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Jerzy Marian Grotowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈmarjan grɔˈtɔfskʲi]; 11 August 1933 – 14 January 1999) was a Polish theatre director and theorist whose innovative approaches to acting, training and theatrical production have significantly influenced theatre today.
- 11 August 1933, Rzeszów, Poland
Jerzy Grotowski (born August 11, 1933, Rzeszów, Poland—died January 14, 1999, Pontedera, Italy) was an international leader of the experimental theatre who became famous in the 1960s as the director of productions staged by the Polish Laboratory Theatre of Wrocław.
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Jerzy Grotowski was a Polish theatre director and theoretician, educator, and creator of acting methods. He is considered to have been one of the greatest reformers of 20th century theatre. Learn about his early career, laboratory theatre, poor theatre, theatre of sources, objective drama, awards and more.
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Mar 15, 2022 · Learn about the life and work of Jerzy Grotowski, a Polish theater director and theorist who pioneered experimental theater. Discover his main theories and practices, such as focus, silence, memory, and voice.
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May 17, 2018 · Jerzy Grotowski. Jerzy Grotowski (born 1933) was the founder of the Laboratory Theatre in Wroclaw, Poland, an experimental theater in which attention is focused almost exclusively on the actor and his/her message, rather than on such props as costumes, music, and makeup, which were eliminated.
Jan 15, 1999 · Jerzy Grotowski, the Polish director who was one of the most important and influential theatrical innovators of his time, died yesterday in Pontedera, Italy. He was 65 and lived in Italy. Mr....
Jan 20, 1999 · Tue 19 Jan 1999 21.25 EST. Jerzy Grotowski, who has died aged 65, was without doubt one of the great innovators and seminal influences of the modern theatre, on the scale of Stanislavsky,...
