Dominique wins the 21st Festival of Choreographic Miniatures in Belgrade

We are pleased to inform you that the solo Dominique choreographed by Maciej Kuźmiński and performed by Dominik Więcek, won the 1^st Prize (EUR 2,000), the Critics? Award, and the special Aleksander Izailovski Award for ?inventive artistic voice.?

The festival took place on 1-3 June 2017 at the Serbian National Theatre. Each year approximately 100 artists from around Europe apply, with 17 selected for this year’s edition. The remaining awards include:

–  the Second Prize of EUR 1,000 and Audience Award was presented to the pair of Slovenian choreographers Gasper Kunšek and Igan Kranjčan for their duo Alien Express, Untitled.

–  the Third Prize of EUR 500 Euro for The Blessed, performed and choreographed by Rimi Pimoyan of Armenia.

This year’s Jury was formed by: Ashen Ataljanc – the prima balerina of the Serbian National Ballet in Novi Sad, Andreja Kulešević – independent choreographer, Vesna Orlić ? member of the board of directors of the Vienese Ballett, choreographer Sara Sguotti from Italy, and the Ukrainian choreographer Radu Poklitaru .  

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The event marked the final presentation of Kuźmiński and Więcek?s piece as a competition piece. Dominique had been previously awarded with numerous prizes and honourable mentions, including:

– 2^nd Award and Scapino Production Award at the 30^th International Choreographic Competition in Hannover, Germany (2016)

– Audience First Choice & Audience Final Choice Awards at the 20^th Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival in Stuttgart, Germany (2016)

– 2^nd Award & Audience Award at the Solo Dance Contest in Gdańsk, Poland (2015)

– 1^st AWARD at the Warsaw Dance Platform 2015 at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Warszaw, Poland

– FINALIST of the International Choreographic Competition MASH ’15 in Jerusalem, Israel

– HONOURABLE MENTION at the Open Stage competition in Tarnów, Poland, and Monodrama Festival  in Koszalin, Poland (both 2015)

Sources: https://fkmbelgrade.com/,

http://www.seecult.org/vest/najbolji-na-21-festivalu-koreografskih-minijatura

Maciej Kuźmiński?s website: www.maciejkuzminski.com

About Dominik Więcek: http://www.taniecpolska.pl/ludzie/446