Kukułeczka Polish Dance Group
Dance classes · Ballajura and Malaga
About this provider
The group teaches Polish folk dance and song to children, and its teachers reflect Polish folklore, customs and traditions through theatrical choreography. 1 Its dance teachers have often completed four-year choreography studies in Rzeszów, Poland, or similar. 1 The group began in the late 1980s under a Polish ethnic school in Maylands and became an independent not-for-profit organisation in 2005. 6 It has taken part in every PolArt Polish arts festival since 1994 and says it has well over 100 dance members in 6 dance groups. 12
At a glance
| Address | 111 Bennett Springs Dr, Bennett Springs WA 6063 18 |
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Nothing published about costs, class days and times or trial classes.
Kukułeczka Children's Dance Group 8 19
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Kukułeczka Polish Dance Group
111 Bennett Springs Dr, Bennett Springs WA 6063 18
Ballajura and Malaga
Where the facts come from
- www.kukuleczka.org.au/about-us-page · published by the place
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Kukułeczka’s dance teachers, many having completed four-year choreography studies in Rzeszów Poland, or similar, have
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exemplary knowledge of Polish folklore, customs and traditions which they try to reflect through dynamic
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and theatrical choreographies.
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One of our aims is to connect Polish youth to their heritage through dance, music,
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language and culture whilst creating a cohesive and positive social network in the WA community.
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Kukułeczka’s roots started at the Polish Ethnic School im. Adama Mickiewicza (est.
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1952) in Maylands, Perth. The school often included dancing and singing lessons however a more
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formal Polish Children’s Dance Group was created under the umbrella of the school in the
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late 1980s – first taught by Ms Monika Szunejko with the support of the school’s
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In 2005 Kukułeczka formally separated from the Polish Ethnic School im.
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Adama Mickiewicza and became incorporated as ‘Polish Dance Group Kukułeczka Inc’, a not-for-profit independent organisation.
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days and local multicultural events in the early 1990s. By 1994, Kukułeczka was invited and
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travelled to Adelaide to participate for the first time in the tri-annual Polish arts festival
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known as “PolArt”. The group has continued this long-held tradition of participating in every PolArt
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festival since!
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From humble beginnings we are proud to say our group now boasts well over 100
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dance members, three treasured dance directors, choir director, music director, 6 dance groups, a recently
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Eventually named Kukułeczka Children’s Dance Group in 1991, Kukułeczka began performing regularly for Polish national
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- www.google.com/maps · Google listing
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111 Bennett Springs Dr, Bennett Springs WA 6063
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