POLSKA NEW THEATRE
AN INTERNATIONAL ARTISTIC PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 25-27 2015 | BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND
“POLSKA NEW Theatre” is an international encounter of people interested in learning about and popularizing Polish theatre worldwide, organized within the framework of the 250 years anniversary of Public Theatre in Poland and the Year of Polish Theatre in the world by the Department of Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute in Warsaw and the Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz.
Its aim is to familiarize guests from all over the world with the most recent phenomena in Polish theatre and performative arts, and to establish cooperation in order to study and promote Polish theatre. Programme of the event encompasses meetings with curators and artists, workshops, seminars and presentation of performances. Three lectures open to the public will be live streamed on the Internet.
25th September
10.00-10.30 a.m.
Opening
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
10.30-12.00 a.m.,
Re-living and re-mixing the past. Polish contemporary theatre and the tradition
Dariusz Kosiński
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
12.00-12.30 a.m. coffee break
12.30-2.00 p.m.
Projection: Grotowski. An Attempt to Retreat by Chorea Theatre Company
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
2.00-3.00 p.m.
Lunch
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
3.15-6.00 p.m. parallel sessions:
1: so, what about (Polish) dance?
Joanna Leśnierowska
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
2: Theatre pedagogy
Dorota Ogrodzka and Justyna Sobczyk
Teatr Polski in Bydgoszcz, foyer
3: Participation, interventionality, politicality as exemplified by the Wielkopolska: Rewolucje (Greater Poland: Revolutions) project
Agata Siwiak
Room on the Barge Lemar
7.00 p.m.
Wojny, których nie przeżyła [Wars I did not live through]
by Agnieszka Jakimiak, dir. Weronika Szczawińska
Teatr Polski in Bydgoszcz
9.00 p.m.
Delfin, który mnie kochał [Dolphin Who Loved Me]
dir. Magdy Szpecht (Sopot Non Fiction)
Teatr Polski in Bydgoszcz
Festival Club “Mózg”
26th September
10.00-12.00 a.m.
New dramaturgies. Polish theatre in the space of public debate, in the sphere of idea and (geo)politics, 1st part
Weronika Szczawińska and Bartek Frąckowiak
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
12.00-12.30 a.m. coffee break
12.30-2.00 p.m.
New dramaturgies. Polish theatre in the space of public debate, in the sphere of idea and (geo)politics, 2nd part
Weronika Szczawińska and Bartek Frąckowiak
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
2.00-3.00 p.m.
Lunch
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
3.15-6.00 p.m. parallel sessions
1: Process of acceptance. New formula in polish dramaturgical strategies
Piotr Grzymisławski
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
2: Festival curator. Intermediary, mediator, imitator, producer, dramatist, creator, seller?
Marta Keil, Grzegorz Reske
Conference room in the Marina
3: In between, Polish Theatre across artistic disciplines
Anna Galas-Kosil, Maciej Nowak
Room on the Barge Lemar
7.00 p.m.
Detroit. Historia ręki [Detroit. The story of a hand]
by Jolanta Janiczak, dir. Wiktor Rubin
Teatr Polski in Bydgoszcz
9.30 p.m.
Diuna 1961 [Dune 1961]
Komuna// Warszawa, dir. Grzegorz Laszuk
Teatr Polski in Bydgoszcz
Festival Club “Mózg”
27th September
10.00-12.30 p.m.
A feminist milestone which never was, or how far can you go within the system?
Agata Adamiecka-Sitek
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
12.45-1.30 p.m.
Presentations prepared by 4 invited participants
Shoshana Polanco (Mexico), Jorge Villanueva (Peru), Reza Soroor (Iran), Yaroslava Bondarchuk (Ukraine)
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
1.45-3.00 p.m.
Final discussion about reception of Polish contemporary theatre abroad
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
3.00-4.30 p.m.
Lunch + networking
hall of the City Culture Centre (MCK)
7.30 p.m.
Afryka [Africa]
by Agnieszka Jakimiak, dir. Bartek Frąckowiak
Teatr Polski in Bydgoszcz
10.00 p.m.
Goodbye party in Ostromecko