Inspired by Jerzy Grotowski’s Forefathers’ Eve (1961) and Włodzimierz Staniewski’s and Gardzienice Theatre’s Gusła (Sorcery, trans. AW; 1981), Polish-Japanese Dziady / Soreisai 祖霊際 is a theatre event combining a country dance / town dance and the Japanese Obon Festival.
Director, concept of the piece, script, set design, costume concept: Jadwiga Rodowicz-Czechowska
Lorenc Trio: Maniucha Bikont (singer, actor), Maciej Filipczuk (viola, violin), Jacek Hałas (percussion instruments, lyre, flute), Marcin Lorenc (violin, viola)
Choreographer, dance leader, actor: Piotr Zgorzelski
Singers, actors: Maniucha Bikont, Beata Passini
Japanese women’s dance arrangement, singer, actor: Hana Umeda
Nō movement and dance arrangement, actor: Kanji Shimizu
Sound design: Envee
Production: Justyna Pankiewicz
Premiere: 17th November 2018, Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute in Warsaw
