Year of Grotowski in New York - Begins Friday, February 6

[W. Martin]

Dear SEELANGers:

The Polish Cultural Institute and the Performance Studies Department at
New York University's Tisch School of the Arts invite you to attend this
comprehensive program of lectures, workshops, films, and discussion on the
work of theater innovator Jerzy Grotowski.

Please see our *new* website for event locations and the detailed program:
http://polishculture-nyc.org/index.cfm?siteid=217&itemcategory=35076&priorId=35073

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TRACING GROTOWSKI’S PATH: THE YEAR OF GROTOWSKI IN NEW YORK

FEBRUARY 6 – JULY 13, 2009
Curator: Richard Schechner, NYU University Professor, TDR Editor;
Associate Curator: Dominika Bennacer, NYU;
Project Coordinator: Agata Grenda, Polish Cultural Institute

New York, January 13, 2009 – Tracing Grotowski’s Path: Year of
Grotowski in New York is the first in-depth and extensive presentation in
the U.S. of the innovations and influence of Jerzy Grotowski in all the
phases of his long artistic career. This broad spectrum of work is being
presented through a variety of lectures, panels, films, and workshops.

UNESCO has designated 2009 as “The Year of Grotowski” –
50 years after the founding of the Polish Laboratory Theatre and 10 after
the death of the world-renowned Polish theatre director and master
teacher.



EXHIBITION: GROTOWSKI IN POLAND - PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDRZEJ PALUCHIEWICZ
Friday, February 6 – March 20, 2009

THE YEAR OF GROTOWSKI OPENING: THE THEATRE OF THIRTEEN ROWS (1959) AND THE
GROTOWSKI INSTITUTE IN WROCLAW (2009)
Friday, February 6, 2009, 7:30 – 11:00 PM

LUDWIK FLASZEN: GROTOWSKI'S DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
Sunday – Monday, February 8 – 9, 2009
Sunday 5:00 PM; Monday 7:00 – 10:00 PM

ACTORS OF THE POLISH LABORATORY THEATRE: MIECZYSLAW JANOWSKI AND ANDRZEJ
PALUCHIEWICZ
Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

GROTOWSKI AND MAUD ROBART: ENCOUNTERING AFRO-HAITIAN TRADITION
Thursday, February 19, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

GROTOWSKI IN THE AMERICAS
Thursday, March 12, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

WORK DEMONSTRATION BY TALLER DE INVESTIGACION TEATRAL UNAM - NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO
Friday, March 13, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

ANTHROPOCOSMIC THEATRE TECHNIQUES: A WORKSHOP BY TALLER DE INVESTIGACION
TEATRAL
March 14 – 15, 2009, 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM

GROTOWSKI'S INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN ACTOR TRAINING
Saturday, March 28, 2009, 4:00 – 5:30 PM

WOMEN IN THE GROTOWSKI DIASPORA: TRAINING, TRANSMISSION, CREATIVITY
Thursday, April 16, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

GROTOWSKI IN COMMUNIST POLAND
Friday, April 17, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

THE WAY - A WORKSHOP BY RENA MIRECKA
April 18 – 22, 2009

1967: GROTOWSKI IN NEW YORK, THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

GROTOWSKI AND KANTOR
Monday, May 4, 2009, 7:00 – 10:00 PM

PARATHEATRE, THEATRE OF SOURCE AND OBJECTIVE DRAMA
Friday, July 10, 2009

GROTOWSKI'S LABORATORY THEATRE AND THEATRE OF SOURCES PERIOD: FILM
DOCUMENTATION
Saturday, July 11, 2009, time TBA

THE WORKCENTER OF JERZY GROTOWSKI AND THOMAS RICHARDS: FILM DOUMENTATION
Sunday, July 12, 2009, time TBA

THOMAS RICHARDS AND MARIO BIAGINI: GROTOWSKI'S LEGACY AND THE WORCENTER
Monday, July 13, 2009, 6:30 – 9:30 PM


FOR THE FULL PROGRAM AND DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL EVENTS:
http://polishculture-nyc.org/index.cfm?siteid=217&itemcategory=35076&priorId=35073

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