The celebration opened with an improvised performance featuring movement artists from Poland and Israel – Gosia Mielech, Moran Muller, Erez Zohar, and Kornelia Maria Tamara Zohar – accompanied by Zuzanna Pietrzak (piano) and Guy Moses (electronics).

The performance combined movement and sound, gesture and rhythm. Dancers and musicians, rooted in diverse aesthetics and cultural traditions, engaged in an artistic dialogue in real time, responding to one another and collectively shaping the course of the performance. The improvised musical spectacle also included moments of interaction with the audience, transforming the unconventional stage of Beit Radical into a space of creative exchange and collective expression.

Throughout the evening, the audience also heard works by Polish composers: Witold Lutosławski, Grażyna Bacewicz, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and Karol Szymanowski. In addition, video greetings from the Institute’s former directors were presented.

Specially prepared cocktails inspired by outstanding Polish women – Wisława Szymborska, Wanda Rutkiewicz, and Maria Skłodowska-Curie – accompanied the guests throughout the evening. The event concluded with a DJ set by Anna Haleta, and as a farewell gift, guests received the albums Outstanding Polish Women and Outstanding Polish Women 2, along with traditional Polish sweets.

The 25th anniversary of the Polish Institute in Tel Aviv was further accompanied by social media communication and a dedicated jubilee visual identity.

Photo: Bar Cohen