„Tibetan Evening” – Elżbieta Dziuk, Krzysztof Renik

“Tibetan Evening”: a presentation of excerpts from an audio/photo interview with the 14th Dalai Lama, conducted by Krzysztof Renik in India, as well as the film “Tibet in Exile” produced by Elżbieta Dziuk, Krzysztof Renik and Bartosz Kozakiewicz.

October 19th (Sunday) 4:30 PM  / Stage in Palace

The film Exiled Tibet tells the story of the Tibetan diaspora, which, living in forced exile in India, has created an extraordinary network of cultural, artistic, and educational institutions. The efforts of Tibetan refugees aim to preserve and develop traditions rescued from Tibet. As a result, elements of Tibetan civilization—often described as unique and a source of inspiration and wisdom for the modern world—can be protected and nurtured in India. The documentary Exiled Tibet presents several Tibetan cultural and educational institutions established over the past decades in northern India.

Elżbieta Dziuk – a Polish traveler and photographer, author of photographs published in numerous magazines and books. She is always accompanied by her camera, and her main passion is traveling across Asia and documenting the performing arts of the region. A significant part of her photographic work is devoted to documenting the life of the Tibetan diaspora in India. She has created many photographic exhibitions, several of which are artistic documentations of the mosaic of Indian ritual and theatrical life. Among the most notable are Dance of the Gods—an exhibition presented in Wrocław at the Grotowski Center—and Gods of the Tropical Night, showcasing Hindu ritual performances from southern India and traditional Indian theatre, presented during a scientific session at the Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw. Finally, the exhibition Colors of the Indian Stage was shown at the Museum of Asia and the Pacific in Warsaw. She has also contributed photographs to several dozen documentary films on Indian and Tibetan performing arts, produced in collaboration with Krzysztof Renik. She is the recipient, along with Krzysztof Renik, of the Special Distinction of the Benedikt Polak Award for the broad exploration of Asian cultures.

Krzysztof Renik – a Polish journalist, writer, theatre scholar, and columnist. From 2007 to 2011, he served as the first correspondent of Polish Radio in New Delhi. He is a graduate of the University of Warsaw and also studied at Kerala Kalamandalam, an arts university in southern India specializing in training artists in traditional theatre. He has been connected with India and countries of South and Southeast Asia since 1975, traveling and working in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Laos.

He is the author of the books Kathakali – The Art of Indian Theatre (Dialog, 1994) and Following Bharata (Dialog, 2001), as well as the publication Culture in Exile: Tibetan Cultural Institutions in India (with Elżbieta Dziuk), dedicated to the Tibetan community in India. He has also authored two books on the revival of religious life in the former USSR. He has published hundreds of articles and reports in Polish and international periodicals, including Tygodnik Powszechny, Polityka, and Wprost. Together with Elżbieta Dziuk, he has co-created documentary films on Indian and Tibetan performing traditions. He is a regular columnist for the weekly Kultura Liberalna.

fot. Marcin Butryn