Polish Cultural Festival Programme, DOKUMENTY-APLIKACJE
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THANK YOU
Thank you to everybody who has made the i rst Polish Cultural Festival possible.
Sponsors
Main Funders of the Festival
Partners in Scotland
Partners in Poland
Scottish Polish
Cultural Association
Film Festival
Edinburgh
Supporters
Media Partners
And a special thank you to all anonymous supporters and little helpers. You know we are so grateful.
WELCOME
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Welcome to the fi rst Polish
Cultural Festival in Edinburgh
I am extremely proud to be able to
present to you a week-long celebration
of Polish culture. From traditional folk
music and dance, lectures by eminent
historians, to retrospectives by the
founding fathers of modern Polish cinema,
through to theatre and visual art that
speaks in the voice of young Poland – it's
our chance to show you around a culture
that's a vibrant part of Scotland today!
This festival has been programmed,
fund-raised, organised and staff ed entirely
by a voluntary network of Polish people
most of whom are under 30 and all of
whom work full-time alongside these
commitments. It's taken a year of hard
work and I praise them all for their
dedication in making it to the i nish line. It
is our collective wish that the festival will
allow our Scottish friends to gain a deeper
understanding of who we are and for all of
Edinburgh to unite in doing what it does
better than anywhere – in raising a glass!
In this, the Festival’s i rst year, we blast
off with a salute to some of the big-guns
of Polish culture: Krzysztof Zanussi, Jarek
Śmietana, Zygmunt Bauman and Piotr
Pustelnik: great people and great artists.
The programme is stuff ed full of
lively and inspiring events. From music,
be it ( jazz, folk, classical, electronic,
rock and beyond, to dance, theatre,
exhibitions, cinema, lectures, visual art,
shows for kids… and don't forget to bring
the whole family along to the Polish
Medieval Tournament and Market.
Check out the programme. Make
a date in your diary. Get it tattooed!
… And come along and enjoy.
Na Zdrowie! Cheers!
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Contents
4 Music & Dance
8 Visual Arts
11 Medieval
Tournament & Market
12 Film
15 Theatre
16 Lectures
Lidia Krzynówek
Festival Director
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17 Venues
21 Booking Information
22 Festival Diary
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MUSIC AND DANCE
St Nicholas Orkiestra
(Orkiestra Św. Mikołaja) /
Krakowiacy
archival records that would be the
envy of any music conservatory.
Their aim is to locate music and
styles that “can inspire and enrich
contemporary culture yet which were
condemned to be forgotten”. The
Orchestra not only bring this music to
today’s ears, but also seek to preserve the
vitality and energy associated with true
folk music. This is music for today, living
and breathing tradition.
Saint Nicholas employ a raft of
universal and regional instruments;
violins, dulcimers, mandolins, double bass,
dutar, fl utes, congas, bass drums, guitars,
uod, saz, koboz – so get ready for a real
adventure in folklore!
Krakowiacy is a Polish folk dancing
group. No tour of Poland’s folk roots
would be fully complete without
dancing! Saddle-up with Krakowiacy,
as the troupe spin and sway their way
through the folklore of Poland’s far
fl ung regions before returning to the
Kraków region for a proper knees-up. The
costumes, props and backdrops, along
with the atmosphere and pace of the
songs, change many times as the story of
Poland’s diverse folk history unfolds.
Folk style visuals by VJ Robert Motyka.
Traditional Polish folk
music & dancing.
The Saint Nicholas Orkiestra have
played over 1000 concerts and made
countless TV appearances worldwide.
The group describe themselves as a
“Musical Laboratory of Tradition”. “In
Poland our music is recognised by
audiences as folk music, powerfully
transformed, yet inspired by very
authentic sources”. These ‘authentic’
sources (a research project and labour
of love spanning 30 years) are a rich
collection of traditional lyrics and
melodies from aural, written and
Krakowiacy organised in co-operation with The City
of Edinburgh Council and The Municipality of Krakow.
Concert organised in co-operation
with Lion Stage Scotland.
Date: Thursday 23 April
Time: 8.00 pm – 10.00 pm
Venue: The Queens Hall
Tickets: £10 (£8 concession)
MUSIC AND DANCE
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Photo: Paweł Balcerzak
Photo: Paweł Balcerzak
Photo: Łukasz Widziszowski
Village Kollektiv /
Joint Venture Sound
System (support)
the people of the Polish Kurpie region.
Traditional vocal techniques such as
throat singing from Tuva and ‘yoik’ of
the Sami people are also thrown into the
mix, to unique eff ect. Traditional melodies
are often jump-off points for creative
musical journeys and instrumental
improvisation. Melodic, hypnotic
and timeless – ancient and modern
Poland, together on the dancefl oor.
Joint Venture are pioneers of the
Polish sound system scene with a mission
statement that reads like a treatise to
experimentalism. Their sound sits at the
crossroads between electro, old school
dub, world club beat, Asian beats, and
reggae yet always manages to make
you feel as though you’re on a trip
somewhere entirely new, with diverse
sampling and world music infl uences.
Producer and Lynchpin of the band
Activator has worked collaboratively
with a wide cast from the likes of Zion
Train and the Warsaw Village Band
to the UK’s Asian Dub Foundation.
He also reputedly performs dressed
as a Catholic priest. Come along,
and recieve a heavenly blessing!
At the concert VJ Robert Motyka
will i ll the venue with the amazing
colours and folk style audio visuals
specially prepared for the occasion.
Electric fusion of folk music
and electronica with traditional
singing techniques.
Village Kollektiv was formed in 2002
by members of acclaimed polish folk/
fusion groups the Warsaw Village Band,
Masala, Stara Lipa & Swoja Droga. Mixing
electronica, live instrumentation and
vocals, they are a landmark group in
Poland; in many ways similar to the
late Martyn Bennett and his fusion
of Scottish folk and dance music.
The Kollektiv fashion together electro,
dub, drum & bass rhythms, along with
traditional melodies collected from
Concert organised in co-operation
with Lion Stage Scotland.
Date: Saturday 25 April
Time: 7.00 pm – 10.00 pm
Venue: The Bongo Club
Tickets: £11
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