The Grotowski Institute is a city-funded cultural institution

that runs artistic and research projects responding to the challenges laid down by

the creative practice of Jerzy Grotowski as well as documenting and spreading

knowledge about his achievements. DIRECTOR: Jarosław Fret

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PROGRAMMING: Monika Blige

The historical home of the Laboratory Theatre in Przejście Żelaźnicze in Wrocław’s Market Square serves mainly as a base for artistic and archival activities as well as for the corresponding research activities. The Laboratory Theatre Space , Cinema Room , the Archive of the Grotowski Institute and Reading Room   are located here. Since 2012, Przejście Żelaźnicze has also been home to CaféTHEA  ,which presents an indepen-dent programme of events, including talks for the general public, discussion panels, conferences and exhibitions.

Na Grobli Studio opened in April 2010 at 30/32 Na Grobli Street, in the former home of the Wratislavia Rowing Association. It houses the Studio Space, four rehearsal rooms, guest rooms and the riverside Summer Stage.

Brzezinka, the forest base of the Grotowski Institute is an isolated building near the village of Brzezinka, close to Oleśnica, 46 kilometres from Wrocław. From 1971 to 1981 it was home to Grotowski’s Paratheatre and Theatre of Sources work. It is mainly used as a workshop space.

Rynek-Ratusz 27, 50-101 Wrocław Tel./Fax + 48 71 34 34 267

Tel. + 48 71 34 45 320 sekretariat@grotowski-institute.art.pl

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Photos, from top left, by Karol Jarek (1, 2, 6, 8), Maciej Stawiński (3), Johanna Weber (4), Maciej Zakrzewski (5), Irena Lipińska (9), Francesco Galli (10), Jan K. Fiołek (11)

Eugenio Barba, Odin Teatret’s 50th anniversary, September 2014

Ludwik Flaszen Grotowski & CompanyTranslated by Andrzej Wojtasik

Icarus Publishing Enterprise, 2013

Jerzy Grotowski, Milan, 1979

Georges Banu and Peter Brook “Grotowski: What was, what is. And what is to be done” conference, January 2009

Armine, Sister Performance by Teatr ZAR, premiered in November 2013

Mauser Performance directed by Theodoros Terzopoulos as part of Masters in Residence, premiered in October 2013

Laboratory KARAWANASUN The School of Rena Mirecka

THE ArchiveThe collection of materials housed in the Archive is at the core of the Institute’s activity: it drives and shapes its educational, publishing, and events programmes, and helps to widen access to the work of Jerzy Grotowski and the Laboratory Theatre in various languages. The collection can be accessed in the Reading Room.

ARTIStic ReSIdenceS The Institute supports the work of independent artists, both young and established, by producing and co-producing performance works and by holding work sessions and work demonstrations.SELECTED ARTISTIC PROJECTS:• Masters in Residence (Peter

Brook, Eugenio Barba and Odin Teatret, Anatoly Vassiliev, Theodoros Terzopoulos, Diamanda Galás)

• Solo Situations: a programme of short performance works

• Teatr ZAR’s “Armine, Sister”• Residencies: Teatr ZAR, Studio

Matejka

Paul Allain Summer Semminars Open University of Research, September 2013

publiShingAcross books, journals and films in Polish and English – and co-editions in other languages – the Institute’s publishing activity covers a wide range of topics in cultural and performance research as well as documenting and analyzing the work of Jerzy Grotowski and the Laboratory Theatre. The Institute is the publisher of the Polish theatre journal Didaskalia and the online research journal Performer, and co-publisher of Polish Theatre Perspectives (peer-reviewed journal published in English).Icarus Publishing Enterprise, a collaborative initiative of the Grotowski Institute, Odin Teatret (Denmark), Theatre Arts Researching the Foundations (Malta) and Routledge (USA/United Kingdom), presents English translations of texts by artists and scholars about the practice and vision of theatre as a laboratory.

EducAtionThe Institute’s educational programme encompasses practical research and outreach activities, for both specialist audiences and the general public. It aspires to foster a vibrant intellectual and culture-shaping milieu, open to new initiatives, methodologies and subjects.In addition to practical seminars and workshops, the programme includes conferences, lectures, seminars, book launches and film screenings.SELECTED PROJECTS LAUNCHED OR HOSTED BY THE INSTITUTE:• Alternative Theatre Academy• BodyConstitution• Grotowski.net• Laboratory KARAWANASUN

The School of Rena Mirecka• Open University of Research• Regula contra Regulam• Studio Kalari• Theatre Cinema

EvENTSThe Institute hosts a diverse programme of events, including performances, exhibitions, concerts and festivals. It collaborates with many Polish and international organizations, both academic and artistic.

The Grotowski Institute was established on the basis of the Centre for Study of Jerzy Grotowski’s Work and for Cultural and Theatrical Research, which operated from 1989 in the former home of the Laboratory Theatre in Wrocław. The change of the name and statutes on 28 December 2006 marked an expansion of the Centre’s programme. The Institute continues the lines of work of the Grotowski Centre. The new name refers to that of Grotowski’s theatre in Wrocław between 1965 and 1984, “Institute for Studies of Acting Method – the Laboratory Theatre” (abbreviated to Actor’s Institute in 1970), which conducted “practical studies on the technical principles of theatre art, focused on the creative technique of the actor”. This allowed Grotowski to strengthen and expand his research and studio work, which greatly contributed to the historical transformation of 20th-century theatre.

The Grotowski Institute hosts arts events, with a primary focus on

education, theatre and publishing, and supports research and

artistic projects of Polish and international artists.

The Institute’s programme lines are inspired by Grotowski’s work.

The Grotowski Institute is a platform for the free exchange of

knowledge and experiences for exponents of diverse ways of thinking,

schools and methodologies.Grotowski.net is a website devoted to Jerzy Grotowski

and the Laboratory Theatre, run by the Grotowski Institute.

The website is organized into four sections:

• Encyclopedia is a compendium of knowledge on the life and work of

Grotowski and his collaborators. • Media contains photos, audio

recordings and videos from the Institute Archive.

• Toolkit is an aid designed to facilitate research with

tools such as bibliographies, calendars and catalogues.• Performer is an online

research journal addressing topics which lie within the field of interest

of the Grotowski Institute.