Experience

Teatr Studio

• Poland
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artistic Director

  • Apr 2016 - Present

  Natalia Korczakowska in her performances combines various art genres. The tender and deeply human glance that she casts on her heroes makes them funny, touching, struggling with existential and relational difficulties. In April 2016, Korczakowska became artistic director at Teatr STUDIO in Warsaw, changing its name to STUDIO teatrgaleria (theatregallery). Under her direction, STUDIO returned to the idea of being an interdisciplinary melting pot inspired by the 20th century avant-garde. Theatre critic Mark Swed wrote in the Los Angeles Times: "Teatrgaleria is both gallery and performance venue. It has a Fluxus vibe”. At STUDIO Korczakowska created an unique company of actors which the core concern is with ethics of respect and participation. She has directed there an highly acclaimed adaptation of Berlin Alexanderplatz by A. Döblin. Her next show, The Devils by F. Dostoevsky, was reviewed by Jim O'Quinn in American Theatre Magazine: "None of the polish artists from Generation After 2 has been closer to the socio-political dilemmas of the country than Natalia Korczakowska”For several years, she has been cooperating with the CalArts Center for New Performance in Los Angeles. As part of the co-production, she directed Two Headed-Calf, a play based on the writings of Witkacy, STUDIO's patron, presented at the RedCat Theater in Los Angeles in 2019. February 2020 saw the premiere of Devils VR, a performance-exhibition version of The Devils created in 2018, now adapted for virtual reality. In March 2021 Natalia Korczakowska staged her adaptation of "The Crash" by James Ballard. As an opera director she directed: "Halka" by S. Moniuszko (with conductor Marc Minkowski) for the National Opera in Warsaw, "El Cimarrón by H. W. Henze at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg (with Ensemble Modern). The Lost Highway by E. Jelinek and O. Neuwirth at the New Horizons International Film Festival in Wrocław. G. Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly" (with A. Kurzak and Robert Alagna).