Maria Bilska
Dancer, teacher
Other variants of name and surname: Maria Palt, Maria Paltówna
born on 13 August 1949, Katowice
died on 25 October 2019, Łódź
Education
1968 State Ballet School (Państwowa Szkoła Baletowa) in Bytom – dance diploma.
1976 State College of Music (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna) in Warsaw, Faculty of Music Education, Dance Teacher Section – Master of Arts.
Professional career
1968–1976 Coryphée dancer at Silesian Opera (Opera Śląska) in Bytom.
1970–1976 Teacher of classical dance and folk dance at the State Ballet School (Państwowa Szkoła Baletowa) in Bytom.
1976–1977 Lecturer at the Actors’ Studio affiliated with the Teatr Polski theatre in Wrocław.
1976–1984 Teacher at the Wrocław Pantomime Theatre (Wrocławski Teatr Pantomimy).
1983–1984 Lecturer on the subject of dance at the Ludwik Solski State Theatre College (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna im. Ludwika Solskiego) in Kraków – Branch in Wrocław, Faculty of Acting.
1984–2008 Teacher of classical dance and early dance at the Feliks Parnell Comprehensive Ballet School (Ogólnokształcąca Szkoła Baletowa im. Feliksa Parnella) in Łódź.
1985–1986 Choreographer at Estrada Łódzka in Łódź.
1986–1992 Lecturer on the subject of dance at the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Grażyny i Kiejstuta Bacewiczów) in Łódź, Faculty of Composition, Music Theory, Conducting, Eurhythmics and Music Education.
1989–1999 Vice-Principal in charge of vocational subjects at the Feliks Parnell Comprehensive Ballet School (Ogólnokształcąca Szkoła Baletowa im. Feliksa Parnella) in Łódź.
1992–2013 Senior lecturer of the following subjects: classical dance, classical dance with teaching methods, teaching methods at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina) in Warsaw, Faculty of Choral Conducting, Music Education, Sacred Music, Eurhythmics and Dance.
2009–2018 Lecturer on the subject of classical dance technique at the University of Humanities and Economics (Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna) in Łódź, Faculty of Arts.
Artistic highlights
1977
Żołnierz Królowej Madagaskaru
Teatr Polski in Wrocław
dir. Jerzy Grzegorzewski
chor. Maria Bilska
1988
Lalki Władysława Starewicza – film
dir. Wadim Berestowski
chor. cons. Maria Bilska
1991
Nasze życie, nasze sny – ballet
Grand Theatre (Teatr Wielki) in Łódź
chor. Izabela Gorzkowska-Głowacka
chor. assist. Maria Bilska
1996
Podróż do zielonych cieni
Teatr Logos (Theatre) in Łódź
dir. Tadeusz Junak
stage movt. Maria Bilska
Prizes, honourable mentions, medals, honorary titles
1988 Meritorious Activist of Culture
2000 200 Years of Polish Ballet Medal
2013 Medal ‘For Merit to Fryderyk Chopin University of Music’
More information
Wife of dancer, choreographer and mime artist Czesław Bilski.
Sources:
Bilska Karolina [private archive, conversation with the editors of taniecPOLSKA.pl, 26 March 2025].
Maria Bilska [entry], in: Encyklopedia Teatru Polskiego (Encyclopaedia of Polish Theatre), https://encyklopediateatru.pl/osoby/26590/maria-bilska [access: 26 March 2025].
Last updated on 26 March 2025
