This week's highlights
Cassandra Wilson - the last evening with Warsaw Summer Jazz Days
Cassandra Wilson, a great American singer, is coming to Warsaw. Her concert will end this year's Warsaw Summer Jazz Days festival. Cassandra Wilson's latest album, Belly of the Sun, was inspired by the artist's birthplace, Jackson, Mississippi.
Her fourth album, recorded there, is a mixture of blues, jazz, R&B, and pop, filtered through the musical landscape of the American south. She will perform in the Sala Kongresowa on June 30 at 7 p.m. Tickets zł. 60-120.
body_mind 5th International Dance Festival
The festival's goal is to make the public familiar with the world's most important dance trends. Among the numerous performances of this year's edition of the festival we will see The Moebius Strip by Gilles Jobin, a Swiss choreographer living in London, who is known for his radical visions of the human body and the "dehumanizing" character of his works. The music for the performance was created by Frantz Teichler of the Young Gods. The Moebius Strip by Gilles Jobin Company will be performed on June 26 and 27 at the National Opera's Moniuszko Hall, at 8 p.m. Tickets zł. 15-110. Also this week in the festival program:
* Verosimile by Thomas Hauert-Zoo Company, on June 25 and 26, at the Center for Contemporary Art, at 7 p.m.
* XL by Maria Clara Villa Lobos, on June 27 at 7 p.m. and June 28 at 8 p.m., in the Mały Theater.
* Bruit by Skalen, on June 29 and 30, at 8 p.m. at the Center for Contemporary Art.
For more info go to http://free.art.pl/body_mind.
13th Warsaw Mozart Festival
The annual Mozart festival is a highlight of the Warsaw summer music scene. Each year it attracts Mozart lovers from near and far, offering the rare chance to hear performances of all of Mozart's pieces in one festival program. This week's program includes:
* June 23, Lo Sposo Deluso, Der Schauspieldirektor, L'oca del Cairo, Warsaw Chamber Opera Theater Hall on Al. Solidarnoćci 76b, 7 p.m. Tickets zł. 20-120.
* June 24, Il Sogno di Figaro, Warsaw Chamber Opera Theater Hall on Al. Solidarnoćci 76b, 7 p.m. Tickets zł. 20-120.
* June 25, Le Nozze di Figaro, Royal Castle, 7 p.m. Tickets zł. 25-45.
* June 26, Idomeneo, Re di Creta, Theater Hall on Al. Solidarnoćci 76b, 7 p.m. Tickets zł. 20-120.
* June 27, Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, church on ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 52/54, 8 p.m. Tickets zł. 30.
* June 28 and 29, Don Giovanni, Łazienki Royal Park, Pałac na Wodzie, 7 p.m. Tickets zł. 30.
Nord-Ost, a Russian love story
The only Warsaw performance of the infamous Russian musical Nord-Ost will take place on June 27 in the Sala Kongresowa, Palace of Culture, at 8 p.m. The musical is based on a patriotic Russian novel by Veniamin Kaverin entitled Two Captains. The vivid Russian music, dynamic plot, impressive costumes and
stage setting made this performance very popular in Russia. Tickets zł.80-200.
