Archive 2010
Children's Day
The most important day for all children is about to come – Children's Day. As usual, Stołeczna Estrada doesn't forget about the youngest participants of the events in Warsaw: we are preparing an all-day fest: “Warsaw for Children”.
On May 30th (Sunday), between 11.00 and 19.00 hrs., at Agrykola and at the Royal Baths Park, children and their parents will have many attractions awaiting them, prepared by various institutions.
The event will start at 11.00 hrs.
Any one who decides to spend this day at “Warsaw for Children” will find something interesting for themselves. At Agrykola, there will be: a sports park and a biking route, a traffic park, horse-riding on police horses and ponies, a Hula Kula bowling alley, a Star Wars park and art workshops. There will also be a chance to win prizes in numerous competitions prepared at different spots.
At 13.00 hrs., a convoy of bicycles coming from the seat of the Polish Olympic Committee (the cyclists will start their route there at 11.30 hrs.) will reach Agrykola. The route, in short: Wybrzeże Gdyńskie – Plac Bankowy – Marszałkowska – Plac Konstytucji – Piekna – Górnośląska – Myśliwiecka – Agrykola.
The Ministry of Interior and Administration invites children to the biking park as part of the national police campaign “Reach your destination on bicycle safely.” There, all the biking fans will be able to test their knowledge of traffic laws under the eye of a friendly policeman, as well as try their luck at the bicycle obstacle course. Each cyclist carrying an invoice for his bicycle, will be able to mark his bike free of charge, as part of the “Mark your bike” action.
Plays
The Theatre on the Island (Teatr na Wyspie) at the Royal Baths Park will show two plays.
At 12.00 hrs. - “Kopciuszek” (“Cinderella”) by Teatr Alternatywny – this is our proposition for the youngest audience.
At 16.00 hrs. - musical for youth entitled “Warszawski Sen” (“Warsaw Dream”), starring young people who participate in FOSA artistic workshops.
At 17.30 hrs., on the main stage, duo "Justynka i Tomek - Magiczna Gitara" (“Justynka and Tomek – The Magic Guitar”) will present their musical and educational project prepared for the youngest children.
Apart from that, the Royal Baths Museum will offer free admittance to children at the age of between 6 and 18. A dressed-up guide will tell the visitors about the Palace on the Water (Pałac na Wodzie), the Old Orangery (Stara Pomarańczarnia), the Myślewicki Palace (Pałac Myślewicki), the Officers School (Podchorążówce) and the Old Guardhouse (Stara Kordegarda).
WINTER IN THE CITY
Winter in the City Inauguration
Location: Arena - Ursynów
Starting date: 2010-02-01
Starting time: 11:00
This year, we invite children to the sports and entertainment arena Ursynów where the Great Carnival Ball for Children will take place at the inauguration of the action.
This will be a dancing event because it is supposed to be a real ball. Culture organisers will set up the choreography together with children, whereas a professional DJ will provide musical background. The best dancers participating in the dance contest will receive attractive awards; the King and Queen of the Ball will also be selected.
For those who prefer other forms of entertainment, we offer other games and contests. Children will have a chance to create their costumes or masks, and impersonate their favourite characters.
Moreover, we will ensure such sports and recreational games to the young audience as: three-leg race; races on balls wit horns; races on 5-person pipes; races on inflated horses; teaching how to walk on stilts; catching soap bubbles; trampoline; or bubble balls.For youngsters, we prepared shows of Kluseczka the Clown who will lead contests for them while juggling and performing acrobatics.
The main attraction of the ball will be "Show The Jacksons" – the Polish musical show focusing on Michael Jackson. The show will feature: Ola Szwed, Karolina Nowakowska, Patrycja Kazadi, Artur Chamski and Nick Sinclair. It will include the greatest hits of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. The young starts will perform, among others, ABC, Can You Feel It, I Want You Back, Billie Jean, Dirty Diana or Liberian Girl.
Winter in the City - Final
Location: Congress Hall
Starting date: 2010-02-12
Starting time: 13:00
FOSA – Free Holiday Artistic Meetings is a far-flung theatrical project for young adults of Warsaw that stays at home during winter holiday. For sever years, the Warsaw Cultural Education Centre has been preparing it in cooperation with Stołeczna Estrada and active artists involved in workshops and rehearsals participated by young adults.
The final effect of FOSA is a musical show the premier of which always occurs at the end of winter holiday in the Congress Hall of the Palace of Culture and Science. So far, we have staged performances based on themes of famous literary works, among others, “Pinocchio,” King Matthew I,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Two Who Stole the Moon.” This year we start production of young adult musicals dedicated to our city. Authors of all FOSA’s productions is Cezary Domagała, director, author of scripts and lyrics.
As always, we admit 150 participants aged 13 to 19 to the project. Work related to the show takes 2 weeks. Rehearsals will include chorographical, theatrical, vocal, articulation, drama lessons, as well as work in a record studio and rehearsals for the performance. We have assumed that everyone who applies for participation in the show will star in the performance prepared, regardless of the level of their skills. Artistic workshops are to teach young adults and increase their skills under the supervision of professionals.
This year we will see the musical: “Warsaw dream”. The musical focuses on young adults who live in the capital city, their dreams, problems, joys – they will be the ones to tell the story of their live and Warsaw. We will present Warsaw as a modern city that cultivates history and tradition; as a multicultural city.
Script and direction: Cezary Domagała
Musical preparation: Tomasz Bajerski
Set design: Ewa Łaniecka
Costumes: Gabryella Miłowska-Moląg
Choreography: Marta Domagała
Children’s Musical Gardens
Location: Cultural Promotion Centre Bielany, Szegedynska Str. no. 9
Starting date: 2010-02-02
Stołeczna Estrada and the Musical Gardens Foundation has been organising the events “Children’s Musical Gardens” for many years; they are organised in summer during the festival in a huge tent in the bailey of the Royal Palace and in winter in Community Centres in individual quarters of Warsaw. This year the event will take place in the Cultural Promotion Centre Bielany.
The project is to familiarise children with classical music, which will result in a greater interest in music in the future owing to experiences and sensations from the childhood.
Because 2010 is to be the Chopin’s Year, we have decided to familiarise children with Frédéric Chopin during the winter edition. In the first week, as a part of meetings “Chopin’s Childhood and Youth in Poland,” children will learn about Frédéric as a boy who once was their age. He published his first polonaise when he was 7; he played his first large recital at the age of 8. He was a wonderchild. We will not bore children with the theory of music, but will show them that he was a lively, happy and sharp-witted child with many talents, as he did not only play the piano and compose, but also was an able drawer, with literary and acting inclinations.
The second week of winter holiday will focus on the Genius and Fame of Chopin. Our room will turn into a concert hall featuring children of musical schools. Moreover, we will also learn about contemporary Chopin’s places in Warsaw: Frédéric Chopin’s Airport, Frédéric Chopin’s Musical University, Frédéric Chopin’s Museum, Chopin’s monument in the Royal Baths Park, banknotes, stamps, a school ship “Frédéric Chopin,” Chopin’s crater or even a planetoid named “Chopin.”
We will also learn about the tradition of International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competitions taking place every five years in Warsaw.
Irena Bogdanowicz, conductor, pianist and composer, will supervise the whole event, whereas Maciej Gąsiorek, actor famous for his role as Piksel in the programme “Alarm Clock” in TVP, will lead the successive days of meetings.
SUMMER IN THE CITY
The Finale of “Summer in the City”
Location: Agrykola Park
Starting time: 11:00
On Friday, August 20, at Warsaw's Agrykola Park, the finale of the summer project “Summer in the City” will start. Just like last year, the performances by the participants will be accompanied by the presentations of the physical and technical skills of security services and by an evening concert “Rocking End of Summer” featuring: IRA, Rock Loves Chopin 2 and Chemia.
The performances by the participants in the project will take place at the same time as the attractions prepared as part of the “Be Safe in the City” project, implemented by the Security and Crisis Management Office (Biuro Bezpieczeństwa i Zarządzania Kryzysowego). The picnic will be held from 11.00 to 17.00 hrs.
We heartily welcome entire families!
Inauguration – Magic Labyrinth or Imagination Time-Travelling
Location: Agrykola Park
Starting date: 2010-07-01
This time, we invite children to participate in an intriguing interdisciplinary event. From the beginning to the end, it will be a mystery adventure game. It's prepared as a maze, a space where you can visit a determined number of created spots, gain points for completing particular tasks and as a result, having passed the entire labyrinth, win a prize.
There will be several entrances to the Labyrinth so that as many children as possible are able to begin their travel through the maze and participate in different contests and competitions that will make part of each “Land.”
Aside from the Magic Labyrinth, there will also be a TKKF (Association for the Popularisation of Physical Culture) sports park for children,with, as usual: inflatable toys, fussball table, climbing wall, bungee-trampoline, table tennis.
We also invite you to the Websters campus where animators will show young Internauts how to use Internet for great fun.
The event will take place between 11.00 and 14.00 hrs.
