Song and Dance Ensemble - GAK
| Name: | Song and Dance Ensemble - GAK |
| Address: | 80-026 Gdańsk Orunia, Dworcowa St. 9 |
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| Tel./Fax.: | +48 58 306 66 76 |
| Site: | http://www.zpt.gak.gda.pl/ |
| E-mail: | zespolgdansk@gak.gda.pl |
| Manager: | Iwona Jamiołkowska |
| Manager e-mail: | iwona.jamiolkowska@gak.gda.pl |
Folk Song and Dance Ensemble - Gdańsk Archipelago of Culture is an Orunia-based artistic group which operates within the framework of the City Culture Centre. Its members are young people who live and study in different districts of Gdańsk. They present Kashubian folk dances in a vivid show called CASHUBIAN DANCE SUITE. Spectators are offered an opportunity to admire the beauty and variety of Kashubian folklore presented by the skilled male and female dancers. Folk songs are performed in the Kashubian language and dances are based on traditional, authentic folk dance routines. The group plays traditional instruments and additional folk percussion instruments - Devil's Violin (diabelskie skrzypce) and Humming Bass (burczybas).
The group has taken part in almost 80 concerts on stages in Poland and abroad. In 2003 the groups has performed during Poland's Days in Mecklenburg (Germany) in 2003, while in 2005 won a price during the International EurofolkFestival 2005 in Malbork. They have also performed in Slovenia during The Week of European Confrontations.
In 2006 Folk Song and Dance Ensemble was also the organizer of a Youth in Action project, tradition on Borders of Europe with participants from Portugal, Slovenia and Poland.