Wlodzimierz Staniewski and the Phenomenon of Gardzienice

ISBN-13: 9780367406325 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 416 str.

S. E. Gontarski; Tomasz Wiśniewski; Katarzyna Kręglewska

Opis

This book offers a broad overview of the contemporary state of the Gardzienice theatrical company and its evolution. It promises to be of great interest to students and scholars across the fields of theatre and performance studies.

Spis treści

Introduction  PART I: Staniewski speaks: in dialogue  1. Crazyfication: a conversation with Włodzimierz Staniewski: day one  2. The fertile land: a conversation with Włodzimierz Staniewski: day two  3. A robber’s oath: a conversation with Włodzimierz Staniewski: day three  PART II: Staniewski speaks: in monologue, lectures and programme notes  Introducing the voice of Włodzimierz Staniewski  Director’s notes  Essays  PART III: Gardzienice: associates speak Cultivating humanities with Gardzienice  1. A history of the Academy for Theatre Practices and stories and revelations concerning the academy’s premieres  2. Cheironomy, or the body that speaks  3. Song, musicality and the choir: a conversation with Marcin Mrowca  4. Against the stereotypes of professional education: an interview with Tetiana Oreshko-Muca  5. One step backwards to return: a conversation with Jan Żórawski  6. Group collaboration: a conversation with Anna Maria Dąbrowska  7. An actor in trouble  8. My road to Gardzienice  9. Perseverance  10. Reciprocity  11. Dynamics  PART IV: Gardzienice: critics speak  1. Pilgrimage, wandering, roving, expedition, road: Gardzienice, experience of place  2. Expeditions of Konstantin Stanislavsky and Włodzimierz Staniewski  3. The magician of Gardzienice  4. Carmina Burana: the musical structure of myths  5. Carmina Burana: an attempt to record a performance  6. “Only what is lost can be possessed for ever”: the transcendent theatre of Gardzienice  7. Gardzienice, the Greeks and Artes Liberales  8. The Wedding. Wyspiański - Malczewski - Konieczny: towards an alliance of audience and stage  9. From, between and towards: Mysteries, Initiations, Kraków, 2000  10. Masters of performative liveness, or celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Centre of Theatre Practices Gardzienice  PART V: From the archive: documents and photographs  Memory, archives and archivism: the Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices