Dybbuk
(Dybuk)

from
The Dybbuk by Sholem An-Ski (Polish translation Awiszaj Hadari)
The Dybbuk by Hanna Krall, a short story from Prooves of existence
Adaptation Krzysztof Warlikowski

Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski (Poland)

Set design Malgorzata Szczesniak
Music Pawel Mykietyn
Lights Felice Ross
Video Animations Kamil Polak

Starring Stanislawa Celinska, Andrzej Chyra, Magdalena Cielecka, Renate Jett, Marek Kalita, Irena Laskowska, Maria Lozinska, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Jacek Poniedzialek, Orna Porat, Jerzy Senator, Maciej Tomaszewski, Tomasz Tyndyk

Premiere on 6 October 2003 at Wroclaw Dialog Festival (Poland)

Coproduction Teatr Rozmaitosci (Warsaw), Teatr Wpólczesny (Wroclaw), TRZ - Wojciech Trzcinski (Warsaw), Festival d’Avignon, Theorem (association supported by the Culture 2000 programme of the European Union)

« I see the staging up of Dybbuk as if it was another form of theatre bible. Among the texts of religious tradition, the Dybbuk reaches also the unknown, the great Beyond. It makes appear this being we don't succeed in understanding. Beyong theatre itself, all these works are the origins of human knowledge. Men have ever been looking for means to dialog with the unknown. Theology, philosophy and arts manage to touch the great Beyond. The performance has to go through a mystic experience. The influence of the great Beyond, on the stage, may sometimes extend amongst the audience. Questions of life, death, primary wonders about divine are raised at each instant of our existences. Theatre reflects the world and these essntial questions. No point about giving answers to theological interrogations, the idea is to raise questions…
The Dybbuk is part of my queries about the situation in Poland, where the Jewish issue comes back today, after several years of silence. There is an attempt there to understand, finally, the past, the present hatred nourished by chaotic past. There is interrogation on the birth of a new nation. In Poland is growing a new generation unfamiliar to the communist night. Artists have to participate to the renewal of this nation developping in Poland as in the other Eastern Europe countries. It is a time of intense activity. »

Krzysztof Warlikowski
Interview with Pierre Notte for Avignon Festival (April 2003)

Dybbuk (Dybuk) from The Dybbuk by Sholem An-Ski (Polish translation Awiszaj Hadari) The Dybbuk by Hanna Krall, a short story from Prooves of existence Adaptation Krzysztof Warlikowski Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski (Poland)
Set design Malgorzata Szczesniak Music Pawel Mykietyn Lights Felice Ross Video Animations Kamil Polak Starring Stanislawa Celinska, Andrzej Chyra, Magdalena Cielecka, Renate Jett, Marek Kalita, Irena Laskowska, Maria Lozinska, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Jacek Poniedzialek, Orna Porat, Jerzy Senator, Maciej Tomaszewski, Tomasz Tyndyk Premiere on 6 October 2003 at Wroclaw Dialog Festival (Poland) Coproduction Teatr Rozmaitosci (Warsaw), Teatr Wpólczesny (Wroclaw), TRZ - Wojciech Trzcinski (Warsaw), Festival d’Avignon, Theorem (association supported by the Culture 2000 programme of the European Union)
« I see the staging up of Dybbuk as if it was another form of theatre bible. Among the texts of religious tradition, the Dybbuk reaches also the unknown, the great Beyond. It makes appear this being we don't succeed in understanding. Beyong theatre itself, all these works are the origins of human knowledge. Men have ever been looking for means to dialog with the unknown. Theology, philosophy and arts manage to touch the great Beyond. The performance has to go through a mystic experience. The influence of the great Beyond, on the stage, may sometimes extend amongst the audience. Questions of life, death, primary wonders about divine are raised at each instant of our existences. Theatre reflects the world and these essntial questions. No point about giving answers to theological interrogations, the idea is to raise questions… The Dybbuk is part of my queries about the situation in Poland, where the Jewish issue comes back today, after several years of silence. There is an attempt there to understand, finally, the past, the present hatred nourished by chaotic past. There is interrogation on the birth of a new nation. In Poland is growing a new generation unfamiliar to the communist night. Artists have to participate to the renewal of this nation developping in Poland as in the other Eastern Europe countries. It is a time of intense activity. » Krzysztof Warlikowski Interview with Pierre Notte for Avignon Festival (April 2003)

Dybbuk (Dybuk)

Dybbuk
(Dybuk)