Wroclaw 1980 Entering INSTITUT AKTORA LABORATORIUM
My coming was late evening, directly from the airport of Wroclaw and tired cause we arrived in Warsaw first, waiting some time at this airport and then, fly to Wroclaw.
My memories from this day is little misty as the weather was dark and cold. It was as I traveled to an other world, maybe cause it was the first time traveling to a socialist country and also I had not idea about politics. So I was impressed from the atmosphere from the first moment. Even the airplane of the Polish airlines was strange to me. I had travelled a lot until that date. Europe, Asia and Africa. But Poland was exceptional in beauty and in many other sides that I will write about later, interesting and irritant.
The excitement was so strong and I had not the cool mind to hold dairy immediately, or to take pics or to keep notes. About the pics I have to say that the Laboratory did, not like pics so a I kept this note in mind during all my trip – I criticize negatively this decision now- and because of some American friends, I have some pics at least of the teachers and from my self also few people from the five days session, before we were separated.
I was interesting only about the case. I was there! I wanted to stay, to follow the work, to be one of the 6 people that would remain to participate to the workshop until, July.
The process was like this. We arrived participants from all over the world, all of us eighty( 80) and under directly from our arrival, to the project ‘ the tree of people’ then follows the give (5 )days session.
After that was the day of final the decision. Who will stay, who will go ? The number of people to stay was six(6) for the workshop until, July.
the day of the decision ws along duration meeting from 11:00 in the morning to early night in which, the teachers explain with enormous patience and accuracy and thoroughness, why they keep these people and not the others. A very sensitive difficult and precious moments.
We were 80 young people from eighteen to 35 years old, so you can imagine how long was the meeting and how important and how sad too. All these days we were together work hours together share experience learn from each other. Yes we wanted to be the lucky people that will stay but also as we were young we had pure emotions, we become friends with some people so we had to be in the end only 6
( we stay to follow the workshop 9 people ).
This meeting was a huge lesson for me. I did not find again the clearness’ to talk to others with so sincere and direct way except to my own group when some years after we begin to work. Out of my group also it was tremendous difficult to approach the work with collaborators and students with this way.
It is it was and wit will be the most difficult part of communication. How to see, to recognize and to experience with sincerity, knowledge and directedness, your opinion and your adeptness.
I wanted to be from the people will remain. All of us wanted this. This was my purpose and or his I came from Athens leaving my son a way from me. That means that this trip to JERZY GROTOWSKI Laboratorium was more important than anything else at that moment. I was an actress in my first professional year, with long studies in Dance,Theatre, Body Movement and already a mother.
