Mazowsze

Sun., Nov. 14, 3 p.m., $30-$65, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.

by Janet Anderson

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Published: Nov 10, 2010

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Polish folk performance troupe Mazowsze is more than red boots stamping on the stage. Its special quality is the energy the company generates with 85 performers who are celebrating and stimulated by their national identity. Battered Poland, which suffered Nazi occupation during World War II, turned to its own national culture as a way to reinvigorate its post-war population. The Ministry of Culture and Art sponsored creation of a folk group to renew and maintain regional traditions of folk song and dance. Mazowsze (which means "folk group") was up and running by 1948; six decades and 200 trips around the world later, the troupe no longer needs its culture rehabilitated. Poland's free, and its artistic traditions flourish.

Sun., Nov. 14, 3 p.m., $30-$65, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.

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