Theatre-Making & Processes
Laboratory Theatre
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Applied to theatre practice, the term ‘Laboratory’, commonly associated with Grotowski, is used to denote concentrated and consistent experiment as being at the root of the theatre-making process.
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These sessions were initially organised by Laboratory Theatre members for fellow actors who were interested in the practice of overcoming difficulties with breathing, the voice, and lethargy.
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Katharina Seyferth introduces the forest-based work space of Brzezinka, as she recounts her experience of Grotowski's post-theatrical research known as "Paratheatre" and "Theatre of Sources."
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A documentation of a five-day workshop, with Zygmunt Molik leading a group of participants at the historical site of the Brzezinka farm, where most of Grotowski’s paratheatrical work took place.
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Documenting the research and teaching of Ewa Benesz during two work sessions that she led in Italy, offering an unprecedented insight into her artistic approach to performance.
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The third episode of After My Life in Art, originally broadcast by The Culture Channel, Russia
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The fourth episode of After My Life in Art, originally broadcast by The Culture Channel, Russia
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The fifth episode of After My Life in Art, originally broadcast by The Culture Channel, Russia
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Part of an overall documentary series about Russian Theatre in the 1920s, Meyerhold
Theatre and the Russian Avant-garde uses archive material to demonstrate acting
techniques.
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Michael Chekhov's final years living, acting, and writing in the United States.
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The First Studio becomes an independent theatre with Michael Chekhov as its artistic director.
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Chekhov in one of signature roles, Muromsky in The Case.
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Michael Chekhov goes to German and meets with Stanislavsky in Berlin and discussion between their different views on acting techniques.
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The pre-war years and Michael Chekhov moves his studio moved to a similar location in the United States.
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This film explores the main themes which led to the founding of The Moscow Art
Theatre and the formation of Stanislavsky’s system of acting.
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This film documents the work of Iben Nagel Rasmussen (Odin Teatret) with her
international group The Bridge of Winds during a two-week closed work session held
in December 2011.
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By providing unprecedented access to the work of Grotowski’s women collaborators, this film, featuring Rena Mirecka, offers a more inclusive assessment of Grotowski’s enduring legacy.
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Katherina Seyferth’s training methodology includes yoga-based movement and plastiques, as well as exercises focusing on the passage from stillness to movement and accessing one's organic drive.
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by McPherson, Katrina
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Katharina Seyferth worked with Grotowski during his ‘Paratheatre’ and ‘Theatre of Sources’ periods. She is Director of the International Centre for Theatrical Research and Training in Las Téoulères.
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Eugenio Barba created Odin Teatret in Norway in 1964, having worked with Jerzy Grotowski for three years in Poland. Now based in Denmark, its members come from a dozen countries and three continents.
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Para literally means ‘beyond’. In theatre practice, paratheatre therefore lies outside and beyond the spatial, temporal and structural forms of performance, denoting related practices instead.