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Workshop led by Przemys³aw B³aszczak and Nini Julia Bang 22–25 February, 9:30am–4:30pm Venue: Studio Na Grobli, Na Grobli St. 30/32 Fee: 120 EUR / 300 PLN (for participants from Central and Eastern Europe), accommodation and food is not included in the price. We will send detailed information by e-mail. Contact: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl The workshop will be held in English and Polish.
We will focus on voice and body work aiming to overcome the body’s resistance, to recognize and overcome our limits as well as opening new channels of perception and communication. An unusual partnership can be achieved through evoking, deepening and maintaining attention, precision, continuity, vigilance, sincerity and readiness. It is manifested in a deeply understood co-operation, co-creation and co-existence in the creative process. The main focus of the workshop will be the search for a strong relation between body and voice. Body We will work with dynamic movement, individual training as well as elements of acrobatic partner training and techniques of breath and body work originating from two Japanese martial arts, shintaido and aikido. Voice We will work with polyphonic Corsican songs as a tool to find an open and natural common sound. We will extract elements of Scandinavian and Georgian rhythmical patterns that will lead us to a deeper musical intuition. From there we can start to improvise within the structure of the songs and explore our individual voice. The workshop will be a dynamic change between body and voice work and as we go deeper we will start to connect the two. Przemys³aw B³aszczak Before becoming an actor, Przemek studied philosophy at the University of Wroc³aw’s Faculty of Social Sciences. He has been connected with the Grotowski Institute since 1995. Between 1996 and 1999 he worked with Grzegorz Bral’s Song of the Goat Theatre, performing in Dithyramb. In the autumn of 2002, he began working on his own project, which culminated in a solo performance, Ecce Homo (premiered 21 March 2003 in the Grotowski Centre). Since 2004 he has been connected with Teatr ZAR, participating in the Gospels of Childhood project (a triptych comprising Gospels of Childhood, Caesarian Section and Anhelli), led by Jaros³aw Fret. He is currently involved in the creation of a new Teatr ZAR piece, Armine. For over six years Przemek has studied the Japanese martial art of aikido under sensei Piotr Masztalerz (5th Dan). In 2011, he was an uchideshi under Juba Nour Shihan (6th Dan) in Baja California, Mexico. He is currently taking a kenshusei teacher training class in his local dojo. In 2005, he spent a month in Japan at the invitation of Toshi Tushitori, practicing shintaido, a Japanese system that integrates voice and body through training based on traditional Japanese karate. Nini Julia Bang Nini is a singer, actress and musician. She works both with Teatr ZAR and independently composing her own music and teaching. Before joining Teatr ZAR in 2006, Nini studied western classical singing, piano, folk music and music theory in Denmark. Afterwards she went to India to continue her training and research within the field of theater, voice and music. Currently Nini is involved with Teatr ZAR in creating a new performance, Armine, as well as performing in all three parts of ZAR’s triptych where she has been instrumental in creating the last two parts, Caesarian Section. Essays on Suicide. and Anhelli. The Calling. In addition to this she frequently leads workshops with Teatr ZAR. Her deep interest in the human voice has led her on various expeditions as far as; Asia, Tuva, Iceland, Corsica and Georgia – the heart of polyphonic singing. She is a yoga practitioner and has been practicing both aikido, capoeira and Contact Improvisation. |
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