I love ballet

The statement ‘I love ballet’ is quite anecdotal among dancers. This is a phrase that is often uttered by ballet students when they are asked why they chose to pursue a ballet education and feel the oppressive gaze of their ballet teacher on them.
Four dancers and independent dance artists, who graduated from ballet school but abandoned ballet for other dance forms, take a fresh look at ballet. They note what continues to attract them to the discipline, what rejects them, what traces they see of their ballet education in their current bodies and lives. After 20 years since their adventure with ballet ended, Aleksandra Borys, Karolina Kraczkowska, Ramona Nagabczyńska and Iza Szostak achieve the critical distance needed to notice the ‘text’ of ballet. And as it turns out, this “text” is very rich. Both the ballet librettos expressed explicitly and the narratives hidden behind the scenes can be analysed endlessly as ideological machines.

Set and Costume Design: Dominika Olszowy
Costume Design: Joanna Kotowicz
Music: Daniel Szwed
Lighting Direction: Piotr Pieczyński

Cast: Aleksandra Borys, Karolina Kraczkowska, Ramona Nagabczyńska, Iza Szostak