Warsaw, January 22-23, 2008
under the patronage of the Mayor of the Capital City of Warsaw at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities as part of the Warsaw Winter Residence of the Center for Theater Practices “Gardzienice” in Warsaw under the patronage and financial support of the Capital City of Warsaw The program of the conference – opened by the Rector of SWPS, prof. Andrzej Eliasz and the President of the Capital City of Warsaw, Ms Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – there were 25 papers by outstanding theoreticians and practitioners of Theater and Humanities from Poland and around the world, grouped in 5 thematic sessions. The accompanying events included screenings of films from the OPT Gardzienice archive, discussion panels, a press conference and the exhibition “303 photos from the history of Gardzienice”.
Symposium project Promised Theater. 30 years of “Gardzienice”:
prof. Zbigniew Taranienko, cooperation: prof. Wojciech Dudzik. Organization: Marcin Majkut
PROGRAM:
January 22-23, 2008 University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Chodakowska 19/31
January 22, 2008
10.00 Opening: Rector of SWPS Andrzej Eliasz, President M. St. Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
First session: Theater Warsaw – Włodzimierz Staniewski; moderator: Jerzy Bralczyk, University of Social Sciences and Humanities,
10.20 – Marek Kraszewski, Director of the Culture Office of M. St. Warszawy: The strategy of culture in Warsaw
11.00 – Maciej Nowak, Theater Institute, Warsaw: Theater – testimony to history
11.20 – Discussion / press conference /
12.15 – Introduction: Zbigniew Taranienko, SWPS: Gardzienice – the work of Włodzimierz Staniewski
12.30 – Włodzimierz Staniewski, O.P.T. “Gardzienice”: The promised theater at the School,
Second session: moderator Dariusz Kosiński, Jagiellonian University (Jagiellonian University):
1.00 pm – Ludwik Flaszen: Birth of an artist – faithfulness and rebellion
1.30 pm – Włodzimierz Pawluczuk, University of Białystok: Did Włodzimierz Staniewski find the Grail
13.50 – Krzysztof Czyżewski, Foundation “Pogranicze”: Counterculture agon Gardzienice
14.10 – Leszek Kolankiewicz, University of Warsaw: Utopian territory of Gardzienice
14.30 – 15.30 Panel: Sources, territories, language
16.20 – 16.40 – Hanaa Metwaly, Academy of Art, Cairo: Reception of Gardzienice – Włodzimierz Staniewski’s theater in Egypt;
Third session: moderator Wojciech Dudzik, SWPS, University of Warsaw
16.40 – Mariusz Gołaj, O.P.T. “Gardzienice”: Academy for Theater Practices “Gardzienice” – from the perspective of the project coordinator
17.00 – Ireneusz Guszpit, University of Wrocław: Włodzimierz Staniewski’s Theater Pedagogy
17.20 – Zofia Dworakowska, University of Warsaw: Educational practice in “Gardzienice” compared to other forms of theater education
17.40 – 18.40 Panel: Educational practice
19.00 – 21.00 – Screenings of films about “Gardzienice” / incl. excerpts from Jacek Petrycki’s films “For the new natural environment of theater”, “Metamorphoses” /
January 23, 2008
Fourth session: moderator: Małgorzata Dziewulska
10.00 – Tomasz Kubikowski, National Theater in Warsaw: “Gardzienice” towards the theater
10.20 – Jerzy Uścinowicz, Białystok University of Technology: Staniewski’s dream about the promised theater – thinking with space and architecture
10.50 – Jacek Petrycki: Filmmaker and the phenomenon of “Gardzienice”
11.10 – Andrzej Stasiuk: Can Staniewski and Gardzienice be literary material?
11.30 – 12.30 Panel: Towards other arts
12.45 – 13.40 – Theodoros Terzopoulos, Attis Theater, Athens: Greek tragedy – the stage truth of a myth in contemporary theater
13.40 – 14.35 – David Wiles, Royal Holloway, University of London: Antique inspirations of Staniewski’s performances
Fifth session: moderator: Zbigniew Taranienko, SWPS
14.50 – Włodzimierz Lengauer, University of Warsaw: Dionysus in the Underground
15.10 – Grzegorz Niziołek, Jagiellonian University: Antyk Gardzienic
15.30 – Krzysztof Bielawski, Jagiellonian University: Commentary to the lecture by W. Staniewski – what practice brings to the image of ancient Greece
16.40 – 17.40 Panel: Greece by Włodzimierz Staniewski
17.40 – official closing of the symposium More: http://www.swps.pl/warszawa/nauka-i-rozwoj/ The summary of the conference is the book “The Promised Theater – 30 years of Gardzienice” by the initiators of the Symposium: prof. Zbigniew Taranienko and prof. Wojciech Dudzik: Order: http: //xlm.pl/teatr-obiecany-30-lat-gardzienic The project was financed by the Warsaw City Hall