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14 January (Fri) 12th Anniversary of Grotowski’s death 5 pm Laboratory Theatre Room, 27 Rynek-Ratusz Prof. Grzegorz Niziołek (Jagiellonian University) will give a lecture entitled Grotowski wobec Zagłady. Poza dialektyką apoteozy i ośmieszenia.
Two of Grotowski’s productions included direct references to the Holocaust, Acropolis (1962) and The Hamlet Study (1964). Peter Brook recalled Acropolis as something extremely disgusting, repulsive and breathtaking. Eugenio Barba compared The Hamlet Study to a fetid wound and described his impression as pain mixed with disgust. The borderline experiences connected with these productions enabled Grotowski to undertake a serious rethink of the principles of his theatre, formulate the message of poorness and embark on a quest for luminosity, state of grace and human nakedness. Grzegorz Niziołek Grzegorz Niziołek is Professor in the Theatre Department of the Jagiellonian University and editor-in-chief of Didaskalia theatre journal. He is a noted expert on contemporary Polish theatre, author of monographs on the work of Krystian Lupa (Sobowtór i utopia, Kraków 1997), Tadeusz Różewicz (Ciało i słowo. Szkice o teatrze Różewicza, Kraków 2004) and Krzysztof Warlikowski (Warlikowski. Extra ecclesiam, Kraków 2008). He is currently working on a project called “Polski teatr Zagłady”, which explores the memory and forgetting of the Holocaust in the Polish theatre. Admission free The lecture will be held in Polish language and translated into English |
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