Barbara Wysocka – Reflecting the Piano through Acting. A Study on the Theatrical Caprices of Michał Zadara Cover Image

Barbara Wysocka – aktorskie odbicie fortepianiu. Studium scenicznego kaprysu Michała Zadary
Barbara Wysocka – Reflecting the Piano through Acting. A Study on the Theatrical Caprices of Michał Zadara

Author(s): Katarzyna Fazan
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: Performing Arts; Music; Barbara Wysocka; Michał Zadara; Fryderyk Chopin; Review

Summary/Abstract: A text on Michał Zadara's Chopin Minus the Piano project (GAP Arts Agency, premiere: 23.03.2013 at the J. Słowacki Theater in Krakow), in which the piano part in Chopin's e-minor op. 11 and f-minor op. 21 concerti is replaced by a text read by Barbara Wysocka. Fazan describes Wysocka's impressive, fine-tuned expression, and indicates the many layers of the script, in which a theoretical and musicological lecture is rooted in an experience. Through the introduction of subjects from Chopin's life, it also becomes a staged biography of the artist, contrasted with a national and cultural perspective. The play also includes aspects of a manifesto, seeking to debunk the popular reception of the Romantic artist.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 115/116
  • Page Range: 117-121
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish