| Forgetting the Body |
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Workshop with Przemysław Błaszczak of Teatr ZAR Thu-Fri 16–17 January 2014, 5pm–9pm Sat-Sun 18–19 January 2014, 11am–4:30pm Szczecin, Teatr Kana, plac Świętych Piotra i Pawła 4/5 Contact and application: janek@kana.art.pl, (+48) 91 433 03 88 Fee: 220 PLN Social norms, conventions, etiquette and rules create an environment that shapes our physicality and relation to the body – that is, our “body view”. The way we walk, run, dance, touch ourselves and each other is culturally determined but so deeply ingrained that we readily identify with it and say, “This is the way I am”. The aim of the workshop is to make us forget the body as we know it, and make us listen to it in the here and now, in relation to ourselves, the surrounding space, our partners and the group. By focusing on solo and partner training we will discover new modes of perception, communication and improvisation that bring together, in a creative process, co-action, co-creation and co-existence.  Przemysław Błaszczak is an actor who has been associated with the Grotowski Institute since 1995. From 1996 to 1999 he worked with Song of the Goat Theatre, where he performed in Song of the Goat – Dithyramb. Between 2002 and 2003 he created a solo performance, Ecco Homo. Since 2004, he has been an actor with Teatr ZAR, led by Jarosław Fret, the resident theater company of the Grotowski Institute. Przemek performs in the “Gospels of Childhood triptych” (Gospels of Childhood: Overture, Caesarean Section: Essays on Suicide and Anhelli: The Calling). He is currently involved in the creation of Teatr ZAR’s new performance, Armine, Sister. In 2012 he performed in the premiere of Heiner Müller’s Mauser directed by Theodoros Terzopoulos. Since 2005, Przemek has studied the Japanese martial art of aikido under Sensei Piotr Masztalerz (5th Dan). In 2011 he studied under Juba Nour Shihan (6th Dan) in Baja California, Mexico. He is currently training to become an aikido teacher. In 2005 he went to Japan, invited by Toshi Tushitori, where he practiced shintaido, a Japanese system that integrates voice and body through training based on traditional Japanese karate. He leads Studio Dwóch Ścieżek, run as per of the BodyConstitution research programme of the Grotowski Institute. |