Can a Choreographer Also Be an Archeologist?  Cover Image

Czy choreograf może też być archeologiem?
Can a Choreographer Also Be an Archeologist?

Author(s): Marta Seredyńska
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: review; Body Archive; Castle Cultural Center; Poznań; Archeological Concept; Michel Foucault; Martin Nachbar; Urheben/Aufheben; Affectos Humanos; Dora Hoyer; The Tomaszewski Project; Mikołaj Mikołajczyk; Birth Out; Kaya Kołodziejczyk; Henryk Tomaszewski

Summary/Abstract: A review of the Body Archive performative project at the Castle Cultural Center in Poznań (September-December 2013). Following the archeological concept of Michel Foucault, the significance and perception of certain phenomena change depending on the time, politics, and social norms. According to Marta Seredyńska, the seven plays presented in the Body Archive project, in which contemporary choreographers attempt to reconstruct the works of their predecessors, fully realize this premise. The author provides very detailed descriptions of the following projects: a performative lecture, Urheben/Aufheben, by Martin Nachbar, drawing from Affectos Humanos by Dora Hoyer; The Tomaszewski Project byMikołaj Mikołajczyk; Birth Out by Kaya Kołodziejczyk, alluding to the work of Henryk Tomaszewski and Conrad Drzewiecki; and Whatever by Tomasz Bazan.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 120
  • Page Range: 134-136
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Polish