Inka Dowlasz
Inka Dowlasz is a Polish theater director, playwright, screenwriter, psychologist and teacher. Dowlasz's theatrical performances were given in theatres in Poland and abroad. From 1972 to 1982 she cooperated with Jerzy Grotowski's "Teatr Laboratorium" on "Theatre of Sources", "University of Nations Theaters“ and "Tree of People", "Initiative – Mountain".
Life and career
Dowlasz was born and brought up in Szczecin, Poland, the daughter of Weronika and Grzegorz Dowlasz, widely regarded as the first founders of home for orphanages in Poland. Dowlasz's father was a writer and Armia Krajowa soldier.In 1968 Dowlasz began to study psychology at Jagiellonian University and at Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts, finishing with a PhD degree. During her studies she worked on techniques for building a role.
Since 1990 she permanently connected with the Ludowy Theatre in Kraków. She performed with the Contact Theater in Manchester, in Teatr Polski and Teatr Współczesny in Szczecin, Teatr im. Siemaszkowej in Rzeszów, Teatr im. Jaracza in Łodz and Stary Teatr im. Modrzejewskiej in Kraków,. In 1998 Dowlasz founded Improwizacjon Studio and in 2000 she founded Therapy by Art Studio.
Dowlasz is a member of the board of directors of the "Association of Innovation in Science and Culture" and "Union of Artists of the Polish Scene in Warsaw" and is also a member of "Association Unicorn".
Awards
- 2003 – Polcul Foundation Award for artistic, therapeutic and educational activities at the Teatr Ludowy in Kraków.
- 2003 – Award on the First National Festival of Polish Contemporary Art for Children and Youth "Contexts" for spectacle "Odlot".
- 2012 – laureate of Forbes professionals 2012 – Public Trust Professions.
Major productions and writing
- 1979 – Don Juan Moliera – director assistant Bohdana Cybulskiego,
- 1984 – Czarownice z Salem Arthura Millera – director,
- 1986 – Dom na niebiosach Jiřego Hubača –director,
- 1987 – Solo na dwa głosy Toma Kempinskiego – direktor,
- 1992 – Kobieta z wydm Kōbō Abe – adapted and directed,
- 1996 – Toksyczni rodzice – scenario and director,
- 1998 – Bici biją – scenario and director,
- 1998 – Muzyka Ainurów – concert director, based on the novel Johna Ronalda Reuela Tolkiena,
- 1999 – Tajemnica Bożego Narodzenia Josteina Gaardera – – scenario and director,
- 1999 – Wędrowcom wschodu – concert director, based on the novel Podróży na wschód Hermanna Hessego,
- 2000 – Czuwajcie ze mną – ostatni koncert Adriana Lewerkuhna – koncert director Thomasa Manna,
- 2001 – Odlot – scenario and director,
- 2002 – Toksyczni Krzysztofa Bizia – Director and scenography,
- 2003 – Sytuacja bez wyjścia – scenario and director,
- 2006 – Wakacje w Holandii – scenario and director,
- 2006 – Idź się leczyć – scenario and director,
- 2007 – Sekrety Baronowej – scenario and director
- 2009 – Pierwsza godzina wiekom Jagiellońskim dzwoni –cooperation with Danuta Michałowskąa,
- 2009 – Demokracja Edwarda Gordona Craiga –director,
- 2011 – Elizabeth Watson – cichociemna –, scenario and director
- 2012 – Pułapki miłości – scenario and director
Works
- Inka Dowlasz – Studio Improwizacji to ja. Serwis Teatralny „Teatr dla Was". .
- Inka Dowlasz – Studio Improwizacji to ja. Serwis Teatralny „Teatr dla Was". .
- Halina Pytel – Kapanowska. Setka dzieci państwa Dowlaszów. „Przegląd". 29/2002