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Polish ballet dancer
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Michał Rymiński and Dorota Sitańska from His Majesty’s National Dancers in Daniel Curz's ballet in the opera Pirro by Paisella in the Theatre at Krasiński Square, 1790, National Museum in Warsaw

Michał Rymiński (1770 – died after 1797), was a Polish ballet dancer. He was a member of the Polish Royal Ballet and belonged to the pioneer generation of ballet dancers in Poland.

Life

He was a serf of count Antoni Tyzenhauz on his estate in Grodno and Postawy, and placed by him in his private ballet school, where he was trained by François Gabriel Le Doux from Paris and Daniel Curz from Venice. This was the first native ballet company in Poland, were ballet had previously been performed by foreign companies (normally from France and Italy), and its dancers were the pioneer generation of native ballet dancers in Poland.

In 1785, Antoni Tyzenhauz died, and donated the entire Ballet Company and its serf staff to king Stanisław August Poniatowski in his will, after which it became the Royal Ballet National Dancers of His Majesty, which performed at the royal court and at the National Theatre, Warsaw. The ballet company was composed by thirty dancers, among whom the elite was regarded to be the group of Michał Rymiński, Marianna Malińska, Adam Brzeziński, Stefan Holnicki and Dorota Sitańska. Michał Rymiński has often been referred to as the leading male lead of the Royal Ballet.

In 1795, the state and monarchy of Poland was dissolved and thereby also the former royal household, including the royal ballet. He followed the other members of the ballet to Grodno. In 1797, he belonged to the members of the former Royal Ballet who sign a petition to request the payment of their outstanding salary.

References

  1. Bernacki: Teatr; Mamontowicz-Łojek: Szkoła Tyzenhauza s. 53, 54, 70, 86-89, 92; Wierzbicka: Sześć studiów; Muzyka 1969 nr 2 (J. Prosnak).
  • Źródło: Słownik Biograficzny Teatru Polskiego 1765-1965, PWN Warszawa 1973
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