Published: 24 March 2022
The Polish Incident 2022 | Work in progress
Can’t wait for Carnaval Sztukmistrzów? Are you a fan of circus arts and theatre performances? If that’s the case, The Polish Incident is just the thing for you! We’d like to invite you to an outstanding event take place between April 22-24 in Chatka ¯aka Academic Cultural Centre, where we’ll be able to watch demonstrations of works in progress by Polish circus artists.
We’ve decided to start the circus season in Lublin a little earlier this year. And before the artists of Carnaval Sztukmistrzów take over the streets of Lublin between 28 and 31 July, we wish to invite you to enjoy spring with the circus. The Polish Incident is a contest for the most intriguing circus show, which Workshops of Culture in Lublin announced last autumn. The artists who have qualified will have the opportunity to get financial and technical support, and ultimately, to produce their show. As part of the contest, they are required to perform in front of an audience, presenting short, 20-minute acts comprised of selected scenes from their productions. The event will be followed by a discussion during which the general public and invited guests can share their impressions and opinions on the performances.
The styles of the act vary, ranging from comedy and jokes to poetry and experimental forms of expression. Clowning, acrobatics, juggling, aerial acrobatics, and illusion are among the remarkable circus skills featured in the shows. The event will give the artists their first opportunity to present their work to an audience and receive feedback from critics and other artists.
The artists of The Polish Incident have flourished with their performance ideas in the same way that spring has. We will see around 10 solo and group performances by artists from all over Poland. The performances will cover a wide range of topics, including lighthearted situations and everyday challenges, as well as serious and profound subjects.
Practical Information
When: 22 and 23 April, 2022 (Friday and Saturday), 16.00-21.00
Where: Chatka ¯aka Academic Cultural Centre, Radziszewskiego 16
Artists: Ale Circus Dance Company, Kamil Dziliñski, Roman S³omka i Wojtek Rotowski, Tomasz Piotrowski, Marta Cywiñska and Miko³aj Pawlaczuk, Marta M¹dry, Piotr Sikora
Free admission
A bonus to the event will be the performance “Opticon (time between 3D and 2D)” produced under the prestigious European competition “Circus Next.”
Opticon (time between 3D and 2D) – Eliska Brtnicka (Czechia)
Eliska Brtnicka from Czechia will be the event’s special guest with her performance “Opticon (time between 3D and 2D). It’s an acrobatic and athletic performance about keeping movement in a still photograph. The show integrates elements of performance, installation, and photography exhibition.
The show offers multiple points of view to watch the moving body, as though seen through the lens of a camera. The body, smelling of photo developing fluid and photographic fixer, tries to make sense of its two-dimensional existence through photographic and choreographic lenses. The performance is site-specific, which means it is tailored and dedicated to the location where it is presented. It premiered in Prague on the 15 and 16 December 2018, in an unused swimming pool.
Practical Information
When: 24.04.2022 (Sunday) 17:00
Where: Centre for the Meeting of Cultures, Teatralny Square
Free admission
Other special performances:
Cruda Collectif ? Sens Unique (France) 30?
This show is a humorous look back at the life of an ex-gymnast. She was talented, but not perfect enough to be noticed, even if she was above average. Years of rigorous training molded her perspective on the body and womanhood. This unassuming woman, who is also auto-ironic, tells us about her inner anguish. She discloses everything through acrobatics and astonishing body twists: her blatant love of eating or her obsessions with fitting her body into accepted canons of beauty. All of the pain she has gone through to become more beautiful, delicate, and the best at everything has released her, just as it has released us! She likes to be herself above all else. She enjoys laughing aloud, does not hide her flaws, is crude and tacky, and defies all social conventions. Cruda is straightforward and enjoys being adored.
Practical Information
When: 23.04.2022 (Saturday), 20.00
Where: Chatka ¯aka Academic Cultural Centre, Radziszewskiego 16
10 pln per ticket, tickets available via Going – all proceeds will be used to support refugees from Ukraine.
Tickets
FULL PROGRAMME
Venue: Chatka ¯aka Academic Cultural Centre, Radziszewskiego 16
22.04.2022 FRIDAY
17:00 “Dr Acrylicstein Kamil Dziliñski 20 Small Auditorium
17:30 “Ex-libris Marta M¹dry 20 Big Auditorium
18:00 “The Trick Roman S³omka & Wojtek Rotowski 20 Small auditorium
18:30 “Wesele gra³o do 3:33? Kolektyw INC 20 Big auditorium
19:30 “Mechanicy Ale Circus Dance Company 20 Big Auditorium
20:00 a meeting of the artists and the public Hall in front of the Big Auditorium
23.04.2022 SATURDAY
16:30 “Ciiii Tomasz Piotrowski 20 Small Auditorium
17:00 “Halo S¹siad Fantasmagorie 30 Patio by the Park
18:00 “Boy: looking for a friend Piotr Sikora 45 PREMIERE (full show) Small auditorium
19:00 a meeting of the artists and the public Hall in front of the Big Auditorium
20:00 “Cruda Collectif ? Sens Unique 30? Big Auditorium (Tickets)
Carnaval Sztukmistrzów will take place from 28-31 July 2022 in Lublins Old Town. The Lublin festival offers predominantly new circus, an art form inspired by classic circus but straddling the line between performance and theatre. Buskers representing the tradition of old ludic street performances will also be seen on the streets of Lublin. It’s worth noting that the festivals performers do not use animals in their acts. However, we still need to wait a bit for a detailed programme of the event.
Published: 24 March 2022
The Polish Incident 2022 | Work in progress
Can’t wait for Carnaval Sztukmistrzów? Are you a fan of circus arts and theatre performances? If that’s the case, The Polish Incident is just the thing for you! We’d like to invite you to an outstanding event take place between April 22-24 in Chatka ¯aka Academic Cultural Centre, where we’ll be able to watch demonstrations of works in progress by Polish circus artists.
We’ve decided to start the circus season in Lublin a little earlier this year. And before the artists of Carnaval Sztukmistrzów take over the streets of Lublin between 28 and 31 July, we wish to invite you to enjoy spring with the circus. The Polish Incident is a contest for the most intriguing circus show, which Workshops of Culture in Lublin announced last autumn. The artists who have qualified will have the opportunity to get financial and technical support, and ultimately, to produce their show. As part of the contest, they are required to perform in front of an audience, presenting short, 20-minute acts comprised of selected scenes from their productions. The event will be followed by a discussion during which the general public and invited guests can share their impressions and opinions on the performances.
The styles of the act vary, ranging from comedy and jokes to poetry and experimental forms of expression. Clowning, acrobatics, juggling, aerial acrobatics, and illusion are among the remarkable circus skills featured in the shows. The event will give the artists their first opportunity to present their work to an audience and receive feedback from critics and other artists.
The artists of The Polish Incident have flourished with their performance ideas in the same way that spring has. We will see around 10 solo and group performances by artists from all over Poland. The performances will cover a wide range of topics, including lighthearted situations and everyday challenges, as well as serious and profound subjects.
Practical Information
When: 22 and 23 April, 2022 (Friday and Saturday), 16.00-21.00
Where: Chatka ¯aka Academic Cultural Centre, Radziszewskiego 16
Artists: Ale Circus Dance Company, Kamil Dziliñski, Roman S³omka i Wojtek Rotowski, Tomasz Piotrowski, Marta Cywiñska and Miko³aj Pawlaczuk, Marta M¹dry, Piotr Sikora
Free admission
A bonus to the event will be the performance “Opticon (time between 3D and 2D)” produced under the prestigious European competition “Circus Next.”
Opticon (time between 3D and 2D) – Eliska Brtnicka (Czechia)
Eliska Brtnicka from Czechia will be the event’s special guest with her performance “Opticon (time between 3D and 2D). It’s an acrobatic and athletic performance about keeping movement in a still photograph. The show integrates elements of performance, installation, and photography exhibition.
The show offers multiple points of view to watch the moving body, as though seen through the lens of a camera. The body, smelling of photo developing fluid and photographic fixer, tries to make sense of its two-dimensional existence through photographic and choreographic lenses. The performance is site-specific, which means it is tailored and dedicated to the location where it is presented. It premiered in Prague on the 15 and 16 December 2018, in an unused swimming pool.
Practical Information
When: 24.04.2022 (Sunday) 17:00
Where: Centre for the Meeting of Cultures, Teatralny Square
Free admission
Other special performances:
Cruda Collectif ? Sens Unique (France) 30?
This show is a humorous look back at the life of an ex-gymnast. She was talented, but not perfect enough to be noticed, even if she was above average. Years of rigorous training molded her perspective on the body and womanhood. This unassuming woman, who is also auto-ironic, tells us about her inner anguish. She discloses everything through acrobatics and astonishing body twists: her blatant love of eating or her obsessions with fitting her body into accepted canons of beauty. All of the pain she has gone through to become more beautiful, delicate, and the best at everything has released her, just as it has released us! She likes to be herself above all else. She enjoys laughing aloud, does not hide her flaws, is crude and tacky, and defies all social conventions. Cruda is straightforward and enjoys being adored.
Practical Information
When: 23.04.2022 (Saturday), 20.00
Where: Chatka ¯aka Academic Cultural Centre, Radziszewskiego 16
10 pln per ticket, tickets available via Going – all proceeds will be used to support refugees from Ukraine.
Tickets
FULL PROGRAMME
Venue: Chatka ¯aka Academic Cultural Centre, Radziszewskiego 16
22.04.2022 FRIDAY
17:00 “Dr Acrylicstein Kamil Dziliñski 20 Small Auditorium
17:30 “Ex-libris Marta M¹dry 20 Big Auditorium
18:00 “The Trick Roman S³omka & Wojtek Rotowski 20 Small auditorium
18:30 “Wesele gra³o do 3:33? Kolektyw INC 20 Big auditorium
19:30 “Mechanicy Ale Circus Dance Company 20 Big Auditorium
20:00 a meeting of the artists and the public Hall in front of the Big Auditorium
23.04.2022 SATURDAY
16:30 “Ciiii Tomasz Piotrowski 20 Small Auditorium
17:00 “Halo S¹siad Fantasmagorie 30 Patio by the Park
18:00 “Boy: looking for a friend Piotr Sikora 45 PREMIERE (full show) Small auditorium
19:00 a meeting of the artists and the public Hall in front of the Big Auditorium
20:00 “Cruda Collectif ? Sens Unique 30? Big Auditorium (Tickets)
Carnaval Sztukmistrzów will take place from 28-31 July 2022 in Lublins Old Town. The Lublin festival offers predominantly new circus, an art form inspired by classic circus but straddling the line between performance and theatre. Buskers representing the tradition of old ludic street performances will also be seen on the streets of Lublin. It’s worth noting that the festivals performers do not use animals in their acts. However, we still need to wait a bit for a detailed programme of the event.
