31 October - 2 November 2003

Forum, Goethe-Institut Munich
Dachauer Str. 122
Tram 12, 20, 21, Bus 33, Leonrodplatz


Print Version: Symposium Program


"Grotowski, Kantor - and what's next?"

Prospectives of Polish theatre in an enlarged Europe

Program polska@spielart - funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation of Germany >>
A mutual project of the Theater Festival SPIELART Munich, the Goethe-Forum/ Goethe-Institut >>and the Evangelical Academy Tutzing >>; in collaboration with the Culture Department of the General Consulate of the Republic of Poland >> in Munich.
Supported by Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst >>. With the friendly support of Langenscheidt KG >> and Langenscheidt Translation Service.


Friday, 31 October 2003

Subject of the day Cultural identity and theatre politics in Poland
   
10.00 am Meeting in the foyer
   
11.00 am Welcome and introduction

Dr. Horst Harnischfeger, General Secretary of the Goethe-Institute

Maciej Nowak, General and Artistic Manager of Wybrzeze Theatre, Gdansk and Head of Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Warsaw

Hortensia Völckers, Artistic Director, Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Halle a.d. Saale

Tilmann Broszat, Festival Director, Theaterfestival SPIELART München

   
12.00 am Lunch break
   
1.00 pm Lecture: Cultural identity in Poland
Thomas Urban
, correspondent of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" in Warsaw
   
1.30 pm Lecture: Change of the Polish cultural code?
Adam Krzeminski
, journalist of the "Polityka" weekly magazine, Warsaw
2.00 pm Lecture: About theatre politics in Poland
Maciej Nowak
, General and Artistic Manager of Wybrzeze Theatre, Gdansk and Head of Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Warsaw
   
2.30 pm break
   
3.00 pm Lecture: On the losing side: repertory theater and its alternatives
Dr. Dragan Klaic
, Dr. of Theatre Studies, Leiden
   
3:30 pm Summary of the day and discussion:
Maciej Nowak, Dr. Dragan Klaic, Adam Krzeminski, Thomas Urban (Chaired by: Dr. Dragan Klaic)
   
afterwards Videopresentation
Komuna Otwock: "Design: Gropius"
 
8.00 pm Theatre Festival SPIELART Munich:
Dress rehearsal of Teatr Cinema and SPIELART Factory:
"The Dictionary of Situations"
Theater im Haus der Kunst
(only for participants of the symposium - admission free
or  
8.30 pm Theatre Festival SPIELART Munich:
Needcompany (Belgium)
"Images of Affection"
Muffathalle

Saturday, 1 November 2003

Subject of the day The Art of theatre from Poland: themes and forms - experiences and Ideas
10.00 am Meeting in the foyer
   
10.30 am Lecture: What is Polish theatre today?
Malgorzata Semil
, member of the editorial board of DIALOG and Literary Manager (dramaturg) at Warsaw's Teatr Powszechny, Warsaw

 

11.00 am Lecture: Father of change, kids of change. New Polish theatre, what does it mean?
Piotr Grusziczynski
, theatre critic, Warsaw
11.30 am Artist interview:
Renate Klett, theatre critic, interviews
Krystian Lupa, stage director, Krakow
   
12.30 am Lunch break
   
1.30 pm Lecture: The opening of Polish theatre. The beginning of the progress
Janusz Marek
, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Warsaw
   
2:00 pm Artist interview:
Renate Klett, theatre critic, interviews
Zbigniew Szumski, Director, Teatr Cinema, Michalowice
and Grzegorz Laszuk, Director, Komuna Otwock, Otwock
   
3:30 pm break
   
4:00 pm Summary of the day and discussion:
Piotr Gruszczynski, Janusz Marek, Malgorzata Semil and artists of thefestival
(Chaired by: Renate Klett and Dr.Dragan Klaic)
   
7.00 pm Theatre Festival SPIELART Munich:
World premiere Forced Entertainment (GB):
"Work-in-Progress (Bloody mess)"
Carl-Orff-Saal, Gasteig
or  
8.30 pm Theatre Festival SPIELART Munich:
Needcompany (Belgium)
"Images of Affection"
Muffathalle
or  
9.30 pm Theatre Festival SPIELART Munich:
Teatr Cinema und SPIELART Factory
World premiere "The Dictionary of Situations"

Theater im Haus der Kunst
   

Sunday, 2 November 2003

Subject of the day Theatre and politics in Poland and Germany
10.30 am Meeting in the foyer
   
11.00 am Lecture: Shall we always be infected by November Fever? / Chances of political theatre in Poland
Pawel Wodzinki
, Teatr Polski, Poznan
   
11.30 am Lecture: Art as arm
Dr. Elisabeth Schweeger
, Artistic Director, Schauspiel Frankfurt
   
12.00 am break
   
1.00 pm Lecture: The dialogue through the theatre - facts and fallacies
Krystina Meissner
, Festival Director DIALOG, Wroclaw, Poland
   
1.30 pm Concluding discussion forum
with speakers and artists from the festival
(Chaired by: Renate Klett)
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Print Version: Symposium Program

Programme last revised: 8 October 2003. Subject to change.

Conference languages: German - English - Polish with English translation

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