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Training led by Przemys³aw B³aszczak of Two Paths Studio Fri–Sun 24–26 April 2015, 9:00–11:00 Na Grobli Studio Admission free In Polish and English Contact and application Please send your completed application form to Justyna Rodziñska-Nair at justyna@grotowski-institute.art.pl by 12 April 2015. The number of places is limited. Applicants will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. Training is a one-day workshop. This training session will include exercises adapted from the martial art of aikido, developed by Two Paths Studio. Participants will be able to improve their coordination, attentiveness and concentration skills and develop an understanding of the body’s mechanics through work with joint locks. The focus will be on breathing in harmony with the body, primal expression and presence. The session will include individual, partner and group work. Please bring comfortable clothes: loose-fitting bottoms and a long-sleeved T-shirt.  Przemys³aw B³aszczak 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 the solo performance Ecco Homo. Since 2004, he has been an actor with Jaros³aw Fret's Teatr ZAR, the resident theatre company of the Grotowski Institute. Przemek performs in the Gospels of Childhood: Overture 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, and in KassandER, with Alexandra Kazazou, directed by Io Voulgaraki. 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 Paths Studio, which is a part of the BodyConstitution research programme of the Grotowski Institute. Two Paths Studio seeks to develop a training which focuses on the idea of confrontation and opening to new concepts of movement and body work based on the martial arts experience of Studio leaders, Przemys³aw B³aszczak (aikido) and Jakub Gontarski (capoeira). “Two Paths” are not only two different Japanese and Brazilian movement traditions, but also two different paths: the path of the warrior and the path of the performer. The work of the Studio focuses on how people relate to space (both the workspace and the space of contact with a partner and the group). The extensive experience of the Studio members (Tomáš Wortner, Karolina Brzêk and Agnieszka Rybak) gives them a multi-perspective look at the idea of “two paths” so they can co-create training methods and tools in a group process. Two Paths Studio works at the Grotowski Institute in Wroc³aw as part of the BodyConstitution research programme. As part of BodyConstitution, practical seminar |