Jerzy Grotowski (11 August 1933 - 14 January 1999) was a Polish theatre director and innovator of experimental theater, and the "theatre laboratory" and "poor theatre" concepts.
Grotowski was born in Rzeszów, Poland on 11 August 1933 and died on 14 January 1999, aged 65 .°
Grotowski made his directorial debut in 1958 with the production "Gods of Rain" which introduced Grotowski's bold approach to text, which he would continue to develop throughou...
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Jerzy Grotowski (11 August 1933 - 14 January 1999) was a Polish theatre director and innovator of experimental theater, and the "theatre laboratory" and "poor theatre" concepts.
Grotowski was born in Rzeszów, Poland on 11 August 1933 and died on 14 January 1999, aged 65 .°
Grotowski made his directorial debut in 1958 with the production "Gods of Rain" which introduced Grotowski's bold approach to text, which he would continue to develop throughout his career, influencing many subsequent theatre artists. It was later that same year that Grotowski moved to Opole where he was invited - by the theatre critic and dramaturg Ludwik Flaszen - to serve as Director of the Theatre of 13 Rows. Here he began to assemble a company of actors and artistic collaborators which would help him realize his unique vision. It was also here that he began to experiment with approaches to performance training which enabled him to shape the young actors - initially allocated to his provincial theatre - into the...
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