Klaudia Carlos-Machej holds a Ph.D. in humanities and D.Litt. in Music Arts. A university lecturer, she specializes in Polish national dances and sits on juries of various dance competitions. In 2019, she was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Dance at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (UMFC) in Warsaw. She majored in ballet pedagogy at the Faculty of Music Education of the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (1995), and completed postgraduate studies in journalism at the Institute of Political Science and Journalism of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2001) and Postgraduate Studies in Cultural Management in the Structures of the European Union at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2017). Since 1995, she has been a lecturer at the Fr. Chopin Academy of Music; from 2012 to 2019, she served as the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Choral Conducting, Music Education, Church Music, Rhythm and Dance at the UMFC; in 2019, she served as the Head of Postgraduate Studies in Dance Theory (2019). From 1996 through 2011, she worked as a mime dancer and dance teacher at the Warsaw Chamber Opera (1996-2011), following a five year stint as a dancer at the T. Sygietyński State Folk Song and Dance Ensemble “Mazowsze” (1990-1995). In 1990, she graduated from the State Ballet School in Poznań. She specializes in Polish national dances and is a co-founder of the Polish Dances Forum at the UMFC.
Klaudia Carlos-Machej has appeared in solo parts in pantomimes, opera-ballets and operas of the Warsaw Chamber Opera, such as Galimatias Musicum KV 32, Le petits riens KV 299b, KV 299c, music by W.A. Mozart, directed by R. Peryt (Bianca); Pantalon e Colombina KV 416, music by W.A. Mozart, dir. J. Klonowski (Colombina); Pimpinione, music by G. Telemann, dir. J. Stokalska; Il ballo delle ingrate, music by C. Monteverdi, dir. R. Peryt; Alceste, music by J.B. Lully, dir. J.C. Malgloire, R. Agnel; Eugene Onegin, music by P. Tchaikovsky, dir. R. Peryt; Misery Made Happy, music by M. Kamienski, dir. J. Stokalskaya; Julius Caesar, music by G.F. Handel, dir. M. Grzesinski. She also took part in such Warsaw Chamber Opera productions as Venus and Adonis, music by J. Blow, dir. R. Peryt; Il Sant’Alessio, music by S. Landi, dir. R. Peryt; Dido and Aeneas, music by H. Purcell, dir. R. Peryt; Tetide in Sciro, music by D. Scarlatti, dir. J. Stokalska; L’Amfiparnaso, music by O. Vecchi, dir. by G. Pimpiglione; Don Pasquale, music by G. Donizetti, dir. by J. Stokalska; The Barber of Seville, music by G. Rossini, dir. J. Stokalska; The Italian Girl in Algiers, music by G. Rossini, dir. J. Stokalska; Semiramide, music by G. Rossini, dir. J. Stokalska; The Magic Flute, music by W.A. Mozart, dir. by J. Stokalska; Jenůfa, music by L. Janacek, dir. by J. Stokalska; Balthazar, music by Z. Krauze, dir. by R. Peryt; Quo vadis, music by B. Matuszczak, dir. by J. Stokalska; Antigone, music by Z. Rudzinski, dir. by J. Kilian.
Publications;
UMFC (2013), “Aspiracje”: Kierunek Taniec. Warszawa, 1(35)/2014; „Вестник” Академии Русского балета им. А.Я. Вагановой / “Wiestnik”: Tradycja rosyjskiej szkoły tańca klasycznego w polskim szkolnictwie baletowym. Kontakty metodyczne. Sankt Petersburg 2015, Nr 6 (41); “Edukacja filozoficzna”: Sprawność ciała i ducha w starożytności. Wydanie specjalne. Warszawa 2016; Tańce polskie. Polonez, krakowiak. Warszawa, 2016 (ed.); E. Raczyńska-Warzec: Lekcja tańca klasycznego w klasie V (ed.). DVD. Warszawa 2017; D. Piasecka: Literatura baletowa. Wzór odtwarzania (ed.). DVD, Warszawa 2017; Polskie tańce narodowe wartością kultury w dobie zaborów. Warszawa 2018. Tańce polskie. Kujawiak, oberek. Warszawa, 2020.
Choreographic pieces:
In the Noble Manor, music by M. Szymanowska, K. Kurpiński, M. Kleofas Ogiński, Frederic Chopin Academy of Music (2006); Three Graces – traditional Spanish music, UMFC (2010), Mazur from The Wedding in Ojców, music by K. Kurpinski; Krakowiak, music by R. Smoczynski, Polish Dances Forum (2015), Mazur, music by M. Szymanowska, Polish Dances Forum, UMFC (2016); Mazur from the opera Halka by St. Moniuszko, Wrocław Opera (2018), Old Polish Concerto, music by R. Twardowski, T. Sygietyński State Folk Song and Dance Ensemble “Mazowsze” (2019), Krakowiak, music by K. Szymanowski, Courtship, music by Maria Szymanowska (2022), Mazur from the opera Halka, music by St. Moniuszko (2023).
Klaudia Carlos-Machej hosts concerts and ballet and opera galas, and works as a journalist and TV presenter. She is the author of television programs on the art of dance and opera featured on TVP Kultura and TVP Polonia: Balletownik series (2018), International Dance Day. The Noverre Ballets (2022), The Wedding in Ojców. 200 years since the premiere (2023); 75 years of the State Folk Song and Dance Ensemble “Mazowsze” (2023); Opera buffa. 6th Summer Festival of the Warsaw Chamber Opera (2023), 50 years of the Polish Dance Theater (2023).
Bibliography
Bio of Klaudia Carlos-Machej, Ph.D., Professor of UMFC.
Bio of Dr. Klaudia Carlos-Machej, Professor of UMFC, https://chopin.edu.pl/pracownicy/57_klaudia-carlos-machej
Photos:
Pictured: Klaudia Carlos-Machej. Photo: Private Archive of Klaudia Carlos-Machej / TVP
Pictured: dr hab. Klaudia Carlos-Machej, UMFC Professor, Dean of UMFC Faculty of Music. Photo by Karpati & Zarewicz
