Cudowne i pożyteczne
Marvelous and Practical

Summary/Abstract: A review of the play Winter Tales, based on Andersen’s fairy tales, directed by Iga Gańczarczyk (Polski Theater in Bydgoszcz, premiere: 13 I 2012). The author notes that, although the director used a recent translation, and the play “reifies the archetypal situation of telling fairy stories,” the performance is equally centered on drama and dance. Dominika Knapik, who created the choreography, “leads the young viewer from the signifying to the abstract, or from the abstract to the signifier, sometimes even from word to gesture or from gesture to word.” According to Michalak, the effect is remarkable, in that this coming-of-age tale also becomes a tale of non-fulfillment and the inevitable passing of time.

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