Aneta Dolega's conversation with Olga Kuźmina-Pietkiewicz shows classical ballet from a side the audience never sees from its seats. From the earliest memory - a three-year-old girl dancing Giselle's mad scene after coming home from the theatre - through the brutal reality of pressure on the body, anorexia and difficult professional decisions, all the way to her deliberate teaching work in Szczecin.
Olga speaks plainly about what contemporary ballet lacks: not technique, but an understanding of what movement means, a knowledge of tradition and respect for its sources. She explains why a high extension and perfect turns are not enough if a dancer does not know what a gesture means or where it comes from.
For parents weighing up a ballet education for their children, this interview is a valuable lesson - it shows what teaching looks like when it joins movement to thought, technique to history, and discipline to a deep understanding of the art.
For lovers of ballet and dance it is a rare chance to hear the honest voice of an artist who does not prettify reality but speaks about it with passion and responsibility - and who brings that philosophy into the studios of her Szczecin school every day.
