| BodyConstitution |
Practical seminar 16–19 MayNa Grobli Studio We dedicate this BodyConstitution practical seminar – our “writing” of a body constitution – to Dr Marta Steiner, a close colleague and collaborator of the Grotowski Institute. BodyConstitution is a programme of research in practice at the Grotowski Institute. BodyConstitution is the year-round work of a number of studios set up to analyze in practice various physical traditions and to incorporate their principles into performer training. BodyConstitution is a programme of practical seminars, open workshops and work demonstrations. BodyConstitution is a platform for conscious, consistent and responsible work on the body through the creation of a “lexicon” of analysis and description of movement techniques and practices. BodyConstitution combines action and reflection to build a deep body culture. BodyConstitution is a creative extension of the activities focused around acting techniques that have been happening at the Grotowski Institute since 2004. For four years, starting in 2013, in addition to the ongoing work of the studios, we will hold a number of intensive seminar sessions that will include: work demonstrations by invited guests (teachers and practitioners of martial arts and movement approaches that span the boundaries of theatre and dance), workshop sessions, and summer and winter school sessions in which participants will study the techniques of each approach. The programme will also include panel discussions and lectures to discuss the methodology of research and description of the phenomenon of movement, and to propose creative ways of incorporating forms developed through the programme in the work and training of performers. BodyConstitution will be complemented by screenings of films about physical training approaches used in the theatre. The core of BodyConstitution will be comprised by six groups currently in residence at the Grotowski Institute: four studios focused on distinct movement traditions/techniques and three ensembles that have developed their own performer training approaches based on source movement techniques: • Studio Kalari, led by Sankar Sivasankaran Nair and Justyna Rodzińska Nair • Two Path Studio, led by Przemysław Błaszczak and Jakub Gontarski • Parkour Studio, led by Simona Sala • Teatr ZAR, led by Jarosław Fret • Studio Matejka, led by Matej Matejka • Jubilo Group, led by Daniel Han and Diego Pileggi All members of these groups will receive support in the areas of movement compensation and rehabilitation. One of the aims of BodyConstitution is to prepare individual (variable) compensation programmes, and to develop and implement a model of physical preparation for training and a model of compensation that follows intensive physical activity. The programme will also involve research into techniques derived from sports practice. One of the central objectives of BodyConstitution will be to show the diversity and multi-valance of body practices: from body objectification to body subjectification, from “having a body” to “being a body”. We would also like to build a practical and theoretical heuretics and hermeneutics of the body. Thu 16 May 6:00 pm | Na Grobli Studio (Studio Space) Opening meeting Admission free 7:30pm | Na Grobli Studio (Studio Space) Awkward Happiness or Everything I Don’t Remember About Meeting You Studio Matejka performance Tickets: 10 PLN Bookings and tickets: sekretariat@grotowski-institute.art.pl; tel. 71 34 45 320 9pm | Laboratory Theatre Space The Woman Decomposed Performance by Gema Galiana of Studio Matejka Tickets: 10 PLN Bookings and tickets: sekretariat@grotowski-institute.art.pl; tel. 71 34 45 320 10pm | Laboratory Theatre Space Charmolypi Performance by Alexandra Kazazou of Studio Matejka Tickets: 10 PLN Bookings and tickets: sekretariat@grotowski-institute.art.pl; tel. 71 34 45 320 Fri 17 May 9:30am–11am | Na Grobli Studio (Studio Space) Kalarippayattu (Southern style) Training session with Sankar Lala Sivasankaran Nair and Justyna Rodzińska-Nair 9am–11am | Na Grobli Studio (Teatr ZAR Room) Where Two Paths Meet Training session with Przemysław Błaszczak and Jakub Gontarski 4pm | Laboratory Theatre Space The Body Speaks Documentary, introduction by Jarosław Fret Admission free 5pm | Laboratory Theatre Space BodyConstitution: Expression In conversation with Jarosław Fret Admission free 6pm | Laboratory Theatre Space Behaviour Therapy for Musculoskeletal Conditions Lecture by Piotr Bursiewicz Admission free 9pm | Laboratory Theatre Space The Woman Decomposed Performance by Gema Galiana of Studio Matejka Tickets: 10 PLN Bookings and tickets: sekretariat@grotowski-institute.art.pl; tel. 71 34 45 320 10pm | Laboratory Theatre Space Charmolypi Performance by Alexandra Kazazou of Studio Matejka Tickets: 10 PLN Bookings and tickets: sekretariat@grotowski-institute.art.pl; tel. 71 34 45 320 Sat 18 May 9:30am–11am | Na Grobli Studio (Studio Space) Kalarippayattu (Southern style) Training session with Sankar Lal Sivasankaran Nair and Justyna Rodzińska-Nair 9am–11am | Na Grobli Studio (Teatr ZAR Room) Where Two Paths Meet Training session with Przemysław Błaszczak and Jakub Gontarski 9:30am–12noon, 1pm–3:30pm | Na Grobli Studio (Rehearsal Room) Somaesthetics and Body Consciousness Workshops with Richard Shusterman 11am–3pm | Na Grobli Studio (Studio Space) Physical Theatre Workshop with Vivien Wood 5pm | Laboratory Theatre Space BodyConstitution: Presence In conversation with Jarosław Fret Admission free 7pm | Laboratory Theatre Space Muscle Memory and Its Somatic Dangers Lecture by Richard Shusterman Admission free 9pm | Na Grobli Studio (Studio Space) Liquid Way to Action Work demonstration by Studio Matejka Admission free Sun 19 May 9:30am–11am | Na Grobli Studio (Studio Space) Kalarippayattu (Southern style) Training with Sankar Lal Sivasankaran Nair and Justyna Rodzińska-Nair 9am–11am | Na Grobli Studio (Teatr ZAR Room) Where Two Paths Meet Training session with Przemysław Błaszczak and Jakub Gontarski 9:30am–12noon, 1pm–3:30pm | Na Grobli Studio (Rehearsal Room) Somaesthetics and Body Consciousness Workshop with Richard Shusterman 11am–3pm | Na Grobli Studio (Studio Space) Physical Theatre Workshop with Vivien Wood 4pm | Laboratory Theatre Space The Space Between Jubilo Group presentation Admission free 5pm | Laboratory Theatre Space BodyConstitution: Identity In conversation with Jarosław Fret Admission free |