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Helena Cholewicka
Helena Antonina Cholewicka (20 January 1848 – 13 December 1883) was a Polish ballet artist and the only titular "prima ballerina assoluta" in the history of the Warsaw Government Theatres. Biography She was the daughter of Franciszek Józef and Maria (née Wojciechowska) Cholewicka. Her sister Teodora also became a dancer. Her aunt was Konstancja Wiktoria Rokossowska (née Cholewicka), grandmother of the later Marshal of the USSR and Poland Konstanty Rokossowski. Konstancja Wiktoria and Franciszek Józef were half-siblings as they had the same father. Helena was a student of the ballet school of the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, Teatr Wielki. While still a student in 1862, she danced the cancan from the ballet The Modniarki (debut) and as a butterfly in the ballet The Pink Genius. On 1 September 1862, she was engaged to join the ballet company of the Warsaw Government Theatres. She was exceptionally talented and already on 13 March 1864, she danced the title role in La Sylphide, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw Government Theatres
The Warsaw Theatre Directorate (''Warszawskie Teatry Rządowe'') was the chief authority for theatres in the Duchy of Warsaw in Warsaw during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was set up by decree of Frederick Augustus I of Saxony on 14 April 1810 as the ''Rządowa Dyrekcja Teatru'' (Government Directorate for Theatre), its draft statute having been developed by Wojciech Bogusławski, Wojciecha Bogusławskiego. In 1822 it changed its name to ''Dyrekcja Teatrów i Wszelkich Widowisk Dramatycznych i Muzycznych w Królestwie'' (Directorate of all theatres and dramatic and musical performance in the Kingdom), then in 1833 to the Warsaw Theatre Directorate. It ceased to exist in July 1915. It guided theatrical output and provided theatres with financial stability, enabling shows in Polish to be put on and new theatre buildings to be constructed. Its companies included ones for operettas, ballets, dramas, comedies, the National Theatre, Warsaw, National Theatre and later opera and fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |