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Work demonstration by Studio Matejka Sat 18 May, 9pm Na Grobli Studio (Studio Space) Admission free The final action is often a result of the long transformation of an idea or intuition. Nevertheless it seems there isn’t one solid way to reach the action. What are the struggles, choices and forms we meet on the way? In the work demonstration we will share fragments of our performances, the journey through its source materials, exposing/sharing exercises and compositions behind the final actions, inviting you to see our professional struggles and discoveries.  Studio Matejka is a physical theatre laboratory exploring 21st-century performance techniques that specifically work across borders: borders between performance genres, borders between training techniques, and borders between individual expression and collective resonance. Through practical investigation, the performers work to develop the strength, agility and dexterity to physically “speak” through a diverse range of ideas, images and vocabularies. Studio Matejka does not work to create something different from existing performance approaches and training regimes. Rather, it uses such established methods as a springboard for pedagogic and creative exploration, charting individual discoveries, drawing out patterns and/or contradictions and integrating these findings into its ongoing work. The Studio is led by Matej Matejka and composed of eight performers from seven countries. Additionally, the Studio is regularly accompanied by external affiliates. Vivien Wood (UK), Sarie Mairs Slee (UK/USA) and Milan Kozanek (Slovakia) assist the leader in the psychophysical research. Ditte Berkeley (Denmark/UK) and Jaros³aw Fret (Poland) lead music training and supervise music composition. Bryan Brown (USA) collaborates on the dramaturgy of the performances. The academic team of the Studio is supervised by Sarie Mairs Slee (USA), assisted by Torbjorn Oppedal (Norway) and Ragnhild Freng Dale (Norway), who record, contextualize and inform the laboratory research. The Studio’s film and documentary team is comprised of Adam Hanuljak (Slovakia), Peter Kotrha (Slovakia) and Karol Jarek (Poland). In total there are nineteen persons, representing eleven nationalities, involved artistically in Studio Matejka. More: www.studiomatejka.com Matej Matejka is the founder and leader of Studio Matejka. He studied acting at the State Conservatory in Bratislava, Slovakia, and then at JAMU University, Brno, Czech Republic. In 2000–2005 he was an actor with the theatre studio Farm in the Cave, Prague, and co-creator of the projects and performances Dark Love Sonnets, Journey to the Station and Sclavi/The Song of an Emigrant. Since 2005 Matej has been collaborating with the Grotowski Institute where he is engaged in research of physical expression in the theatre. He is also an actor and leader of physical training in Teatr ZAR. He performs in Gospels of Childhood, Caesarean Section and Anhelli. The Calling. He leads work sessions called “Wakening the Listening Body” at the Grotowski Institute and with Teatr ZAR, both in Poland and internationally. In his work he searches for the performer’s “essence of communication” where both dance and drama are only vehicles for the actor’s expression. As part of BodyConstitution, practical seminar |