Żywiec

General information

Żywiec (originally known as Millennium Polish Dance Group) was founded in 1965 by Kś Kazio Grzymała and Pani Irena Różycka as choreographer as a sub-section of the Polish Millennium Youth Club in Ealing. In 1976 Andrzej Sagajllo took over as choreographer and led the group for over 30 years until he handed over the creative direction to his daughter Klara Sagajllo in 2006. From 2008 the group has been under direction of Dara Stringham and Iwona Ogórek. Regular Events Concerts include the Festival of Polish Folklore held across different cities throughout the UK every 3 years, the local Ealing and Hanwell Carnival and our parish harvest festival (Dożynki). We also frequently perform at wedding receptions and corporate events. Rehearsals Our weekly rehearsals are lively and fun. We start with a 15min warm-up followed by an hour-and-a-half of choreography work under the skilful eye of our Artistic Director, Dara Stringham. To finish, we spend about 30min improving our singing and learning new songs led by Iwona Ogórek.