Sławska, Sławska-Lipczyńska, Olga, actually Olga Prorubnikow-Lipczyńska, *2 June 1915 Lviv, †29 April 1991 Poznań, Polish dancer and teacher. In 1932–35, she was a dancer at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, she succeeded in international dance competitions in Warsaw (gold medal in 1933) and in Vienna (bronze medal in 1934). In 1935–37, she was a soloist (e.g. Swanilda in the ballet Coppélia, music by L. Delibes). In 1937–39, a soloist of the Polish Ballet, she performed in B. Niżyńska’s choreographies in Paris in 1937: as Soloist of the 1st theme (Concerto in E minor, music by F. Chopin), Bacchante and Sportswoman (Apollo and the Girl, music by L. Różycki ), Bride (Song of the Earth, music by R. Palester); these roles were awarded the Grand Prix in the field of dance at the International Exhibition of Technology and Art (Paris 1937). After World War II, Sławska took up teaching work: in 1950 she taught classical dance at the Choreographic Secondary School in Gdańsk, in 1951 she created and managed a ballet school in Poznań until 1970, making it an outstanding training centre (since 1991 named after Olga Sławska-Lipczyńska), of which pupils include, among others: E. Wycichowska and E. Wesołowski. Sławska translated A. Waganowa’s work Osnowy kłassiczeskogo tanca (Zasady tańca klasycznego 1952) into Polish.
