Gardzienice: Polish Theatre in Transition Gardzienice: Polish Theatre in Transition

Gardzienice: Polish Theatre in Transition

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Publisher Description

In 1977, the Gardzienice Theatre Association, an experimental theatre company was founded in a tiny Polish village. By 1992 The Observer was hailing "Brilliant Gardzienice...and orgy of joy, anguish, prayer and lamentation performed in candlelight with hurtling energy and at breakneck speed...Physically reckless, thrillingly well sung...On no account to be missed. " Today the Gardzienice Theatre Association is hailed as Poland's leading theatre group, training Royal Shakespeare Company actors and touring the world. Paul Allain describes and analyses their sung performances, strenuous physical and vocal training, and anthropological fieldwork amongst marginalized European minorities.
This is one of the first detailed attempts to assess developments in Polish experimental theatres since 1989. The author questions whether those artists can maintain their vision in the face of Poland's economic difficulties and increased commercialization of the arts.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2005
June 28
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
202
Pages
PUBLISHER
Taylor & Francis
SELLER
Taylor & Francis Group
SIZE
6.2
MB
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