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BodyConstitution, practical seminar Thu–Sun 23–26 April 2015 Laboratory Theatre Space (training sessions, workshops, work demonstrations, lecture) Na Grobli Studio (training sessions, workshops and Armine, Sister, performance by Teatr ZAR)  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 pilot educational programme focused on teaching methodology, based on the experience and practice of studios and artistic groups working at the Grotowski Institute. It is aimed at young actors from Poland and Norway. The project, which will run from January 2014 to April 2016, will include a series of training sessions, work sessions, seminars and academies with Polish and Norwegian students and teachers, and will culminate in April 2016 in a practical seminar held as part of European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016, which will present the results of sessions held between 2014 and 2016 and feature special guests. The project centres on physical actor training, its problems, teaching and self-study; on opening up for new methods of theatre work; and on an innovative methodology of the actor’s work understood as his self-development with particular emphasis on self-diagnosis and self-reflection as well as the ability to communicate the actor’s processes. One of the main premises of the project is a belief that the creative development of artistic work methods is possible mainly through the constant confrontation of learned techniques with the experience, richness and variety of methods developed by teachers and artists from other traditions and cultures. With this in mind, the Grotowski Institute, together with the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and the PWST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, Branch in Wrocław, wants to create a space for meeting, sharing experiences and learning from invited Polish and Norwegian teachers as well as prominent artists and masters of movement techniques representing various traditions and bodywork methods (martial arts, techniques from the borders of theatre, dance and contact improvisation). This exchange will take place both at the practical/workshop level and in the domain of theoretical reflection. 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. This year’s practical seminar, which is a continuation of the seminar on the “Actor’s Training”, focuses on “Identity”, one of the key problems faced by an actor in his practice. To what degree can an actor identify with or dis-identify from the character he embodies on stage? Does his stage identity is only a set of rules that have been arrived at? How the individuality and identity of an artist are constituted depending on the cultural and socio-historical context and her personal circumstances and experiences? What makes a Western actor different from an Oriental one? BodyConstitution is a creative extension of the activities focused around acting techniques that have been happening at the Grotowski Institute since 2004. The core of BodyConstitution will be comprised by groups currently in residence at the Grotowski Institute: studios focused on distinct movement traditions/techniques and three ensembles that have developed their own performer training approaches based on source movement techniques:
More information: www.bodyconstitution.art.pl Programme Thu 23 April 2015 17:00 | Laboratory Theatre Space The Actor’s Physical Activity from the Perspective of Sport Rehabilitation Lecture by Piotr Bursiewicz Admission free In Polish with consecutive English translation Fri 24 April 2015 9:00–11:00 | Na Grobli Studio Aikido Training led by Przemysław Błaszczak of Two Paths Studio Admission free Application deadline: 12 April 2015 Contact: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl In Polish and English 9:00–11:00 | Na Grobli Studio Capoeira Training led by Jakub Gontarski of Two Paths Studio Admission free Application deadline: 12 April 2015 Contact: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl In Polish and English 9:00–11:00 | Laboratory Theatre Space Kalarippayattu (Southern style) Training led by Sankar Lal Sivasankaran Nair of Studio Kalari Admission free Application deadline: 12 April 2015 Contact: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl In Polish and English 12:00–15:00 | Na Grobli Studio The Method of Theodoros Terzopoulos Closed workshop led by Savvas Stroumpos of Attis Theatre In English 12:00–15:30 | Laboratory Theatre Space The Art of the Performer between West and East Closed workshop led by Mario Barzaghi, Rosalba Genovese, Maria Rita Simone of Teatro dell’Albero In English 16:30 | Laboratory Theatre Space The Method of Theodoros Terzopoulos Work demonstration by Savvas Stroumpos of Attis Theatre Admission free In English with consecutive Polish translation 20:15 | Square outside St Elizabeth Church, ul. św. Mikołaja Witness Action by Daisuke Yoshimoto Admission free Sat 25 April 2015 9:00–11:00 | Na Grobli Studio Aikido Training led by Przemysław Błaszczak of Two Paths Studio Admission free Application deadline: 12 April 2015 Contact: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl In Polish and English 9:00–11:00 | Na Grobli Studio Capoeira Training led by Jakub Gontarski of Two Paths Studio Admission free Application deadline: 12 April 2015 Contact: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl In Polish and English 9:00–11:00 | Laboratory Theatre Space Kalarippayattu (Southern style) Training led by Sankar Lal Sivasankaran Nair of Studio Kalari Admission free Application deadline: 12 April 2015 Contact: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl In Polish and English 12:00–15:00 | Na Grobli Studio The Method of Theodoros Terzopoulos Closed workshop led by Savvas Stroumpos of Attis Theatre In English 12:00–15:30 | Laboratory Theatre Space The Art of the Performer between West and East Closed workshop led by Mario Barzaghi, Rosalba Genovese, Maria Rita Simone of Teatro dell’Albero 16:30 | Laboratory Theatre Space Intersecting Planes Work demonstration by Simona Sala and Sankar Lal Sivasankaran Nair with Daisuke Yoshimoto, introduced by Jarosław Fret Admission free In English with consecutive Polish translation 20:00 | Na Grobli Studio Armine, Sister Performance by Teatr ZAR Admission free, advance booking required: sekretariat@grotowski-institute.art.pl Tel. 71 34 45 320 Sun 26 April 2015 9:00–11:00 | Na Grobli Studio Aikido Training led by Przemysław Błaszczak of Two Paths Studio Admission free Application deadline: 12 April 2015 Contact: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl In Polish and English 9:00–11:00 | Na Grobli Studio Capoeira Training led by Jakub Gontarski of Two Paths Studio Admission free Application deadline: 12 April 2015 Contact: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl In Polish and English 9:00–11:00 | The One Hostel, 3rd floor, Rynek-Ratusz 30 Kalarippayattu (Southern style) Training led by Sankar Lal Sivasankaran Nair of Studio Kalari Admission free Application deadline: 12 April 2015 Contact: justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl In Polish and English 12:00–15:00 | Na Grobli Studio The Method of Theodoros Terzopoulos Closed workshop led by Savvas Stroumpos of Attis Theatre In English 17:00 | Laboratory Theatre Space An Athlete of the Heart Work demonstration by Mario Barzaghi of Teatro dell’Albero In English with consecutive Polish translation 20:00 | Na Grobli Studio Armine, Sister Performance by Teatr ZAR Admission free, advance booking required: sekretariat@grotowski-institute.art.pl Tel. 71 34 45 320 The organizers reserve the right to modify the programme. Partners:   The seminar is a part of the project “BodyConstitution: Intercultural dialogue on actor training – a series of work sessions, academies and seminars with drama schools students from Poland and Norway” undertaken as part of the programme “Promotion of Diversity in Culture and Arts within European Cultural Heritage” as part of the EEA FM 2009–2014.  The project is supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, from the EEA Grants, and co-financed from Polish founds. |