„Tam, gdzie dramat się staje” – „Balladyna” Tadeusza Kantora

• Authors: Skrzypczak, Magdalena

Title variants

PL

‘Where drama comes to life’ – “Balladyna” directed by Tadeusz Kantor

Abstracts

EN

During World War II, in Cracow, Tadeusz Kantor co-founded the Clandestine Independent Theatre. At the same time, he became a leader of a group of the young artists. Because of Nazi occupation it was a truly harsh time for art. But still artists organised meetings, during which they discussed cultural news, popular ideas, avant-garde art trends etc. Hectic rehearsals took place in private apartments. At that time, Kantor decided to re-read carefully and direct “Balladyna” – a great work of Romanticism written by Juliusz Słowacki. Even though in the 1940s Kantor was under the influence of avant-garde. Abstract art, Russian and German constructivism, Romantic ideas and symbolism were still important for him. Therefore he had to find his own artistic expression and that was the right moment for the challenge – he rediscovered “Balladyna” and regenerated a Romantic essence in the abstract “entourage”.

Keywords

EN

Tadeusz Kantor; Clandestine Independent Theatre; Juliusz Slowacki; Balladyna; Romanticism; avant-garde

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Skrzypczak, Magdalena

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Uniwersytet Łódzki, Instytut Filologii Polskiej, Katedra Literatury i Tradycji Romantyzmu, ul. Pomorska 171/173, 90-236 Łódź

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Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/11923