Edyta Wasłowska – Polish dancer, choreographer, ballerina and ballet manager.
Between 1983 and 2002, she was a ballet soloist at the Teatr Wielki (Grand Theatre) in Łódź. In 2002, she became a prima ballerina, a title that she carried until the end of her artistic career of a performer in 2006. From 2006 to 2008, she was a ballet manager at the Teatr Wielki in Łódź. She is in charge of initiating choreographic cooperation with art schools and drama theatres.
Her most notable roles include Dancer in the role of Mary Magdalene (The Rehearsal, choreographed by A. Fodor), Szukająca (Republika, choreographed by E. Wycichowska), Kitri-Dulcinea (Don Quixote, choreographed by W. Borkowski), Helena (Midsummer Night’s Dream, choreographed by G. Veredon), Fairy (Cinderella, choreographed by I. Fokina), Odalisque (Scheherazade, choreographed by P. Śliwa), Sylvia, Diana (Sylvia, ou la Nymphe de Diane, directed by C. Germinal), Marguerite, Flora (The Lady of the Camellias, choreographed by R. Balogh), Lula (Streets, directed by L. Massine), Hecate (Macbeth, choreographed by J. Makarowski), Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina, choreographed by M. Mnacakanian), Ophelia (Hamlet, choreographed by M. Mnacakanian), Zła Królowa, Dama dworu (Król Maciuś Pierwszy, choreographed by A. Stanisławska), Mermaid (Zbłąkany, choreographed by K. Wrzosek), Nikiya (La Bayadère, choreographed by A. Stanisławska), Lucy Zucker (Ziemia obiecana, choreographed by G. Veredon), Queen Tiye (Echnaton, choreographed by I. Alvarado), Madame T. (Jeux, choreographed by V. Nijinsky), Potiphar’s Wife (The Legend of Joseph, choreographed by E. Wesołowski), Swanilda (Coppélia, choreographed by L. Alonso, I. Alonso), The Chosen One (The Rite of Spring, choreographed by E. Wycichowska), Myrtha (Giselle, choreographed by R. Strajner), Piękność, Kobro (Kobro, choreographed by G. Veredon), Edith Stein (Absolutna przejrzystość, choreographed by I. Alvarado), Duclos (Adriana Lecouvreur, choreographed by S. Woźniak), Mayla (Kolor ŻÓŁTY, choreographed by G. Veredon), Destiny (Wolfgang Amadeus, choreographed by G. Veredon), Wicked Fairy Carabosse (Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by G. Madia), Natacha Rambova (Rudolf Valentino, choreographed by Z. Rudnicka) and Samiel (The Marksman, choreographed by J. Niesobska).
She danced ensemble roles in such productions as Pan Twardowski (choreographed by J. Niesobska), Miriam, Cień, Pax et bonum (choreographed by E. Wycichowska), Gershwin (choreographed by J. Heiss), Aida (choreographed by J. Niesobska), The Afternoon of a Faun (choreographed by V. Nijinsky), Prince Igor (choreographed by W. Traczewski), Adagio for strings and organ, Lep na muchy, Etude in B flat minor, The Miraculous Mandarin, Odwieczne pieśni (choreographed by C. Drzewiecki), Tango nostalgie, Bolero (choreographed by A. Fodor) and Konrad Wallenrod (choreographed by K. Wrzosek).
In 1995, Edyta Wałowska appeared in a film titled Gdzie jest Hosi? directed by T. Junak.
Edyta Wasłowska first worked as assistant choreographer in 1996, with A. Fodor on the production of Carmina Burana, in which she also danced the solo role. She also worked as assistant choreographer in the following productions: Requiem (choreographed by A. Fodor), Aida (choreographed by A. Fodor), The Revenge of the Bat (choreographed by A. Stanisławska), Giuseppe! (choreographed by G. Madia, D. Ciavatti, I. Cavallari, J. Heckmann), Halka (choreographed by J. Niesobska, H. Rutkowski), Transfigured Night (choreographed by M. Munso), The Rite of Spring (choreographed by E. Wycichowska), Bric-a-brac (choreographed by R. Komassa), Giselle (choreographed by R. Strajner), Kobro (choreographed by G. Veredon), Kolor ŻÓŁTY (choreographed by G. Veredon), Adriana Lecouvreur (choreographed by S. Woźniak), Sleeping Beauty (choreographed by G. Madia), Cinderella (choreographed by G. Madia), The Nutcracker (choreographed by G. Madia) and The Magic Flute (choreographed by J. Niesobska).
Edyta Wasłowska was the choreographer of Krakowiacy i Górale (Teatr Wielki in Łódź, 2006), Julius Caesar (Teatr Wielki in Łódź, 2009), Wedding (Teatr Studyjny PWSFTviT in Łódź, 2014), Cabaret (Teatr Powszechny im. J. Kochanowskiego in Radom, 2015), Bobok (Teatr Powszechny im. J. Kochanowskiego in Radom, 2016), Man of La Mancha (Teatr Powszechny im. J. Kochanowskiego in Radom, 2017), Ślubu nie będzie (Teatr Nowy im. Kazimierza Dejmka in Łódź, 2018), Sexy Laundry (Teatr Nowy im. Kazimierza Dejmka in Łódź, 2018) and To się u nas nie może wydarzyć (Teatr Studyjny PWSFTviT in Łódź, 2021).
In 2004, on International Dance Day, Edyta Wasłowska received the highest award from the Dance Section of the ZASP Union of Polish Stage Artists Warsaw – the Terpsichore Statuette. In the same year, she was also awarded the Golden Mask for her dance-acting creation in Wolfgang Amadeus (choreographed by G. Veredon) at the Teatr Wielki in Łódź as well as the Marshal of Łódzkie Voivodeship Award for her artistic achievements in the 2003/04 season. In 2009, she received the Golden Mask award for her dance-acting creation in the opera Der Freischütz (The Marksman).
