The Villa Decius Association is a partner of the TransStar Europe international project aimed at the promotion of translations and literature, initiated in January 2013 by the University of Tübingen and nine other European institutions. It aims at increasing the importance and raising awareness of smaller European languages and less integrated cultures. We encourage you to become acquainted with the latest news on the events taking place as part of the project.
Between 25 and 28 September 2014, master workshops in Polish dances addressed to professionals and members of dancing and ballet groups will take place at Villa Decius.Classes are held by Leszek Rembowski, teacher of characteristic folk dance and historical dance at the Comprehensive Secondary Ballet School in Poznań.The workshops programme includes Polish dances, with special emphasis placed on the areas near Kraków and the borderland between villages and estates of the gentry, whose descriptions were included in Oskar Kolberg’s work.
We would like to invite you to Villa Decius on Sunday, 28 September, at 4:00 p.m., to the Polish dances open show performed by the participants of master workshops held by Leszek Rembowski.The dance presentations will be enriched by a performance of a charismatic songster known for a repertoire inspired by Polish and Slavic traditional music ‒ Joanna Słowińska and her band.Admission is free with tickets available at the InfoKraków points (ul. św. Jana 2, the Wyspiański Pavilion ‒ pl. Wszystkich Świętych 2) and directly before the event.The number of places is limited.
Another edition of the workshops organised as part of our “Hip Hop, Put Hate to Stop” project took place between 15 and 19 September 2014.This time, we visited the Adam Mickiewicz Secondary School in Orzysz, in the Warmian-Masurian Region.
On September 1, the “Creative Scholarships 2014” project was started. For three months, the following artists will pursue their literary and artistic projects in the historical annex of the Villa Decius – Łaski House: Daniela Dröscher – German prose writer, author of theatre plays; Katharina Schmitt – playwright, theatre director, author of radio shows and Martina Mair – illustrator of books for children. The “Creative Scholarships 2014” programme is addressed to German writers, literature translators from German to Polish and from Polish to German and its founder is the Polish German Cooperation Foundation.
We encourage you to watch the fourth film in the “Condemned to Books” series. This episode features Alena Mornštajnová ‒ Czech writer and translator. “Condemned to Books” is a series of 7 film interviews featuring residents of the Villa Decius Association’s scholarship programmes. The aim of the project is to promote reading with the use of the creative potential of the creators themselves ‒ they do not only answer questions, but also co-create the film story. The next episode premieres soon!
On account of great interest in participation in master workshop of Polish dances as a part of the “Heritage of Oskar Kolberg” project, we wish to inform you that as of September 11, 2014, the recruitment is closed. Persons qualified for the participation in the workshop received individual notifications.
On September the first, scholarship stays within the scope of another edition of international project “Visegrad Literary Residences” started in Budapest, Bratislava, Kraków and Prague. Four writers came to Kraków to spend three months here and pursue their projects, participate in meetings and literary events. This year, Villa Decius will host Alexey Sevruk – young Czech writer, translator and critic, Rudolf Jurolek – Slovakian poet and essayist, Zoltán Halasi – Hungarian poet, essayist, translator and columnist and Michał Zygmunt – Polish publicist, writer and political activist.
