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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

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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,

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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.

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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

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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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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

[email protected]

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 [email protected]

PRACTICAL SEMINARS

Giving VoiceCentre for Performance Researchin collaboration with the

Grotowsi InstituteWROCaW aNd BRzEzINKa, aPRILContct: Mglen [email protected]

Meetings withRemarkable Women

the projectMeetings withRemarkable Women, Canada,in collaboration with theGrotowsi InstituteWROCaW aNd BRzEzINKa,

JULY, AUGUSTContct: Ibel Mynr

[email protected]

CONFERENCES

Grotowski: what was, what is.

And what is to be doneThe Grotowsi InstituteWROCaW, JaNuaRY

Contct: Mglen [email protected]

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 [email protected]

Grotowski: Theatreand Beyond

British Grotowsi Project,University of kentCANTERBURY, JUNEContact: Giuliano [email protected]

In the programme


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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 [email protected]

Performer:Twenty Years After

University of California, Irvinein collaboration withthe Grotowsi Institute

IRVINE, NOVEMBERContact: Joanna [email protected]

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

[email protected]

Final conferenceInstitute of Polish Culture

at the University of Warsaw,in collaboration withthe Grotowsi Institute

WARSAW, JANUARY 2010Contct: Mglen [email protected]

Meetingsthroughout Europe,and the AmericasContct: Te Grotowski Yer 2009 [email protected]

Ehibitions and installationsin Wrocw, Cnterbry,

London and ParisContct: Te Grotowski Yer 2009 [email protected]

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 [email protected] publications Monia [email protected]

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PUBLICATION OF THE BOOkGrotowski powtrzony

[Grotowsi Repeated],

eite by StniswRosiek (Gsk: sowo/

obraz terytoria, 2008),in collaboration withthe Grotowsi Institute

WROCaW the Old Maret Square

ExHIBITION50 years ofthe Laboratory Theatre

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Of thE GOtOwk YEA

CO-HOSTS: Ludwi Flaszen, Rena Mireca, Zygmunt Moli

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:

the Grotowsi Institute, 2009; in collaboration with theBritish Grotowsi Project, Uk); led by Georges Banu

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ScierskiinApocalypsiscumF

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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

27 TH MARCH

Ludwik Flaszensaddressfor World Theatre Day

31 ST MARCH 5TH aPRIL, WROCaWPremio Europa per il Teatro

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16TH26TH aPRIL, WROCaW

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,

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PUBLICATION of theboo by Jana Piltova

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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

ThE Wod A A PAE of tUth

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,

Stefn Okoowic, Piotr Skib, Jonn Weber

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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

Ang Gey PinPhotograph: Maciej Zarzewsi

Dora ArreolaPhotograph: Ed Coheni

Rena MirecaPhotograph: Paola Torricelli

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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

Grotowski. Le thtre nest quune forme, prefaceby Georges Banu (Arles: Actes Sud Papiers, 2009) ExHIBITION devoted to the Laboratory Theatre pre-pared by the British Grotowsi Project in collaborationwith the Grotowsi Institute, and presented with theparticipation of the Centre Georges Pompidou

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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

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10TH11TH dECEMBER, WROCaWCONFERENCESowacki and Grotowski. He

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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