Teatr Łaźnia Nowa

In the 15 years of its operation, Łaźnia Nowa has built a powerful brand in the Polish theatre market. It has developed the Genius Loci Theatre Festival, the Mrożek Theatre Festival and the Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival. The productions of Łaźnia Nowa have garnered plenty of accolades and prizes, and been invited to numerous festivals. Putting ‘theatre for people’ in the focus of interest, Łaźnia values the community and the role of art in the development of the local community.

The performance uses tools of experimental dance and theatre, taking the closing of the libretto for Igor Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring’ as its starting point. Based on testimonies of contemporary women gathered by the artists, as well as the formula of the fairy tale and the witch, the production tells of strategies for abusing the female body, deconstructing and transforming the power/violence narratives and mechanisms present in culture today.