Body cinema: On Tadeusz Kantor

I don’t think I’m able to speak out how much I admire the work by Tadeusz Kantor, an extraordinary visual artist and theater director.

Luckily enough, I found these days a short documentary on his work, as somewhat small visual introduction to the career of this theater genius. Because he was a sort of precede of performance art, I decided to include him into Body cinema, although his artworkz were of outer limits…

1kantorz.jpgTadeusz Kantor

Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990, Poland) was painter, theatre director, scenographer and assemblage artist. He founded Cricot 2 Theatre in 1955 in Krakow; and today the institution called Cricoteka – Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor is taking care on his legacy. They call it “Living Archives”.

Kantor_2.jpgFrom ‘Dead Class’, Tadeusz Kantor

His most respected pieces in theatre were Dead Class (1975), Let the Artist Die! (1985), Wielopole, wielopole (1980), You will never return here (1985)…

Kantor influenced visual arts and theatre in enormous way, especially we can talk about his influence on lucid choreographer and performer Josef Nadj…

T._Kantor.jpgTadeusz Kantor directing a happening

My intention is not to give you here a classic blog post, but to hook you up to this amazing artist… enjoy…

 

 

 




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    Hi,

    We found you blog, particularly the mix of performance and culutre and thought you might be interested in the Headlong Performance Institute (HPI) [http://www.headlongperformanceinstitute.org/], as something you might write about or you may know of others who would be interested in attending. HPI is a pre-professional training program in Philadelphia and we’re accepting applications for the Fall ’09 semester. Our next application deadline is June 15th and we’ll be notifying applicants by June 19th.

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    Headlong Performance Institute is where professionals working on the cutting edge of American experimental theater and dance work with students in a small group setting to learn about movement, collaborative creative spaces and how to tune your body and mind to be your most creative.

    The program is open to undergrads (for credit, the semester counts as 300- or 400- level courses through Bryn Mawr College) and post-bac students and is based in South Philadelphia. All program expenses (except living expenses) are included in tuition and include tickets to performances throughout the semester, throughout the Philadelphia area.

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  • http://112mirabela.wordpress.com/ 112mirabela

    ow well, deedee. that’s a nice hommage you are making here. you wove a very interesting fabric of people and things in your botanica and i always enjoy it. I also have to say: things go brilliant when you publish something from as you say: outer limits.
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  • http://www.lomodeedee.com/ lomodeedee

    hey, maja… TNX a lot for this remark… sure, it’s my garden of creative thingz… with many many plants waitin’ yet to be discovered and promoted… :)