AN INTENSIVE SUMMER WORK SESSION WITH THE

STANIEWSKI CENTER FOR THEATER PRACTICES "GARDZIENICE"

JUNE 8 - 18, 2007

The Staniewski Center for Theater Practices (Oœrodek Praktyk Teatralnych Gardzienice) is one of the oldest and most renowned experimental theater ensembles in the world. For the last 29 years it has based itself in a tiny village in rural eastern Poland , but performances and workshops have taken it abroad to theaters and festivals all around the world. The company has become well known for its rigorous investigation of folk and ancient musical traditions, its powerful physical and vocal techniques, its commitment to the creation of theater in a natural environment, and its emphasis on principles of mutuality and musicality .

In the summer of 2007, the Staniewski Center for Theater Practices will invite fifteen people of diverse ages and nationalities to live, work, and train intensively with the company for 10 days. The participants in this work session will be deeply immersed in the current projects of the Center for Theater Practices as well as learning about its rich history. The experience will include:

•  The company's actor training methods, mutuality exercises, and night running.

•  Vocal and musical techniques both from antiquity and from living indigenous traditions.

•  Work with ancient Greek iconography and cheironomia or "Art of the Gesture."

•  Individual, partner, and group "etudes."

•  Performances of " Metamorphoses "- based on Apuleius, " Elektra" and "Ifigenia from Aulis " - based on Euripides.

•  Open rehearsals and work demonstrations or "theatrical essays."

•  Films documenting the company's history and expeditions.

•  An excursion to the most interesting sites of the Lublin area.

•  In the work session will take part group of young polish students of Academy of Theatre Practices "Gardzienice"

There will be approximately six hours of work each day, beginning around 10am. Meals will be taken together, as a time to gather and discuss. Participants will live in family houses in the village of Gardzienice , with two or three people to a room, simple conditions, and warm relations with the hosts. The theatrical work takes place in the context of nature and the everyday life of this small Polish village. Training and exercises are done indoors and outdoors, in the meadows and forests.

The cost for this work session will be 500 Euro.

This includes all transportation, fees, and expenses during the session.

It does not include international travel to Gardzienice ( Poland ).

If you would like to participate, please send a letter of interest, CV and photo by May 1, 2007 to:

office@gardzienice.art.pl

(include "summer intensive" in the subject line)

Staniewski Center for Theatre Practices "Gardzienice"

ul. Grodzka 5a, 20-112 Lublin, Poland

+48 (81) 532-9840 or 532-9637

For more information, please go to http://www.gardzienice.art.pl/