Piotr Zajlich (26 June 1884 in Warsaw – 18 April 1948 in Piaseczno), pseudonym ''Szuwałow'', was a Polish

dancer Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoi ...

and

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

. He was a soloist of Warszawskie Teatry Rządowe (since 1910), soloist and choreographer in Anna Pavlova group (1912–1914), managing director of Teatr Wielki in Warsaw (since 1937). During the years of 1917–1934 he was a managing director and balletmaster of Warsaw ballet and director of Warsaw ballet school. After World War II he was a co-organiser of Warsaw opera and ballet. His most notable choreography works includes ''Pan Twardowski'' of

Ludomir Różycki Ludomir Różycki (; 18 September 1883 Warsaw – 1 January 1953 Katowice) was a Polish composer and conductor. He was, with Mieczysław Karłowicz, Karol Szymanowski and Grzegorz Fitelberg, a member of the group of composers known as '' Y ...

, ''Świtezianka'' of Eugeniusz Morawski, ''Pieśni miłosne Hafiza'' of

Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 6 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early works show the inf ...

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