre for Artistic Education, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Science and Higher Education. In 2019, she received the Conrad Drzewiecki Award for the best dance debut in the "Pearls of Dance" competition. At The Grand Theatre in Lodz, she creates solo parts in ballets, operas and operettas. As a soloist, she collaborates with the Royal Classical Ballet and the Polish Royal Ballet.

Career:

from 2015 to 2017 – corps de ballet of The Grand Theatre in Lodz
from 2017 to 2019 – a coryphée of The Grand Theatre in Lodz
since 2019 – a soloist of The Grand Theatre in Lodz
since 2022 – an academic lecturer in dance studies and in pedagogy at Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz

The most significant parts:

Chosen One, The Rite of Spring (M. Graham/I. Strawiński)
Kitri and Amor, Don Quixote (A. Polubentsev after M. Petipy and A. Gorsky/L. Minkus)
Clara and Doll, The Nutcracker (G. Madia/P. Czajkowski)
Snow White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (W. Borkowski/B. Pawłowski)
Lamaila, Lamaila (A. Morawiec/M. Pawłowski)
C.C., Casanova (G. Veredon/A Vivaldi)
Mandragora (G. Brożek/K. Szymanowski)
Zosia, Promised Land (G. Veredon/F. Suppé and M. Nyman)
Princess Albine’s alter ego, The Golden Fleece (J. Staniek/A. Tansman)
Madame Hortense, Zorba the Greek (L. Massine/M. Theodorakis)

Awards:

2019: the Conrad Drzewiecki Award for the best dance debut in the "Pearls of Dance" competition
2017: Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements for the academic year 2017/2018
2016: Award of the Director of the Grand Theatre in Łódź for outstanding performance of the part of the Chosen One in the performance The Rite of Spring to the music of Igor Stravinsky, choreographed by Martha Graham.
2015: Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for artistic achievements in the school year 2014/2015
2015: 1st place in the senior female disivion in the Wojciech Wiesiolowski National Dance Competition, Gdansk
2014: Gold Medal in the category Classique pré professionnel 4 with the congratulations of the jury in the International Dance Competition "Odyssé de la Danse" in Lyon
2014: the Honourable Mention for stage personality at the VIII International Choreographic Competition of Ballet School Students in Bytom
2014: Scholarship of the President of the Council of Ministers for the school year 2014/2015
2014: Scholarship of the Director of the Center for Artistic Education for the school year 2013/2014
2013: Scholarship of the President of the Council of Ministers for the school year 2013/2014
2013: Award of the President of the City of Bytom in the field of culture "Wena 2013" in the category of Dance
2013: The Special Prize, Ballet Foundation in the VI International Ballet Competition "Golden Pointe Shoes" in Szczecin

Photo by Joanna Miklaszewska