{"id":7074,"date":"2015-10-06T11:51:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T15:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/?p=7074"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:39:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:39:36","slug":"cooper-presents-chopin-without-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/2015\/10\/06\/cooper-presents-chopin-without-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper presents: CHOPIN WITHOUT PIANO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Postcard<\/a>Up next from the Cooper Series:
\nCHOPIN WITHOUT PIANO<\/em><\/strong>
\nCreated by CENTRALA (Warsaw)<\/strong>
\nDirected by Micha<\/strong>\u0142 Zadara \u201899<\/strong>
\nText by Barbara Wysocka and Micha<\/strong>\u0142 Zadara<\/strong>
\nPerformed with the Chamber Orchestra of <\/strong>Philadelphia<\/strong>
\nConducted by Bassem Akiki<\/strong>
\nPerformances in Polish with English supertitles <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

On-Campus Performance: CHOPIN WITHOUT PIANO<\/em><\/strong>
\nSaturday, Oct. 24, 8 pm
\nLang Concert Hall
\nFree and open to the public without advance reservation
\nFor information: 610-690-3489 or concertmanager@swarthmore.edu<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Performances: CHOPIN WITHOUT PIANO<\/em><\/strong>
\nWednesday, Thursday, Friday, Oct. 28-30, 8 pm nightly
\nSaturday, Oct. 31, 2 pm (with roundtable discussion afterwards)
\nFringeArts, 140 N. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia
\n$25 general admission\/$15 Student and 25-and-under
\nFor tickets: FringeArts.com\/215-413-1318<\/p>\n

Micha\u0142 Zadara and Barbara Wysocka are among the pre-eminent Polish theater artists of their generation, and are active internationally in both theater and opera. Zadara, who first studied theater and directing at Swarthmore, has emerged as Poland\u2019s most significant and innovative director of the Polish classical and contemporary repertory. Wysocka\u2019s accomplished acting and directing career was preceded by eight years of classical violin training in Germany. Together they founded CENTRALA to create works that cross traditional lines of performance and artistic practice.<\/p>\n

Chopin Without Piano<\/em> is a large-scale performance piece in which the piano parts for Fryderyk Chopin\u2019s two piano concertos (Opus 11 in E minor and Opus 21 in F minor) are replaced by Wysocka performing a virtuosic monologue in Polish with English supertitles. Wysocka captures Chopin as a dynamic living presence, using fragments of the composer\u2019s letters, biographies, and commentaries on his work. The orchestral scores will be performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, led by Bassem Akiki, a leading Polish conductor affiliated with Warsaw\u2019s National Opera, who is making his American debut. Chopin Without Piano<\/em> presents new possibilities for theater and music to intersect in performance, and reveals how classical composers and music remain alive and relevant for us today.<\/p>\n

Considered a contemporary classic in Poland, Chopin Without Piano<\/em> has been successfully performed in both concert venues and theaters. The performances of Chopin Without Piano<\/em> in Swarthmore and Philadelphia mark the first international tour of the work, and will be followed by an engagement at Arts Emerson in Boston.<\/p>\n

INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:<\/strong>
\n\u201cChopin\u2019s Voice: Chopin\u2019s Music in Performance\u201d<\/strong>
\nSunday, Oct. 25, 3 pm
\nLang Concert Hall
\nParticipants: Micha\u0142 Zadara, Barbara Wysocka, Bassem Akiki, Jeffrey Kallberg (University of Pennsylvania), David Kasusic (Occidental College)
\nModerator: Barbara Milewski (Swarthmore College)<\/p>\n

INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:<\/strong>
\n\u201cChopin\u2019s Body: Chopin as Theater\u201d<\/strong>
\nSaturday, Oct. 31, 4:15 pm
\nFringeArts, 140 N. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia
\nParticipants: Micha\u0142 Zadara, Barbara Wysocka, Bassem Akiki, Tamara Trojanowska (University of Toronto), Tom Sellar (Yale School of Drama)
\nModerator: Allen Kuharski (Swarthmore College)<\/p>\n

WORKSHOPS & MASTER CLASSES<\/strong>
\nWeek of Oct. 19-23
\nMicha\u0142 Zadara and Barbara Wysocka will lead a series of workshops with interested theater students on a schedule to be announced in October.<\/p>\n

Bassem Akiki, together with Zadara and Wysocka, will lead a master class and discussion with the Swarthmore College Orchestra on Thursday, Oct. 22.<\/p>\n

Major support for Chopin Without Piano<\/em> has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the William J. Cooper Foundation, and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Warsaw). Chopin Without Piano<\/em> at Swarthmore is presented by the Departments of Theater and Music & Dance, and is co-sponsored by the Dance Program and the Departments of English Literature, Political Science, and Modern Languages & Literatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Up next from the Cooper Series: CHOPIN WITHOUT PIANO Created by CENTRALA (Warsaw) Directed by Micha\u0142 Zadara \u201899 Text by Barbara Wysocka and Micha\u0142 Zadara Performed with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Conducted by Bassem Akiki Performances in Polish with English supertitles On-Campus Performance: CHOPIN WITHOUT PIANO Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 pm Lang Concert Hall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7076,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074\/revisions\/7076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}