Patryk Walczak

"Dracula," featuring music by Wojciech Kilar and choreography by Krzysztof Pastor, quickly became a ballet sensation. The production was specially commissioned by West Australian Ballet and had its world premiere in September 2018 in Perth. Since April 2022, audiences have been able to watch the ballet on the stage of the Polish National Opera.

Dracula, Krzysztof Pastor’s choreography set to a selection of music by Wojciech Kilar, became a ballet sensation of 2018. Commissioned by the West Australian Ballet, it was given its debut in September 2018 in Perth. The company wanted to expand its repertoire to include a ballet adaptation of Bram Stoker’s world-famous horror novel and its 1992 Oscar-winning film version by Francis Ford Coppola with a score written by Wojciech Kilar.

Two young lovers, offspring of the feuding Montague and Capulet families, value feelings above the past, pitting love and forgiveness against hatred and revenge.