Poetry concert: “LESMAN/FANTASIES” | ADRIANNA DOROCIAK & TRIO AFTYKA/IWAŃSKI/MAJEWSKI

Line-up: Adrianna Dorociak (script, vocal), Michał Aftyka (compositions, double bass, bass guitar), Piotr Iwański (piano), Kacper Majewski (percussion)

One of the most poetic events of this year’s Singer’s Warsaw, with Bolesław Leśmian (originally Lesman) as its hero. Polish poet of Jewish origin, during his lifetime described as epigone, and after his death – as demiurge. Escaping the influences of the epoch and history, during the twenty years between the wars, he created poems in a truly romantic style. Rebel driven by great passions. Master of the erotic language and neologisms, nature-maniac.

This inimitable, metaphysical atmosphere of Bolesław Leśmian’s works inspired the versatile artist – actress, singer, dancer, and pianist Adrianna Dorociak to work on a musical project entitled “Lesman/Fantasies”, with the melody of his poems and their accentual-syllabic features resulting in their musical development.  To collaborate, Dorociak invited Michał Aftyka, bassist and composer, and his band; these are his compositions that we hear in the project. 

Together, the artists invite the audience to the world of Bolesław Leśmian. A world full of philosophy, fantasy, and symbolism, where nothingness and death flirt with life-giving passion.

The Summer Stage of the Jewish Theater, 35 Senatorska St.

Tickets: 40 PLN, purchases available at: www.ewejsciowki.pl, www.teatr-zydowski.art.pl, in the Audience Office, phone no. +48 22 526 20 34; +48 22 850 64 50 or 51 and in the Jewish Theater box offices at 35 Senatorska St., phone: +48 22 850 64 35 or in the Club of the Command of Garrison in Warsaw, 141a Niepodległości Ave., phone no.: +48 22 850 56 56; seats are not numbered