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Premiere performance of the piece with Alexandra Kazazou, directed by Petros Sevastikoglou Text Dimitris Dimitriadis Fri–Sat 15–16 January 2016, 19:15 Centrum Technologii Audiowizualnych (CeTA), ul. Wystawowa 1 Admission: 25 PLN sekretariat@grotowski-institute.art.pl; tel. 71 34 45 320 All tickets booked in advance must be collected from our Office in Przej¶cie ¯ela¼nicze by the date and time agreed at the time of booking. In Greek with Polish subtitlesInsenso is the story of a woman who is insanely in love, a story in which love transcends logic, boundaries and dimensions. “Insenso” is a total defeat of wisdom, a crippling triumph of feelings. Insenso is an opera without music, where the word and body are separate instruments. The movement in the play is not only the backdrop for the words but is in dialectical conflict with them. This form of theatre seeks to stir the audience mentally and physically. The piece is dedicated to Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and originator of the European Capital of Culture, a project which embodies her idea of culture that transcends boundaries. Her passion did not stem from ideals or political agendas but from deep love and her belief in the “sense” of humanity.  Text Dimitris Dimitriadis Translator Ilias Vrazas Director Petros Sevastikoglou Performer Alexandra Kazazou Sets Petros Sevastikoglou, Bajka Mourier Costumes Bajka Mourier Sound Kostas Georgakopulos, assisted by Dariusz Jackowski Lighting design and photographer Karol Jarek Sets built by a team led by Piotr Jacyk Producer Kostas Georgakopulos Production Avant Art, The Grotowski Institute Project coordinator Gra¿yna Górka-Dudek In Greek with Polish subtitles Alexandra Kazazou was born in Wroc³aw in Poland. She is half-Greek, half-Polish and studied acting at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She worked as an actor in the North National Theatre and co-founded Asypka, a theatrical group based in Athens. She first encountered physical theatre in a workshop with the Song of the Goat Theatre during her studies and in 2009 she went to Wroc³aw to enter the MA in Acting course with the Song of the Goat Theatre in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University. Kazazou is currently a member of Studio Matejka, a resident company at the Grotowski Institute. In 2012 she prepared a solo piece, Charmolypi, directed by Matej Matejka, which she performed in Poland, Belgium, Russia, Greece, Turkey, the USA and Scotland. During her six-year spell in Poland, she has performer with Odra Ensemble, co-founded Jubilo and taught ancient Greek drama at the University of Wroc³aw. Her main interest of research is the function of chorus in Greek tragedy and the connection with the daily chorus of life and ensemble work. A significant inspiration and life experience was her expedition to the Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba. She is a certified teacher of Ashtanga Yoga. In 2014 she directed Linatendu, which she presented at the Grotowski Institute as part of Solo Situations 2. She co-directed Borders with Theatre Under the Tree (Istanbul), and created the role of Miranda in Storm directed by Anna-Helena McLean, the leader of Moon Fool (UK). She was assistant director on Studio Matejka’s The Harmony of Contradictions: Poland. In January 2015 she played the title role in KassendER, directed by Io Voulgaraki, created at the Grotowski Institute as part of Solo Situations 3. She currently teaches acting workshops around the world. Petros Sevastikoglou was born in Moscow. He holds a Master’s degree in sociology from the University of Paris X Nanterre. He has directed many theatre plays for the National Theatre of Greece and plays for private venues. He teaches film acting at the Academy of Fine Arts and the drama school of the National Theatre of Greece. Among his films are Wind Over The City (1997), 3 Moments (2008), Attractive Illusion (2012), Electra (2014). His theatre directing credits include Karagioz Vezir (1993), 4.48 Psychosis (2003), The Sharing of the Devil (2004), The Unexpected (Ebros Theatre, 2005), Alice in China (France/China, 2014). Dimitris Dimitriadis was born in Thessaloniki in 1944. He studied theatre and film at INSAS, Brussels, from 1963 to 1968. His first play, The Price of Resistance in The Black Market (1966), was staged in 1968 by director Patrice Chéreau at the Theatre d’Aubervilliers, Paris. After returning to Greece in 1971, has been translating fiction and plays by Kostas Axelos, Honoré de Balzac, Maurice Blanchot, Georges Bataille, Georges Courteline, Jean Genet, Witold Gombrowicz, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Gérard de Nerval, Molière, Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, Jean-Paul Sartre, William Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams. His first novel, Dying As a Country, was published in 1978, and his collection of poems, Catalogues 1–4, in 1980. A large number of plays followed: The New Church of Blood (1983), The Stunning of Animals Before the Slaughter (2000), Oblivion and Four Other Monologues (2002), Cassandra’s Annunciation (2009), Civilization: A Cosmic Tragedy (2013) and others. The piece has been created as part of Mercouri/Xenakis, a project of the Avant Art Foundation developed for the Opening Weekend of the European Capital of Culture Wroc³aw 2016.   Partner  |