The myth of the artist as a self‑made genius, who, by virtue of his talent, innate sensitivity, and individual effort, ascends to the heights of Parnassus, has been subjected to sustained critical scrutiny for several decades and is widely regarded as a relic of long-discredited aesthetic paradigms. Nevertheless, its resonance persists. Does it mean that […]
Listen to Cricoteka! RESONANCES is a series inviting visitors to explore the interiors of Cricoteka through sound. Through four sound installations created specifically for selected spaces within this unique building, we encourage audiences to experience space in a different, non-visual way. Moving beyond dark concert halls and abandoning the traditional division between stage and audience, […]
Do Poland and Romania share common spectres of the past? We will reflect on this question in October. The festival, curated by the renowned Romanian theatre scholar and critic Cristina Modreanu, will showcase the two-way fascinations running between Romanian theatre and Kantor’s art. On the one hand, it aims to present the reception of the […]
A dance performance, carried by the wind, transcending generational, territorial, and artistic boundaries, created by choreographer and performer Monika Szpunar. HOLD ONTO THE WIND was developed in collaboration with international and interdisciplinary artists, as well as senior individuals encountered during a series of creative workshops. The performance is inspired by a saying from Monika’s dear […]
Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990) was one of the most important Polish artists, with a significant contribution to the revolutionizing of both Polish and global theater, as well as a remarkable avant-garde activity in the field of visual arts. The exhibition highlights the versatility and complexity of this artist by showcasing the main directions he pursued as director, […]
Rollercoaster is a dance presentation program organized by Cricoteka and Krakow Dance Theatre. This year, curators Paweł Łyskawa and Eryk Makohon will invite audiences to experience dance performances by both Polish and international artists. We have premieres, special meetings, and unique shows ahead—events that, we hope, will give us all a much-needed boost of positive […]
The Pagmatistis by Trap Door Theatre will be shown at Cricoteka as a preview of the programme accompanying the exhibition “(Un)Dead Class”, scheduled to open in February 2025. The Pragmatists by Stanisław I. Witkiewicz was created as the first theatrical play subject to the principles of ‘pure form’ formulated by the author. Witkacy’s work inspired […]
At the centre of this year’s Playing with Kantor Festival is a relatively young country (having achieved independence in 1830), one with difficult history and complex identity, one that fosters its separateness seeing it as a wealth in its own right – Belgium. The theme of the festival, “doubleness,” is present at more than one […]
Agata Skwarczyńska’s ‘Anatomy lesson – reconfiguration’ is intended as a dialogue with Tadeusz Kantor’s happening, who returned to the staging of Rembrandt’s painting (‘The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp’) as many as four times. At the same time Skwarczynska’s performance is a new realisation in the catalogue of attempts to reconstruct the famous painting, an […]
In 2024, as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Cricoteka’s presence in Podgórze, we are presenting a series of sound installations designed specifically for this building. Throughout the summer, Cricoteka will transform into a giant resonance box, inviting visitors to step inside and experience firsthand how sounds shape the spaces around us. From July to […]
“Rollercoaster” is a programme of modern dance presentations which, for the past seven years, has been organised by Cricoteka and Krakow Dance Theatre. The spectacles, chosen by the curators Paweł Łyskawa and Eryk Makohon, are presented from spring to winter. The theme of the 2024 programme is “Space”, one of the four motion factors, as […]
A theatrical experiment is before us, an attempt to look at Kantor’s last work from two perspectives: scientific and artistic. For six months, a group of people involved in theatre, dance or performance will be searching for meanings, possible scenarios and unrealized shifts in Tadeusz Kantor’s performance Today Is My Birthday. After participating in seminars […]
Since 2018 Cricoteka has hosted a series of monthly screenings of theatre productions by Polish and international directors which play artistically with the work of Tadeusz Kantor. Curated by Anna Róża Burzyńska, the programme adopts a new format this year to present contemporary Spanish theatre, dance theatre, performance and dramaturgy. It examines the interactions of […]
Oil on canvas, gouache on cardboard, hammered steel, cut marble, percussion and piano fugue, or bodies in light, text in motion, dance in sound? Can oil on canvas be transcribed into a kinetic oratorio? What will such a translation bring – loss or discovery? Is translation a dialogue or perhaps a compromise? Limited resources or […]
The performance, choreographed and directed by Eryk Makohon, is built around the figure of the goddess Mokosh – the Slavic archetype of female divinity, vitality and fertility.
PERFECT MAN Idea, concept and text: Lukasz Wojcicki 26th March (Saturday), 6:30 pm Tickets: 25/35 zł In Central and Eastern Europe, the legacy of the experience of communism is still clear; one might even venture to say that its intergenerational trauma continues to this day. The observation of it is particularly absorbing in the context […]
Installation is a part of the Krakow Photomonth. Opening: 13 May 2016, 8 p.m.
Cricoteka and visual artist Paulina Ołowska are happy to announce the Polish premiere of the theatre-and-art magazine Pavilionesque, which will take place on 30 January 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Jama Michalika café at 45 Floriańska Street in Kraków.
Radio Krakow awarded Supermarka for the year 2015 Krakow institutions involved in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tadeusz Kantor, one of them was Cricoteka.
In December Cricoteka presents a special, two days jubilee program – a culmination of the celebration of centenary of Tadeusz Kantor’s birth.
