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A Century of Actors. The Art of Acting in the Western Theatre Between the 19th and 21st Centuries




PROGRAMME 2013/2014

SESSION I
Fri-Sat 29–30 November 2013
“The Scapegoat? Acting in the 20th-century”

Prof. Dariusz Kosiñski
(Jagiellonian University / Grotowski Institute)
“True and beautiful. Acting in the ‘century of steam, electricity and theatre’ as exemplified in the Polish ‘era of stars’” – open lecture
Dr Agnieszka Wanicka (Jagiellonian University)
“Practical Dramaturgy, or 20th-century Acting in Action” – workshop

SESSION II
Fri-Sat 13–14 December
Dr hab. Ireneusz Guszpit (The University of Wroc³aw / PWST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków Branch in Wroc³aw)
“Actor – witness – fulfiller, according to Juliusz Osterwa” – open lecture
“Acting: Imitation, Identification, Transformation, Ritual?” – workshop

SESSION III
Fri-Sat 17–18 January 2014
Dr hab. Katarzyna Osiñska (Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences)
“‘True disciples are never disciples’. Yevgeny Vakhtangov and Michael Chekhov in response to Stanislavski” – open lecture
“The Stanislavski tradition in 20th-century Russian Acting” – workshop

SESSION IV
Fri-Sat 14–15 February
Dr Piotr Olkusz (University of £ód¼)
“The Ark of new theatre: Copeau and his young disciples” – open lecture and workshop

SESSION V

Fri-Sat 28 February – 1 March 

Dr Micha³ Lachman (University of £ód¼)

"Between Word and Stage: The Realistic Actor in Britain After 1945" – open lecture and workshop

 

SESSION VI
Fri-Sat 14–15 March
Dr Katarzyna Wo¼niak (Pedagogica University of Cracow)
“From dramatic text to the body-word. Italian theatre tradition in the 20th century” – open lecture and workshop

SESSION VII

Fri-Sat 21–22 March

Prof. Sergei Tcherkasski (Theatre Arts Academy in Saint Petersburg)

"Early and Late Stanislavski: Yoga and Affective Memory vs. Action Analysis" – open lecture

"Boleslawski: The Life and Deeds of the Theatre Lancer in Russia and America" – open lecture

“The Seagull in the Mirror of the Stanislavski System" – workshop


SESSION VIII
Fri-Sat 11–12 April
Dr Anna Ró¿a Burzyñska (Jagiellonian University)
“After Brecht: the Actor’s craft in German theatre at the turn of the 21st century” – open lecture
“Hamlet Machine and Hysterical Women” – workshop

SESSION IX
Fri-Sat 16–17 May
Dr Beata Guczalska (PWST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków)
“From the non-existent body to the body as a subject. The actor’s corporeality in the Polish repertory theatre of the past 50 years” – open lecture and workshop

SESSION X
Fri-Sat 6–7 June
From the Practitioners’ Perspective
Anna Zubrzycki, Krzysztof Globisz and Krzysztof Kuliñski in conversation with Prof Dariusz Kosiñski and Pawe³ Passini
Conference concluding the Open University of Research’s 2013/2014 core course
 
Lectures and workshops are conducted in Polish.

Programme coordinators:

Dariusz Kosiñski
Sylwia Fia³kiewicz: fsylwia@grotowski-institute.art.pl
Karolina Wycisk: karolina@grotowski-institute.art.pl