Urbański, Karol International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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Choreographer, teacher, philosopher, he graduated from the Feliks Parnell Ballet School in Łódź. As a dancer, he worked with  the Grand Theatre in Łódź, Grand Theatre – National Opera in  Warsaw and Norwegian National Ballet in Oslo.

As a choreographer, he has created productions notably for  the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz, Grand Theatre in Łódź, and Opera at the Castle in Szczecin. From 2012 to 2019, he was head of  the ballet company at the Opera at the Castle in Szczecin. From  January 2022 to September 2023, he served as deputy director of  the National Institute of Music and Dance, overseeing the Dance  Department. Since September 2024, he has been director of  the Feliks Parnell Comprehensive Ballet School in Łódź. He was  awarded the Gloria Artis Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture.