The Department was established in 2001 at the Centre for Culture in Lublin. It was founded on the initiative of Hanna Strzemiecka, the long-time choreographer and artistic director of the ensemble as well as Anna Żak, Ryszard Kalinowski and Wojciech Kaproń, leaders of the Contemporary Dance Group of the Lublin University of Technology, one of the leading contemporary dance groups in Poland in the 90s. Later, Beata Mysiak, Anna Kalita and Konrad Kurowski joined LDT contributing to the creation of a professional contemporary dance centre engaged in numerous ventures and cooperation with cultural institutions in Poland and abroad.
Now the teams consists of 5 persons: Anna Żak, Beata Mysiak, Anna Kalita, Magdalena Olbromska and Ryszard Kalinowski (director).
Lublin Dance Theatre conducts artistic and educational programmes aimed at promotion and reinforcement of the contemporary dance as an autonomous domain of culture full of human and intellectual potential. Among numerous projects organized by LDT there are two extremely important: International Dance Theatre Festival organised annually since 1997 and Art Spaces (2020-25) in cooperation National Institute of Music and Dance. LDT belongs to the European networks: Aerowaves (since 2013) and Visiting Artists Programme 2025-27.
In the past LDT was engaged in other international co-operations, e.g.: „Artil: Ukraina, Poland, Austria” (2019, “Choreographic territories: Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia” (2015, 2016, 2018), “Tour d’Europe des Choreographs: Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Poland” (Leonardo da Vinci Programme 2009-2011).
Lublin Dance Theatre creates, supports, links and motivates dancers, choreographers, curators, professionals and dance lovers on their way of making and experiencing dance in Poland and all over the world.
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