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50th AEAy Of thE foUdg
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The year 2009 mars the 10th anniversary of Jerzy Grotowsi'sdeath, 50 years since Ludwi Flaszen and Jerzy Grotowsi tooover the Theatre of the 13 Rows in Opole (later the LaboratoryTheatre) and the 25th anniversary of the dissolution of theLaboratory Theatre.
In November 2007, in recognition of these events, the GeneralConference of UNESCO added the founding of the Laboratory
Theatre to the list of anniversaries to be celebrated within its20082009 programme.
The Grotowsi Institute is the initiator and the principal co-ordinator of the worldwide, Grotowsi Year 2009 celebrations.The co-hosts of the Grotowsi Year inauguration are co-found-
ers of the Laboratory Theatre: Ludwi Flaszen, Rena Mirecaand Zygmunt Moli.
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When machines dominate,loo instead for the living.All of life is a comple phenomenonof counterpoise. Its not a matterof having a conceptual image of that,but of asing yourself the question:This life that you are living,is it enough?JERZY GROTOWSkI
JerzyGrotowski,1994.
Photograph
:MaurizioBuscarino
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Jerzy Grotowski (19331999)
Polish theatre director, cultural practitioner and thiner, researcher ofhuman behaviour under ' meta-daily conditions '.Along with Ludwi Flaszen, Grotowsi too over the Theatre of the13 Rows in Opole in 1959. Together, they transformed it into theLaboratory Theatre, in which they realised their conception of ' poor
theatre ', most etensively articulated in the classic volumeTowards a Poor Theatre, edited by Eugenio Barba (1968).This idea emphasized the essential element of any theatreevent: te intensie prticiption of ctors n specttors in sre
space, shaped anew for each meeting between them.Peter Broo called Grotowsi ' unique ', because ' no-one else in the world,[], no-one since Stanislavsi, has investigated the nature of acting, its
phenomenon, its meaning, the nature and science of its mental-physical-emotional processes as deeply and completelyas Grotowsi '. The Laboratory Theatre, led by Grotowsiand Flaszen, was not theatre in its usual sense, butrather an institute for research into the domain of theat-rical art, and the art of the actor in particular.Its line of wor centered on the great classical tets(by Polis Romntic tors: Mickiewic, Sowcki,
Jerzy Grotowsi and Ludwi Flaszen, Opole 1960.
Rysr Cielk in trening,
early 1960s.
The insigniaof the Laboratory Theatre,
adapted from the insignia ofthe Reduta Theatre, 1966.
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n Wyspiski, s well s by Mrlowe
and Caldern) whose function in Polishculture was close to myth. Grotowsi ' sperformances consisted of ' vivisections 'of those myths.Grotowsi emphasised the elimination of blocs rather than the accu-mulation of sills, naming this approach the via negativa. By meansof this ' negative path ' a human being could achieve ' a total act ', aboutwhich Grotowsi said: ' It is the act of laying oneself bare, of tearing
off the mas of daily life, of eteriorizing oneself. Not in order to "show oneselfoff " for that would be ehibitionism. It is a serious and solemn act of revelation.The actor must be prepared to be absolutely sincere. It is lie a step towards thesummit of the actor ' s organism in which consciousness and instinct are united '.The most advanced realisa-tions of this phenomenon wereis works wit Rysr Cielk
on The Constant Prince (1965)and with the whole ensembleon Apocalypsis cum fguris(1968/69).Grotowsi pushed the bounda-ries of theatre in the parath-
Photograph: Leonard Olejni
The Constant Prince afterClern/Sowcki, te Lbortory
Theatre of the 13 Rows, 1965.Photograph: the Laboratory
Theatre archives
Apocalyps is cum Figuris,
Milan 1979.Photograph: Maurizio Buscarino
Posterfor
ApocalypsiscumF
iguris.
Designb
yWaldemarkrygier,
Wrocaw,
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eatrical projects of the 1970s. There, the separation betweenactors and spectators vanished, creating a shared domain ofactive culture. The main premise of this phase of wor was asearch for the conditions in which a human being can act trulyn wit te wole self fllling is or er inivil, cretive
potential.In the late 1970s Grotowsi eplored ritual techniques connectedto various source traditions. Woring in his Theatre of Sourcesproject with an international team of practitioners, every memberof which was ' rooted in his native bacground related to traditionand culture ', Grotowsi aimed at eamining ' techniques, archaicor nascent, that bring us [those actively involved] bac to []
organic primary eperience of life. Eistence-presence '. His ap-proach in Theatre of Sources me Grotowski mongst te rst
to theorise the intersections between theatre and anthropology.From 1986 until his passing in 1999, Grotowsi dedicated himself to a researchthat came to be nown as ' Art as vehicle '. This research focuses mainly on ' actionsrelated to very ancient songs whichtraditionally served ritual purposesand so can have a direct impact on so to say the head, the heart andthe body of the doers, songs which
Jerz y Grotows i, 1982.Photograph: Maurizio Buscarino
The Mountain Project
Summer 1977.Design bykrzysztof Bednarsi
Poster for TheVigil, 1979.Design by krzysztof Bednarsi
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can allow the passage from a vital energy to a more subtle one '.Grotowsi further wrote, ' When I spea of [] Art as vehicle, I referto verticality. [] With verticality the point is not to renounce part ofour nature all should remain in its natural place: the body, the heart,the head, something that is "under our feet " and something that is
"over the head ". All lie a vertical line, and this verticality should beheld taut between organicity and the awareness. Awareness means the conscious-ness which is not lined to language (the machine for thining), but to Presence '.In 1996, Grotowsi changed the name of the Worcenter to The Worcenter of JerzyGrotowsi and Thomas Richards, acnowledging the unique importance of his collabo-rtion wit Ricrs. In tis nl prse of is life ' s reserc, Grotowski become
concerned with transmi ssion: ' The nature of my wor with Thomas Richards has the
character of " transmission"; to transmit to him that to which I have arrived in my life:the inner aspect of the wor '. Today, Richards leads the Worcenter, continuing and de-veloping its research. Mario Biagini, a ey member of the Worcenter since shortly afterits foundation, has been the Worcenter ' s Associate Director since 2003.Before the end of his life, JerzyGrotowsi traced the trajectory ofhis life and wor as Professor at theCollge de France, in a series of lec-tures entitled The ' organic line ' intheatre and in ritual(19971998).
Cover for the recordingof Jerzy Grotowsis
last Paris lecture,26th January 1998
Summaryof the course givenby Jerzy Grotowsiat the Collge de France,Paris
Poster for Tree of People, 1979.Design by krzysztof Bednarsi
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kazimierz Grotowsi. Photograph: Jerzy Lajstowicz
Ludwi Flaszen. Photograph: Maciej ZarzewsiThe Honorary Committee
of the Grotowski Year 2009Marianne Ahrne | the French Minister of Culture Christine Albanel | Roberto Bacci
| Georges Banu | Eugenio Barba | Mario Biagini |the President of the University of
Wrocaw Marek Bojarski | Peter Brook| Robert Cohen | Martha Coigney | Marco
De Marinis | Janusz Degler | The Mayor of the City of Wrocaw Rafa Dutkiewicz
| Ludwik Flaszen | Marc Fumaroli | Kazimierz Grotowski | Jerzy Gurawski |Mieczysaw
Janowski | Michelle Kokosowski | Leszek Kolankiewicz | Maja Komorowska | StanisawKrotoski | the President of the Higher Theatre School in Krakw Ewa Kutry |
Jack Lang | the Mayor of Pontedera Paolo Marconcini | Ferruccio Marotti |
Rena Mirecka | Zygmunt Molik| Alina Obidniak| Zbigniew Osiski | Carla Pollastrelli
| Dobrochna Ratajczakowa | the Secretary General of the Polish National Commis-
sion for UNESCO Sawomir Ratajski | Thomas Richards | Franco Rufni | Richard
Schechner |Jerzy Stuhr | Ferdinando Taviani | Raymonde Temkine | Valentin Temkine
| Anatoli Vasiliev | the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage BogdanZdrojewski.
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Adam Miciewicz Institutewww.iam.pl
British Grotowsi Project,
University of kentwww.britishgrotowsi.co.u
Casa Editorial
Tablas-Alarcos, Havanawww.tablasalarcos.cult.cu
Central School of Speech andDrama, University of London
www.cssd.ac.u
Centre for Performance
Researchwww.thecpr.org.u
Centro Terico-Cultural
Criterios, Havanawww.criterios.es
C.I.C.T. / Thtre
des Bouffes du Nordwww.bouffesdunord.com
Collge de Francewww.college-de-france.fr
Drama Department andFaculty of Polish Philology,the Jagiellonian Universitywww.polonistya.uj.edu.pl
Drama Department,
University of California, Irvine
www.drama.arts.uci.edu
Fondazione Pontedera Teatrowww.pontederateatro.it
Institute of Polish Culturein New Yor
www.PolishCulture-NYC.org
Institute of Polish Culture,
University of Warsawwww.ip.uw.edu.pl
Library Foundation
of Los Angeleswww.aloudla.org
Ntionl Ossoliski Institte
www.oss.wroc.pl
Odin TeatretHolstebro
www.odinteatret.d
Polish AudiovisualPublishing Housewww.pwa.gov.pl
Polish Centre of the
International Theatre Institutewww.iti-worldwide.org
Polish Commitee for UNESCOwww.unesco.pl
Polish Institute in Berlinwww.polnischeultur.de
Polish Institute in Budapest
www.polinst.hu
Polish Institute in Dsseldorfwww.polnisches-institut.de
Polish Institute in Prague
www.polsyinstitut.cz
Polish Institute in Rome
www.istitutopolacco.it
Polish Institute in Vienna
www.polnisches-institut.at
Pomona College, Claremontwww.pomona.edu
Premio Europa per il Teatro
www.premio-europa.org
Publishing Housesowo/obr terytoriwww.terytoria.com.pl
Theatre Arts Researchingthe Foundations
www.tarf.info
The Ludwi Solsi StateHigher School of Theatre
www.pwst.raow.pl
Universit Paris Sorbonne
www.paris-sorbonne.fr
Acknowledgements
We would lie to than all thosewho agreed to join the HonoraryCommittee of the Grotowsi Year.
We are grateful to our partnersfor the chance to collaborateon the realisation ofthe Grotowsi Year.We also than the representativesof the institutions that willco-host the various eventsof the Grotowsi Year.
Furthermore,we owe debt of gratitude to:Jan BortiewiczJrosw Bro
Marina FabbriLudwi FlaszenJerzy Iloszkonrad Imiela
Adolf JuzwenoPlin Kpcisk
Ew Ktry
Thomas LeabhartMciej giewski
Mic Msowski
krystyna Meissnerkrzysztof Mieszowsi
Jrosw ObremskiKtryn Osisk
Jace PopielPwe Potorocyn
Roberta SecchiEli SimonRobert SolmowsiNina Soufy
Louise SteinmanMgort Sgier
Mgort Wrskiewic
Partners
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CELEBRATIONOF THE AWARD OFthe European Theatre Prize
Premio Europa per il TeatroWROCaW, aPRIL
Contact: Joanna klass
jlass@grotowsi-institute.art.pl
InternationalTheatre Festival
The World as a Place of TruthPRESENTATIONS OF PERFORMANCES
BY: Roberto Bacci, EugenioBarba, Pina Bausch, PeterBroo, Alvis Hermanis, krystianLupa, Richard Schechner,Woimier Stniewski,
Tadashi Suzui, TheodorosTerzopoulos, krzysztof
Warliowsi, and MEETINGS WITHLudwi Flaszen and AnatoliVassiliev
WROCaW, JuNE
Contact: Te Grotowski Yer 2009 Ofceofce@grotowski-institte.rt.pl
PRACTICAL SEMINARS
Giving VoiceCentre for Performance Researchin collaboration with the
Grotowsi InstituteWROCaW aNd BRzEzINKa, aPRILContct: Mglen Mrmagda@grotowsi-institute.art.pl
Meetings withRemarkable Women
the projectMeetings withRemarkable Women, Canada,in collaboration with theGrotowsi InstituteWROCaW aNd BRzEzINKa,
JULY, AUGUSTContct: Ibel Mynr
iza@grotowsi-institute.art.pl
CONFERENCES
Grotowski: what was, what is.
And what is to be doneThe Grotowsi InstituteWROCaW, JaNuaRY
Contct: Mglen Mrmagda@grotowsi-institute.art.pl
Grotowski: the solitude
of theatre. Documents,contexts, interpretationsThe Grotowsi Institute,the Faculty of Polish Philologyof the Jagiellonian University,The State Higher School of
Theatre in krawkRAkW, MARCHContct: Mglen Mrmagda@grotowsi-institute.art.pl
Grotowski: Theatreand Beyond
British Grotowsi Project,University of kentCANTERBURY, JUNEContact: Giuliano CampoG.Campo@ent.ac.u
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The Theatrical Anthropologyof Jerzy Grotowski
Thtre des Bouffes du Nord,Universit Paris Sarbonne,The Grotowsi Institute andCollge de FrancePARIS, OCTOBERContact: Te Grotowski Yer 2009 Ofceofce@grotowski-institte.rt.pl
Performer:Twenty Years After
University of California, Irvinein collaboration withthe Grotowsi Institute
IRVINE, NOVEMBERContact: Joanna klassjlass@grotowsi-institute.art.pl
Sowacki and Grotowski.
' He broke myinternal bones...'
the Drama Department ofthe Faculty of Polish Philologyat the Jagiellonian University,in collaboration withthe Grotowsi InstituteWROCaW, dECEMBER
Contct: Mglen Mr
magda@grotowsi-institute.art.pl
Final conferenceInstitute of Polish Culture
at the University of Warsaw,in collaboration withthe Grotowsi Institute
WARSAW, JANUARY 2010Contct: Mglen Mrmagda@grotowsi-institute.art.pl
Meetingsthroughout Europe,and the AmericasContct: Te Grotowski Yer 2009 Ofceofce@grotowski-institte.rt.pl
Ehibitions and installationsin Wrocw, Cnterbry,
London and ParisContct: Te Grotowski Yer 2009 Ofceofce@grotowski-institte.rt.pl
Publications
in English and Polish,including: Peter Broo Theatre is Just
a Form. On Jerzy Grotowski
To Be a Whole Man: PolishAuthors on Grotowski
Ludwi Flaszen On Grotowskiand The Laboratory Theatre
(provisional title)
Contact:English publications Adela karszniaadela@grotowsi-institute.art.plPolish publications Monia Bligemonia@grotowsi-institute.art.pl
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PUBLICATION OF THE BOOkGrotowski powtrzony
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WROCaW the Old Maret Square
ExHIBITION50 years ofthe Laboratory Theatre
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CONFERENCEGrotowski: what was, what is. And what isto be done
PRESENTATION OF THE MEDALS: Order of Merit for CultureGloria Artis
14th
January: CONCERT of Bauls from Bengal on the10th anniversary of Jerzy Grotowsis death
OPENING OF THE ExHIBITION Dust:Apocalypsis cumFiguris in the photographs of Maurizio Buscarino
FILM PRESENTATIONSacrilegious Rite, Abounding inSorcery On Jerzy Grotowskis Laboratory Theatre,
realised by krzysztof Domagali MEETING with Peter Broo devoted to his boo Theatre
is Just a Form. On Jerzy Grotowski, edited by GeorgesBn n Gregor zikowski wit Pl allin (Wrocw:
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6TH FEBRUARY, NEW YORk, UNITED STATES
Te rst MEETING in the Year of Grotowskicycle,
realised by The Polish Cultural Institute in New Yor incollaboration with Richard Schechner of the Tisch Schoolof the Arts, New Yor University; the programme includespnel iscssions, lm presenttions n worksops;
subsequent meetings: April, May and July 2009
20TH21ST FEBRUARY, HOLSTEBRO, DENMARk
MEETINGThe First Stone,devoted to Jerzy Grotowsi, organised byEugenio Barbas Odin Teatret
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25 TH 27 T H MARCH, kRAkW, POLAND
CONFERENCE Grotowski: the solitude of theatre. Documents,Contexts, Interpretations, organised by the Grotowsi Institute,the Ludwi Solsi State Higher Theatre School in kraw and the Faculty
of Polish Philology of the Jagiellonian UniversityMEETING devoted to te rst isse of te Englis-lngge jornl PolishTheatre Perspectives(Grzegorzewski, Warlikowski, and Sketches), edited byTes Korn, pblise by te Grotowski Institte
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Ludwik Flaszensaddressfor World Theatre Day
31 ST MARCH 5TH aPRIL, WROCaWPremio Europa per il Teatro
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PRACTICAL SEMINARGiving Voice, realised by the Centre for Per-formance Research (Wales), in collaboration with the GrotowsiInstituteMEETING devoted to the booTo Be a Whole Man: Polish
Authors on Grotowski, eite by Gregor zikowski (aberyst-wyth: Blac Mountain Press, 2009), a collaboration between the
Centre for Performance Research and the Grotowsi Institute
31 ST MARCH 5TH aPRIL, WROCaW
Premio Europa per il Teatro4TH APRIL, theNights of the Theatres of Wrocw n Lower Silesi5TH APRIL,CELEBRATION OF THE AWARD of the European TheatrePrize to Krystian Lupa, and of the New Theatrical Realitiesprizes to Guy Cassiers (Belgium), Pippo Delbono (Italy),Rodrigo Garca (Argentina/Spain), rpd Schilling (Hungary),Franois Tanguy and Thtre du Radeau (France)
PRESENTATIONS of performances and wors in progress bylaureates SEMINAR MEETINGS dedicated to the activities of the awardwinners
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SERIES OF MEETINGSat Polish Institutes
around Europe
(Berlin, Budapest,Dsseldorf, Prague,
Vienna)
PUBLICATION of theboo by Jana Piltova
Grotowskis Nestin the Czech language,
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WROCaW ThE OLd MaRKET SquaRE
ExHIBITION devoted to theatremasters at the turn of the centuries
11TH14TH JUNE, CANTERBURY, Uk
PRESENTATION on the activities of the Grotowsi Institute at the con-
ference Grotowski: Theatre and Beyond, realised by the BritishGrotowsi Project at the University of kent MEETING WITH Ludwik Flaszen devoted to his English-language boo,published by Icarus Publishing Enterprise (a collaboration between theGrotowsi Institute, Odin Teatret and Theatre Arts Researching theFoundations, Malta), supported by the British Grotowsi ProjectMEETING devoted to the second issue of Polish Theatre Perspec-
tives (Grotowski: Voices from Within), edited by Paul Allain and Grze-gor zikowski
9TH JUNE, LONDON, Uk
PRESENTATION on the activitiesof the Grotowsi Instituteat the Central School of Speechand Drama
14TH30TH JuNE, WROCaW International Theatre Festival
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PRESENTATIONS OF PERFORMANCES BY: Roberto Bacci, EugenioBarba, Pina Bausch, Peter Broo, Alvis Hermanis, krystian Lupa,Ricr Scecner, Woimier Stniewski, Tsi Ski,
Theodoros Terzopoulos, krzysztof Warliowsi, and meetings withLudwi Flaszen and Anatoli VassilievMEETING of former collaborators of Jerzy Grotowsi: For this
Land is an Inn on Our Great JourneyMEETING wit dris Kosiski evote to is bookGrotowski.
Przewodnik[Grotowski. a Gie] (Wrocw: te Grotowski Insti-tute, 2009)
PHOTOGRAPHS: Fioer Bempor, ks Gi,Mrek Grotowski, Toms hoo, Gints Mleris,
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7Th JuLY 5Th auGuST, WROCaW aNd BRzEzINKa
PRACTICAL SEMINARMeetings with Remarkable Womenwithin the frame of the projectby Virginie Magnat (Canada), realised in collaboration with the Grotowsi InstituteWORk SESSIONS led by Ang Gey Pin, Dora Arreola, Rena Mireca, Iben Nagel Rasmussen
and katharina SeyferthPERFORMANCES AND MEETINGS
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Dora ArreolaPhotograph: Ed Coheni
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Rena Mireca andRysr Cielk
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zygmnt Molik, antoni Jokowski, Rysr Cielk
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19TH21TH OCTOBER, PARIS, FRANCE
CONFERENCE Anthropologie thtrale selon JerzyGrotowski in collaboration with the Thtre des Bouffesdu Nord, Universit Paris-Sorbonne and the Collge deFrance PRESENTATIONS OFDOCUMENTARY FILMS on the Labo-ratory Theatre, Thtre des Bouffes du NordMEETING withPeter Broo devoted to his boo Avec
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ROME, ITALYMEETING at the University ofRomeLa Sapienza,in collaboration with the PolishInstitute in Rome
10TH16TH NOVEMBER, HAVANA, CUBA
SEMINAR on the wor of Jerzy Grotowsi and the LaboratoryTheatre, in collaboration with Centro Terico-Cultural Criteriosand Casa Editorial Tablas/Alarcos
18TH25TH NOVEMBERCLAREMONT, IRVINE, LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATESRealisation of the programme The Grotowski Year in CaliforniaMEETING devoted to English-language publications on Polish theatre in the ALOUD
Series, Central Library, Los AngelesLECTURES on the activities of Jerzy Grotowsi, Pomona College (Claremont), theHelena Modjesa Arts and Culture Club, Loyola Marymount University and theUniversity of California (Los Angeles)CONFERENCEPerformer: Twenty Years After,organised by the University ofCalifornia, Irvine, in collaboration with the Grotowsi Institute
D e c e m b e r 2009
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10TH11TH dECEMBER, WROCaWCONFERENCESowacki and Grotowski. He
broke my internal bones..., organised bythe Drama Department of the Faculty of PolishPhilology of the Jagiellonian University,in collaboration with the Grotowsi Institute
Jerzy GrotowsiPhotograph: Maurizio Buscarino
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14TH15TH JANUARY, WARSAW
Final conference, at the Instituteof Polish Culture, University ofWarsaw, in collaboration with theGrotowsi Institute
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JUlY 2010
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AUGUsT 2010 sEPTEmbEr 2010
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The Grotowski Institute in Wrocw is cltrl instittion wic combines r-
tistic and scholarly research projects that correspond to the challenges laid
down by Jerzy Grotowsis creative practice.
The Institute emerged out of the Centre for Study of Jerzy Grotowsis Wor
and for Cultural and Theatrical Research, which was established at the former
premises of te Lbortory Tetre, t te Ol Mrket in Wrocw n t Brein-
k, ner Olenic, in 1989. Te origintor of te Centres progrmme gielines
ws zbigniew Osiski, wo irecte te instittion initilly wit alin Obinik
and subsequently from 1st June 1991 to 31st Jnry 2004 wit Stnisw
Krotoski. Teir sccessors, Jrosw Fret n Gregor zikowski, trnsforme
it into the Grotowsi Institute. The changes of name and statute, which tooplace on 28th December 2006, mar a realignment, epansion and development
of the institutions programmes. The Grotowsi Institute continues the lines of
wor run by the Grotowsi Centre, whilst placing more emphasis on education,
promotion, producing and publishing.
Fret n zikowski re te crrent irectors of te Institte. Te members of te
Grotowsi Institute Council are Professors: Janusz Degler, Lesze kolaniewiczand Dobrochna Ratajczaowa.
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Agniesza Pietiewiczin The Leaden Ballby Song InBetween,Brzezina, 2008.Photograph:Maciej Zarzewsi
TeatroLa Madrugada,
the projectRegulacontra Regulam,
Milan, 2008.Photograph:
Maciej Zarzewsi
kamila klamutin Gospels of Childhood
by Theatre ZAR,Wrocw.
Photograph:
Tom Dombrowsi
Maisternia Pisni,
ProjectRasa, Brzezina, 2007.Courtesy of Maisternia Pisni
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The educational line involvespractical seminars, guest lec-tres, lm presenttions n
meetings devoted to publications. Practical semi-nars tae the form of shorter wor encountersand the month-long Atelier a series of worsessions for actors, singers, dancers anddirectors, with the aim of woring on craft inthe fundamental meaning of the word. Theeducational line is also conducted through
meetings with secondary school and univer-sity students, including: Matura Teatralna (di-recte towrs seconry scool ppils from Wrocw
and towns in Lower Silesia) and Work Exchanges (withPolish theatre studies studentsand artists from independentgroups).
Claudio Santana,
Atelier 2008, Brzezina.Photograph: Maciej Zarzewsi
Chantal Marti,Atelier 2008, Brzezina.Photograph: Maciej Zarzewsi
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The publishing activities operate within the framewor of two series:Grotowski: Problems and Tasks and The Path of Theatre and Culture. Therst focses on te ocmenttion n interprettion of Jery Grotowskis
creative wor, whilst the second is dedicated to cultural and theatrical re-search.The Grotowsi Institute publishes English-language boos in collaborationwith the Centre for Performance Research (Wales; www.thecpr.org.u), whichwill provide international access to Polish artistic and scholarly theatrethought. Additionally, the Grotowsi Institute, Odin Teatret (Denmar; www.odinteatret.d), and Theatre Arts Researching the Foundations (Malta; www.tarf.info) have established the Icarus Publishing Enterprise, focusing on spe-cialist, English-language tets relating to the practice and concept of theatre
as a laboratory.Since March 2007, the Institute has published the theatrejournal Didaskalia. In 2009, in collaboration with Didaska-
lia, te rst isse of te nnl jornlPolish Theatre Perspectives will bepublished, which aims to mae important wors by Polish researchers ac-cessible to English-language readers. Articles are arranged within themedvolumes under the supervision of specialist, guest editors, and are devotedto both Polish and world theatres.
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The Grotowsi Institute runs anArchive, with the following tass: The gathering, completion and cataloguing of and provision of access to the archive ma-terils relte to te ctivities of Jery Grotowski, te Lbortory Tetre, te Wrocw Secon
Studio, the Grotowsi Centre and the Grotowsi Institute Collaboration on projects presenting the wor of Jerzy Grotowsi and the Laboratory Theatre(ocmentry lms, exibitions, pblictions, lectres otsie te Institte)
Presenttion of ocmentry lms in te Tetre Cinem
Documentation of the Institutes current programmes and the updating of its chronicleThe Institute also organises open events, such as: Guest theatre presentations and concerts Polish and international conferences, practical seminars, and wor meetings Ehibitions and epositions
Te Grotowski Institte, wit te spport of te City of Wrocw, cts s te logisticl co-orin-
tor of Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards projectHorizons (20072009).Through its support ofHorizons, the Institute creates a meeting point in Poland with the Wor-center directed by Grotowsis artistic inheritor, Thomas Richards by periodically hostingits ongoing research.
In 2009, the Grotowsi Institute together with the Thtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, and the Bar-bican Centre, London, will co-produceEleven and Twelve a performance directed by Peter
Brook. The premiere of the performance is planned for November 2009, in Paris. The performancewill sbseently be presente in Wrocw (Jnry 2010) n Lonon (Febrry 2010).
The Institute has acquired a new space at 30/32 Na Grobli street, Wrocw, in orer to fll itsetended activities. Its opening is planned for 2009.
Selected key projects of the Centre and the Institute,i th 20th i f th t bli h t f
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1990 Presentations ofthe performance bythe School of Dra-
matic Art,Six Characters in Search of
an Author, directed by Anatoli Vassiliev Symposium The Mahabharata inIndian and Western Culture
SymposiumAnthroposophical Inspi-rations in Twentieth Century Theatre
1991
EhibitionRyszard Cielak at theLaboratory Theatre in Wrocaw,in collbortion wit te Wrocw his-tory Museum Visit of Jerzy Grotowsi, due to thepresentation of the doctoratehonoriscausa by te university of Wrocw;
presentation of Mercedes Gregoryslm Art as Vehicle Visit of Odin Teatret, presentation ofthe performance Talabot, directed byEugenio Barba
SeminarInspirations of Carl GustavJung and his School in the Art of Twen-tieth Century
SeminarReduta Meaning andContexts: European Theatre Laborato-
ries 19101940
Meeting with Peter Broo and
promotion of the Polish edition of theboo by P.D. Ouspensy,In Searchof the Miraculous: Fragments of an
Unknown Teaching
1992Seminar by Jacques Pimpaneau
Asian Theatre within the Collection ofthe Muse Kwok On, in Paris
Symposium devoted to the activityof Jerzy JarociDays of Les Kurbas symposium,ehibition and presentation of theperformanceStudio Budmo!
Special issue ofNotatnik Teatralny(no. 4) devoted to Jerzy Grotowsi
1993SymposiumKon-stantin Stanislavski
and Michael Chekhov,with the participation of
Anatoli Vassiliev; openrehearsals of VassilievsperformanceJosephand His Brothers
EhibitionAntekJahokowski
Visit of Odin Teatret and presenta-
tion of their performance Kaosmos,directed by Eugenio BarbaSymposiumHerman Hesse Writerand Phenomenon
1994Symposium Theatre and Ritual in Bali
Cycle of events devoted to Maja ko-morowsaPresentations of Indian Odissidanceby Sanjuta Panigrahi
1995Visit of Odin Teatret, presentations
of the performanceItsi Bitsi, directedby Eugenio Barba
maring the 20th anniversary of the establishment ofthE GOtOwk cEte
SymposiumPhono-sphere in the Theatre
1999 Celebrations on the 40th anniver-
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sphere in the Theatre
EhibitionStanisawScierskiat the Na Od-wachu gallery, publi-cation of the actorsdrawings
Symposium The Theatre Activity ofMieczysaw Limanowski and its Contexts
SymposiumJerzy Grzegorzewskiand his Theatre
Symposium Turkish Theatre Today Sources and Tradition
Presentations of the performanceAmphitryon,directed by Anatoli VassilievSpecial issue ofNotatnik Teatralny(no. 10), evote to Rysr Cielk
1996Festival Copenhagen Warsaw Pozna Wrocaw; presentationsby groups from Bali, Brazil and JapanPresentations of a performanceby the New World Performance Labo-ratory The Book of Saintsand Martyrs,
directed byJamesSlowia
1997Presentations of the opusAction, by
Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas
Richards; meeting with Jerzy Grotowski
and Thomas Richards, presentation of
Mercees Gregorys flmArt as VehicleSymposium The Theatre Cultureof Latvia
ConferenceEuropean TheatreLaboratories and Studios in the
Twentieth Century Techniques and
Values: A Survey
1998EhibitionZbigniew CynkutisSymposium Towianism inPolish Culture
Presentations of Miln Mla groupled by Abani Biswas
Symposium German Theatre in theTwentieth Century
Celebrations on the 40 anniversary of the founding of the LaboratoryTheatreVisit of Oin Tetret to Wrocw, pre-sentations of the performanceMythos,directed by Eugenio Barba
2000Presentations of the performanceby La Groupe de la Veille,StavroginsConfession, directed by Zbigniew TeoSpychalsiSymposium The RussianReception of Jerzy Grotowskis
Work; presentations of theperformance by the Schoolof Dramatic Art,Don Juan orThe Stone Guest and Other
Poems, directed by AnatoliVassiliev
2002Work session by Yoshi Oida and pre-
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Visit of the Centre for TheatrePractices Gardzienice and presentation
of the performanceMetamorphosis,irecte by Woimier Stniewski;conversation between Ludwi Flaszenn Woimier Stniewski
FestivalPetersburg Theatre Wrocaw
2001Publication of the Polish edition ofEugenio Barbas booLand of Ashesand Diamonds: My Apprenticeship in
PolandPresentations of One Breath Leftby Worcenter of Jerzy Grotowsi and
Thomas Richards, directed by ThomasRichards and Mario BiaginiConference Towards the Essence:Georgi Ivanovich Gurdjieff His Inu-ence and Signifcance, with the par-ticipation of Peter Broo, James Moore,Laurence Rosenthal and Tilo Ulbricht,
publication of the Polish boo Gurdjieff
y p
sentation of his performanceInter-rogations
Presentations of Serbian indepen-dent theatresPozorite TheatreThe Mandeans, te rst Eropen
conference devoted to the gnosticgroup from Iraq and Iran
Visit of Peter Broo andpresentations his performance bythe Thtre des Bouffes du Nord,Le Costume
ConferenceJerzy Grotowski: Para-theatre (19691978) and Theatre of
Sources (19761982)
2003Conference Yevgeny Vakhtangov.What Remains After the Theatre Artist?
Visit of Odin Teatret, performancesand wor presentationsWor session of Phillip Zarrilli Mak-ing the Body All Eyes, and presenta-tion of the performance by Theatre Asou,Speaking Stones, directed by ZarrilliMeeting with Ludwi Flaszen, publi-cation of his tets Teatr sztuka antraktu[The Theatre the Art of Intermission]andMarzyciele [The Dreamers]
2004Presentations of the opusesActionand The Twin: an Action in creationbyWorcenter of Jerzy Grotowsi andThomas Richards; publication of thePolish edition of The Edge-Point ofPerformance,by Thomas Richards
interviewed byLisa Wolford
2006Festival Tadeusz
meeting with Eugenio Barba on the Polishedition of his boo The Paper Canoe
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Presentations of the performance
An Asss Bray, directed by Roberto Bacci
Conference Theatre Space Body Dialogue: Research in
Contemporary Theatre
Co-publication of the Polish editionof Peter Broos The Shifting Point
2005Presentation of PeterBroos theatre researchTierno Bokar
14th session of theInternational School ofTheatre Anthropology(ISTA) directed byEugenio Barba; publication of thePolish edition of The Secret Art of
Performer: A Dictionary
of Theatre Anthropology,by Eugenio Barba andNicola SavaresePresentations ofDies Ir: My Preposter-
ous Theatrum Interioris
Showby Worcenter
of Jerzy Grotowsi andThomas Richards
Rewiczs Archi-
pelago: Wrocaw 2006
Festival Theatre Place MeetingInternational practical sem-inar The Line of Body in theTheatre, organised to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of Henry Tomasze-wskis Wrocw Pntomime Tetre
International conferencePerformanceStudies: and Beyond; Polish translationof Richard Schechners PerformanceStudies: an IntroductionPublication of the Polish anthologyMysterium tremendum et fascinans,on the performances of Jerzy Grotowsiand the Laboratory Theatre
2007Publication ofthe Polish edition ofJerzy GrotowsisTowards a Poor
Theatre; inaugura-tion of the activitiesof the GrotowsiInstitutePbliction of dris Kosiskis
Polski teatr przemiany[Polish Theatreof Transformation]Presentations of Iben NagelRasmussens performanceEsters Book;
AtelierSource Techniques Sourcesof TechniquesOpening of the three-year projectHorizons, by Worcenter of JerzyGrotowsi and Thomas RichardsPresentations of PeterBroos performance TheGrand Inquisitor, with BruceMyers; publication in Polishof Peter Broos Theatreis Just a Form. On Jerzy
Grotowski
2008Openings Festival and the AtelierSuspension of Expression
Detailed information on the activities of theGrotowsi Centre from 19901999 can be foundin the chronicle The Centre for Study of JerzyGrotowskis Work and of Cultural and Theatrical
Research 19901999, edited by Maria Hepel andzbigniew Osiski, Wrocw 1999 (bilingl eition,
in Polish and English). Information on events from20002008 can be found on the Institutes website,
w w w . g r o t o w s k i - i n s t i t u t e . a r t . p lin the sectionArchive>Chronicle