Motyw taca w literaturze i sztuce polskiej

Dance motivein Polish Literature and Art

Dance motive in LiteratureDance is often with us in everyday life. Polish writers and poets wrote about it as well.Song of Sobotka's Eve Jan Kochanowski - 1586In the play was described spontaneous Slavic dance with pagan traditions, derived from the rite celebrated on the night of the summer solstice. Girls can be carried away to the rhythm of dance, for each of them it is something else.

Pan Tadeusz Adam Mickiewicz - 1834Polish eposIn the most important Polish literary work Polish national dance polonaise is described. This native Polish dance has many meanings here. It is associated with celebrations and fun. It is an element of passing Polish tradition.

The PeasantsWadysaw Reymont 1904Nobel prize - 1924 Described wedding fun and types of dances. Each of them has a different character: Krakowiak is a symbol of youth and freedom, mazur is serious, sedate and stubborn, stubborn as a farm soul; and oberek means love and joy, because it is lively and nimble dancing.

The Wedding Stanisaw Wyspiaski - 1901The most important scene of the work is called chocholi dance. The characters undergo magnetic rhythms of the mulch. This symbolic scene is supposed to represent passivity, apathy and general malaise of Polish society dancing the dance of slavery.

Grande valse brillanteJulian Tuwim - 1949In the poem the author mentions dancing with his beloved woman. He is happy because he has fulfilled his dream, he feels as if his partner is not included, but the whole world. She's out of breath, embarrassed silent looking down, surrendering to the will of the leading dance man. Both are in the conjecture and fog".

Waltz Czesaw Miosz - 1942The realistic description of the New Year's Eve, full of dancers, lights and mirrors creeping dark, cruel scenes of war. Nobody, however, in 1910 when the ball is held as described, is not expected that the times of the murders, slavery, and death are soon to come. Unique is also the rhythm of the line, reminiscent of the roll bars.

Long live the ball Agnieszka Osiecka - 1984The author names life as the Ball life, for which a second time do not invite us ...". Life takes as much as dance, so you can use it to end, even if you had to live in difficult times.

Dance motive in ArtThe popularity of dance made it an inspiration for many painters.Minuet in the parkDaniel Mikoaj Chodowiecki 1760Rokoko

Chodowiecki painted events from the life of the Polish magnates. In this image - minuet.Chopin's PolonaiseTeofil Kwiatkowski 1859RomantyzmIt is a patriotic image. The painter painted a costume party, which took place in Paris, the Hotel Lambert. The dance accompanied by Frederic Chopin.

Tatar danceJuliusz Kossak 1885RealismTatar dance is a former order of battle.

KrakowiakWodzimierz Tetmajer 1889Young Poland

Tetmajer painted the life of the village near Krakow. The image presented his own wedding.Dance NaiveJzef Mehoffer 1898 Young Poland

Mehoffer is the author of a series of works with dancers.Jzef Mehoffer

Dance with a flower- 1905

Woman in dance - 1907In 1905-1907 he painted a series of nine figures Dancer.Children's processionWitold Wojtkiewicz -1905Modernism

In the picture you can see dancing children.Zofia Stryjeska 1927Interwar

Painted a series of paintings presenting Polish folk dances.Feliks Wygrzywalski 1932 InterwarHe painted a series of fourteen paintings devoted to the history of dance:Mazur

KrakowiakHighlander

Waltz

Highland weddingJerzy Kossak 1944 The PresentA scene from the highland wedding.

Dance Chaim Goldberg 1972 The Present

Renata Domagalska - 2011The Present

Colours of flamenco

Flamenco-Three gracesA series of paintings depicting flamenco dancers.