Jerzy Grotowski

Birth : 1933-08-11, Rzeszów, Poland

Death : 1999-01-14

History

Jerzy Marian Grotowski was an innovative Polish theatre director and theorist whose approaches to acting, training and theatrical production have significantly influenced theatre today.

Profile

Movies

The Art of the Impossible

Director/actor Eugenio Barba returns to Oslo, where he started Odin Teatret, to Opole, where Jerzy Grotowsky's " theatre of the poor" developed a new physical play style, to avoid communism's censorship. And to Holstebro, where Odin Teatrets presence has greatly influenced the city's development.

Apocalypsis cum figuris

Director

Apocalypsis cum figuris by Jerzy Grotowski.

Akropolis

Writer

A performance based on Stanisław Wyspiański’s dramatic epic poem, first presented at Teatr Laboratorium, Wrocław, Poland, October 10, 1962. Filmed in 1968.

Akropolis

Choreographer

A performance based on Stanisław Wyspiański’s dramatic epic poem, first presented at Teatr Laboratorium, Wrocław, Poland, October 10, 1962. Filmed in 1968.

Akropolis

Director

A performance based on Stanisław Wyspiański’s dramatic epic poem, first presented at Teatr Laboratorium, Wrocław, Poland, October 10, 1962. Filmed in 1968.

Książę Niezłomny

Director

Theatrical release by one of the most influencive polish theatre directors; Jerzy Grotowski. Based on a drama "Pedra Calderona de la Barca" paraphrased by Juliusz Słowacki

List z Opola

A documentary film about the Laboratory Theatre of 13 Rows.

Kalosze szczęścia

Man at an artist meeting (uncredited)