ZAMEK Culture Centre

In 2022-2023, CK ZAMEK’s theatre programme was delivered as part of Presence, a project developed by our institution in cooperation with CODA Oslo International Dance Festival of Norway and the Warsaw-based Centre for Inclusive Arts/Theatre 21. The project was carried out thanks to funding from the EEA and Norway Grants.

Presence represented a continuation of what we had embarked on in 2016 under the banner of Common Theatre. However, thanks to external funding and collaboration with wonderful partners, it enabled us to expand the scope significantly, both in terms of programme, geographical reach and, most importantly, the underlying concepts and premises. We set out to renegotiate the socially established notions of normativity in theatre, not only by producing and showing outstanding performances, but also through a number of other educational or activist undertakings: discussions, seminars, workshops for people at various levels of professionalism, or the publication of a volume entitled Conversations About PRESENCE in Theatre.

Presence celebrated theatre, expressed our admiration for the artist and their possibilities, showed the beauty of diversity on stage. Thanks to the project, ZAMEK Cultural Centre made a statement in the Polish and European discourse concerning creative presence of people with disabilities on the stage. Those consistent efforts to further the work and achievement of non-normative artists resulted in our institution being invited to join Europe Beyond Access, a consortium of ten European institutions which support artists with disabilities in breaking through the glass ceilings that exist in contemporary performing arts.

Consequently, CK ZAMEK’s theatre programme in 2024-2027 will be carried out precisely within the framework of Europe Beyond Access.

EVENTS AT ZAMEK IN POZNAŃ

·         Inclusive movement workshops: The Knowing Body, conducted by Diana Bastos Niepce (Portugal)
8.03.2022

·         Guest performance: ShoW, dir. Justyna Wielgus / Teatr 21
9.03.2022

·         Workshops with the dancers of Candoco Dance Company: Megan Armishaw, Marketa Stranska, Ben Ash
27.03.2022

·         Guest performances by Candoco Dance Company (UK)
Face In, dir. Yasmeen Godder  
Set and Reset/Reset—revival of a project by Trisha Brown Dance Company and Candoco Dance Company
26.03.2022

·         Tranquillo, dir. Janusz Orlik / Theatre Klucz
premiere: 14.05.2022
subsequently staged on 15.05.2022, 13.12.2022, 8.05.2023

·         I’m Afraid of Your Ever-Bigger Shoes, dir. Grażyna Wydrowska / theatre group Jest Jak Jest
premiere: 31.05.2022
subsequently staged on 1.06.2022, 28.10.2022

·         Hunger, dir. Janusz Stolarski / Theatre Under the Fountain
premiere: 22.06.2022
subsequently staged on 23.06.2022, 21.09.2022

·         Workshops: A choir of soloists. Working with biography in solo freestyle theatrical form, conducted by Justyna Sobczyk
7.11.2022

·         Guest performance (sit-up): Hamer, dir. Justyna Sobczyk / Theatre 21
8.11.2022

·         Guest performance: Den stygge andungen / The Ugly Duckling, dir. Thea Elisebeth Skallevold / Manu Teater (Norway)
15.02.2023

·         Guest performance: The Game of vers-U-s, choreographed by Katarzyna Żeglicka and Antek Kurjata
2.03.2023

·         Workshops: The Refuge of Respite, conducted by Katarzyna Żeglicka
3.03.2023

·         Movement & choreography laboratory: Moved, conducted by Maria Terese Engdahl-Høgåsen (Norway) and Janusz Orlik (Poland)
24−26.03.2023

·         Latent, dir. Janusz Stolarski / Theatre Under the Fountain
premiere: 27.04.2023
subsequently staged on 28.04.2023, 15.12.2023

·         I’m Running, dir. Grażyna Wydrowska / theatre group Jest Jak Jest
premiere: 13.05.2023
subsequently staged on 14.05.2023, 14.11.2023

·         Intermezzo, directed choreographed by Janusz Orlik / Theatre Klucz
premiere: 2.06.2023
subsequently staged on 3.06.2023, 23.09.2023, 22.11.2023

·         Guest performance: Aband(on)ed, dir. Ingeborg Dugstad Sanders / Danselaboratoriet (Norway) 
4.06.2023

·         Guest performance: Thank You Very Much, directed and choreographed by Claire Cunningham / National Theatre of Scotland and Manchester International Festival (UK)
13 – 14.10.2023

·         Movement & choreography laboratory, conducted by Claire Cunningham (UK)
20−22.11.2023  

·         Discussion panel: Presence—where are we and where do we want to go?, featuring: Stine Nielsen, Claire Cunningham, Justyna Wielgus, Katarzyna Żeglicka, Anna Pawłowska
22.11.2023

EVENTS AT CODA OSLO INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL

·         Performances by Candoco Dance Company (UK):
In Worlds unknown, choreographed by Seke Chimutengwende,
soft shell, choreographed by Annie Hanauer,
Set and Reset/Reset – revival of a project by Trisha Brown Dance Company and Candoco Dance Company
12 and 13.10.2022

·         Workshops with the dancers of Candoco Dance Company
13.10.2022

·         Polish delegate, Katarzyna Żeglicka, participated in the seminar How can we get more diversity and inclusion on the stage in Norway?
14.10.2023

·         Body work lab: All’s fair in movement, conducted by Katarzyna Żeglicka
16.10.2022

·         Body work lab: Motion and emotion as a path to equality in diversity, conducted by Tatiana Cholewa
17.10.2022

·         Workshops with Claire Cunningham
18.10.2023

·         Thank You Very Much, directed and choreographed by Claire Cunningham, National Theatre of Scotland i Manchester International Festival
20 and 21.10.2023

·         Polish delegate, Filip Pawlak, participated in the seminar Accessible Artistry: where do we go from here?
18.10.2023

EVENTS IN OTHER CITIES:

·         Hunger, dir. Janusz Stolarski / Theatre Under the Fountain
26.08.2022, Art Factory, Łódź

·         Movement & choreography workshops, conducted by Janusz Orlik
4.03.2023, Komuna Warszawa, Warsaw

·         Tranquillo, directed and choreographed by Janusz Orlik / Theatre Klucz
5.03.2023, Komuna Warszawa, Warsaw

·         Movement & choreography workshops, conducted by Maria Teresa Engdahl-Høgåsen (Norway)
27.03.2023, Centre for Inclusive Art in Warsaw