1981

April
An Expedition to the Białystok Region. Preparation of Gusła (Sorcery) based on Adam Mickiewicz's Dziady (Forefathers' Eve) and folk songs.
May, Gardzienice
The Polish premiere of Sorcery directed by W. Staniewski.
May- July, Italy
At the session The Music, the Performance, the Possession in Villa le Barone, Staniewski delivers a lecture on the need to search for the natural environment of theatre. While carrying out its Expedition in June, the company presents Sorcery in Panzano, Pontedera, Turin, Pieve, Santarcangelo and many places in Tuscany. During the Expedition, Gatherings are held and fragments of An Evening Performance are presented.
July, Federal Republic of Germany (Brückendorf)
W. Staniewski and his company run theatre workshops for German, Swiss, Austrian and Italian actors. Some of them begin to cooperate with "Gardzienice" on a regular basis.
September - October
During four Expeditions (to the regions around Jelenia Góra - the so-called Yugoslavian villages, Olsztyn, Białystok, Nowy Sącz - Łemkowszczyzna, an area inhabited by the Łemks community) the Gatherings are held and presentations of Sorcery and An Evening Performance take place. The participants also search for material to be used in a new performance based on The Life written by Russian religious movement leader Avvakum Petrovich (1620-1682).
October - November
Weekly performances of Sorcery .