KROTOCHWILA, OR THE HOSTORY OF GARDZIENICE IN 5 MINUTS
PERFORMANCE XIII ACADEMY FOR THEATRE PRACTICES (2017 – 2018)
The inspiration for creating Krotochwila is 40 – year history of Center for the Theatre Practices “Gardzienice”. In Academy students presentation interwines motifs from Gardzienice performences and fragments of reviews. The premiere of “Krotochwila” was held on the Festival 40 – year of Theatre Gardzienice in 2017.
Artistic supervision: Włodzmierz Staniewski
Director: Maciej Gorczyński
Lights: Paweł Kieszko
Olga Bogachevska
Judyta Bulman
Agata Dromert
Żaneta Górecka
Michalina Hanzel
Joanna Kędzierska
Maja Łukomska
Katarzyna Markiewicz
Anna Nguyen
Katarzyna Sanak
Anna Maria Sieklucka
Beata Ziółkowska
Maciej Czerniak
Bartłomiej Górniak
Szymon Kałużny
Gergő Popa
Filip Rutkowski
Arkadiusz Jaskot
Patryk Kowalczyk
The presentation of the 13th Academy for Theatre Practices was shaped in a rather amusing way as a “five-minute history of ‘Gardzienice.’” Young actors were given the chance to parody teaching habits of their masters and to mock iconic performances of the past. The on-stage narrative of the two “peasant women” led us chronologically from allusions to Evening Performance and Sorcery through images rooted in The Life Of Archpriest Avvakum and Carmina Burana to renditions of more recent Metamorphoses, Elektra, the two Iphigenias and Pythian Oratorio. The jovial energy of young performers culminated in the unforgettable parody of cheironomy, i.e. the language of gestures. Witty and well-crafted as it was, Gorczyński’s piece succeeded in confronting the burden of the company’s grand history with an unrestricted power of youth. The concise history of the company was jovially acclaimed – after all, many a member of the audience could recognize on stage their past selves.
Tomasz Wiśniewski Read the article about fortieth anniversaryThetheatretimes.com/celebrating-40th-anniversary-gardzienice/
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