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17 January – 15 April Na Grobli Studio, 30/32 Na Grobli Street Studio Matejka work session 14 April (Thu), 8 pm Na Grobli Studio Connections Presentation of Studio Matejka’s work Leader: Matej Matejka With Joshua Doerksen, Daniel Han, Zuzana Kakalikova, Aleksandra Kazazou, Magdalena Koza, Matej Matejka, Anthony Nikolchev, Gema Galiana Siguenza For invited guests and an audience (booking required) The project was made possible by the support of the Visegrad Foundation (Visegrad Artist Residency). ![]() 20 March – 20 April Brzezinka Residency of Laboratorio Permanente di Ricerca sull’ Arte dell’ Attore (Italy) 9–13 April (Sat–Wed)
The Garden, an educational project in progress An intensive work session led by Domenico Castaldo and members of Laboratorio Permanente di Ricerca sull’Arte dell’Attore (Turino, Italy) 1–2 April (Fri–Sat), 9 pm Laboratory Theatre Room, 27 Rynek-Ratusz
Caesarean Section. Essays on Suicide Premiere of the second version of the performance piece Actors/Musicians: Ditte Berkeley, Emma Bonnici, Matej Matejka, and Nini Julia Bang, Jean François Favreau, Aleksandra Kotecka, Ewa Pasikowska, Tomasz Wierzbowski Project leader: Jarosław Fret Music in collaboration with Mariana Sadowska Movement score in collaboration with Vivien Wood The piece is part of the Gospels of Childhood triptych, winner of the 2010 Wrocław Theatre Award More about the productions: www.teatrzar.art.pl 2 April (Saturday), 6 pm Na Grobli Studio, 30/32 Na Grobli Street Fakir, or Optimism by Teatr Łaźnia Nowa (Kraków)
Bartosz Szydłowski gives the audience an introduction to the performance with a multimedia narrative on the history of the town of Nowa Huta as both an inspiration and an unavoidable context for doing theatre and for exploring the possibility of building a community around it. Directed by Bartosz Szydłowski Sets by Małgorzata Szydłowska Cinematography by Rafał Kosecki Editing by Przemysław Fik VJ: Dawid Kozłowski Music by Andrzej Bonarek With Maria and Włodzimierz Barełow, Barbara and Stanisław Dziedzic, Agata Marzec, Ryszard Słabczyński, Dagmara Waszkiewicz, Bartosz Szydłowski, Igor Stokfiszewski The performance will be followed by a discussion entitled Wspólnota wokół teatru? with Łaźnia Nowa members and Maciej Masztalski, Sebastian Majewski, Zbigniew Szumski, Tadeusz Rybicki, Maja Zabokrzycka, Ireneusz Guszpit and Jacek Głomb 7–11 kwietnia (czwartek–poniedziałek) Sala Teatru Laboratorium, Rynek-Ratusz 27 7–11 April (Thu–Mon) Laboratory Theatre Room, 27 Rynek-Ratusz Research seminary led by Anatoly Vasiliev | Workshop session 1 As part of the project, Anatoly Vasiliev will create a production which will open at the 2nd International Theatre Festival The World as a Place of Truth to be held in Wrocław in June 2012. 8–10 April (Fri–Sun) Na Grobli Studio, 30/32 Na Grobli Street PORT WROCŁAW Literary Festival 2011 16th edition 8 April (Fri) 5:45 pm The Card Index: A Reprint Opening of an exhibition of Tadeusz Różewicz’s manuscripts as part of Port Literacki 6 pm Readings from the anthology Dorzecze Różewicza and presentations of Tadeusz Różewicz’s books: Historia pięciu wierszy, Kartoteka: reprint, Margines, ale …, Wycieczka do muzeum With Tadeusz Różewicz and Wojciech Bonowicz, Przemysław Dakowicz, Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Janusz Drzewucki, Julia Fiedorczuk, Jacek Gutorow, Jerzy Jarniewicz, Wojciech Kass, Bogusław Kierc, Erwin Kruk, Krzysztof Kuczkowski, Ewa Lipska, Krzysztof Lisowski, Zbigniew Machej, Karol Maliszewski, Piotr Matywiecki, Bianka Rolando, Marcin Sendecki, Andrzej Słomianowski, Andrzej Sosnowski, Dariusz Sośnicki, Stanisław Stabro, Leszek Szaruga, Bohdan Zadura 8 pm Dorzecze Różewicza Premiere of Artur Burszta’s and Jolanta Kowalska’s film 9 pm Is Noble Prize worthy of Różewicz? Discussion with Justyna Sobolewska, Jan Stolarczyk and Piotr Śliwiński 10.30 pm Film a Poem by Tadeusz Różewicz Film screenings and the awards ceremony of the competition for the most interesting film adaptation of Różewicz’s poetry 13 April (Wednesday), 6 pm Laboratory Theatre Room, 27 Rynek-Ratusz Dariusz Kosiński in conversation with Serge Ouaknine, author of "Książę Niezłomny". Studium i rekonstrukcja spektaklu Jerzego Grotowskiego i Teatru Laboratorium (Grotowski Institute, 2011), and with translator Juliusz Tyszka. At the very first attempts at description the following problem arose: how to translate and record (without film, photography or tape) what is untranslatable in this performance – the musicality of the voices and bodies of the group, their signifying space, their rhythms, the simultaneity of images and the “burning” of Prince . . . 14–20 April (Thu–Wed) Na Grobli Studio, 30/32 Na Grobli Street The Voice of Tradition School/Artistic Research Maisternia Pisni 20 April (Wed), 7 pm Drevo. A celebration. Meet the singers of Drevo, a group from the village of Kriatchkivka in Poltavska region (Ukraine) including Galina Jakymivna Popko, Nadia Mykytivna Rozdabara, Nina Petrivna Reva, and participants of Maisternia Pisni’s School “The Voice of Tradition” We’ll meet to sing, talk, be (Natalka Polovynka) Advance booking required 17–26 April Laboratory Theatre Room, 27 Rynek-Ratusz Residency of the group Spitfire (Prague, Czech Republic) 25 April – 1 May (Mon–Sun) Back to the Sources, a visit of Pierre Guicheney′s studio as part of a film project undertaken in collaboration with the Grotowski Institute 29 April – 19 May Brzezinka Work session and workshop Regula contra Regulam Teatro La Madrugada (Italy)
OPEN RESEARCH UNIVERSITY Grotowski Institute, 27 Rynek-Ratusz Lectures: admission free Performance Studies and Other Dances 1 April (Fri), 5 pm Lecture by Dr Artur Duda (Nicolas Copernicus University): Nażywność i mediatyzacja w świecie performansów Seminar: Wideoaktor w teatrze Franka Castorfa. Analiza wybranych scen ze spektakli „Mistrz i Małgorzata” oraz „Idiota” Lectures are held on Fridays. Closed workshops are held on Saturdays (register in advance). CHANGE TO THE SCHEDULE: The lecture and workshops scheduled for 29–30 April have been rescheduled for 6–7 April. Auteur Semesters 14 April (Thu), 5 pm Workshop led by Dr Agata Adamiecka-Sitek (Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute): Świat bez kobiet, czyli patriarchat bezpotomny. „Oresteja” w reżyserii Jana Klaty Theatre College 16 April (Sat), 11 am Lecture by Prof. dr hab. Dariusz Kosiński (Jagiellonian University): Między nami dobrze jest? – działający i świadkowie
THEATRE CINEMA Tony Gatlif Cinema Room, 27 Rynek-Ratusz Admission free 7 April (Thu), 6 pm Gadjo Dilo Directed by Tony Gatlif Music by Tony Gatlif, Rona Hartner Year of production: 1997 Running time: 112 min. A young Frenchman, Stephane, sets off to Romania in search of the Gypsy singer Nora. His only sample of her voice is on a tape his father listened to on his deathbed. In a godforsaken Gypsy village located in the heart of Romania, Stephane finds a new family, friends and an extraordinary woman. 28 April (Thu), 6 pm Exils Directed by Tony Gatlif Music by Tony Gatlif, Delphine Mantoulet Year of production: 2004 Running time: 103 min. One day Zano calls his beloved Naima and proposes a crazy trip to Algiers. They set out on an extraordinary journey through France and Spain to their fatherland their ancestors had to leave a long time before. In the land of chance meetings, booming techno and flamenco, Zano and Naima go back in time to the days of exile, hoping to learn something about themselves and find their place in the world. Tony Gatlif won a directing award at the 2004 Cannes festival.
The Grotowski Institute hosts regular training sessions of the Indian martial art of Kalarippayattu led by Studio Kalari’s Sankar Sivasankaran Nair and Justyna Rodzińska-Nair. More: www.studiokalari.art.pl, facebook/Studio-Kalari OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES: 22 March – 8 April Bologna, Italy PerformAzioni International Workshop Festival, LIV Performing Arts Centre Kalarippayattu presentation and workshop ![]() ![]() ![]() 17–18 April 10:30 am–12:30 pm and 2 pm–4:30 pm Kalarippayattu workshop in Warsaw Co-organized by Centrum Łowicka, www.lowicka.pl Cost: 1 training session PLN 40, 3 training sessions PLN 110, 4 training sessions PLN 140 Please register by April 14 April – May Rena Mirecka’s collaboration with Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield (US) In 2010 Bulzoni published La Sacra Canoa. Rena Mirecka dal Teatro Laboratorio di Jerzy Grotowski al Parateatro. Edited by Pier Pietro Brunelli and Luisa Tinti, the book is an extended and updated version of Podróż. Rena Mirecka aktorka Teatru Laboratorium, edited by Zbigniew Jędrychowski, Zbigniew Osiński and Grzegorz Ziółkowski (Grotowski Centre, 2005). PROGRAMME 2011 |