Inka Dowlasz (born 25 May 1949) 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 Theatersâ and "Tree of People", "Initiative â 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 ( Home Army) 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 WspóÃ
Âczesny in Szczecin, Teatr im. Siemaszkowej in Rzeszów, Teatr im. Jaracza in Ã
Âodz and Stary Teatr im. Modrzejewskiej in Kraków, (In this the Crucible by Arthur Millera and The Woman in the Dunes by KÃ
ÂbÃ
 Abe). 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 â Polcul Foundation Award for artistic, therapeutic and educational activities at the Teatr Ludowy in Kraków.
- 2003 â Award on the First National Festival of Polish Contemporary Art for Children and Youth "Contexts" for spectacle "Odlot".
- 2012 â laureate of Forbes professionals 2012 â Public Trust Professions.
Major productions and writing
- 1979 â Don Juan Moliera â director assistant Bohdana Cybulskiego (Teatr Polski in Szczecin),
- 1984 â Czarownice z Salem Arthura Millera â director (Teatr WspóÃ
Âczesny in Szczecin),
- 1986 â Dom na niebiosach JiÃ
Âego HubaÃÂa âÂÂdirector (Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej in Rzeszowi),
- 1987 â Solo na dwa gÃ
Âosy Toma Kempinskiego â direktor (Teatr im. Stefana Jaracza in Ã
ÂodÃ
º),
- 1992 â Kobieta z wydm KÃ
ÂbÃ
 Abe â adapted and directed (Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej in Kraków),
- 1996 â Toksyczni rodzice â scenario and director (Teatr Ludowy w Krakowie),
- 1998 â Bici bijÃÂ
â scenario and director (Teatr Ludowy in Kraków),
- 1998 â Muzyka Ainurów â concert director, based on the novel Johna Ronalda Reuela Tolkiena (PWST in Kraków),
- 1999 â Tajemnica BoÃ
¼ego Narodzenia Josteina Gaardera â â scenario and director (Teatr Ludowy w Krakowie),
- 1999 â WÃÂdrowcom wschodu â concert director, based on the novel PodróÃ
¼y na wschód Hermanna Hessego (PWST in Kraków),
- 2000 â Czuwajcie ze mnÃÂ
â ostatni koncert Adriana Lewerkuhna â koncert director Thomasa Manna (PWST in Kraków),
- 2001 â Odlot â scenario and director (Teatr Ludowy in Kraków),
- 2002 â Toksyczni Krzysztofa Bizia â Director and scenography (Teatr Powszechny im. Jana Kochanowskiego in Radom),
- 2003 â Sytuacja bez wyjÃ
Âcia â scenario and director (Teatr Ludowy in Kraków),
- 2006 â Wakacje w Holandii â scenario and director (Teatr Ludowy in Kraków),
- 2006 â IdÃ
º siàleczyàâ scenario and director (Teatr Ã
ÂlÃÂ
ski in Katowice),
- 2007 â Sekrety Baronowej â scenario and director
- 2009 â Pierwsza godzina wiekom JagielloÃ
Âskim dzwoni âÂÂcooperation with Danuta MichaÃ
ÂowskÃÂ
a (PWST in Kraków),
- 2009 â Demokracja Edwarda Gordona Craiga âÂÂdirector (Fabryka Trzciny in Warszawa),
- 2011 â Elizabeth Watson â cichociemna âÂÂ, scenario and director
- 2012 â PuÃ
Âapki miÃ
ÂoÃ
Âci â scenario and director (Polski Teatr w Wilnie)
Works
- Inka Dowlasz â Studio Improwizacji to ja (pol.). Serwis Teatralny âÂÂTeatr dla Was". [dostÃÂp 2013-05-16].
- Inka Dowlasz â Studio Improwizacji to ja (pol.). Serwis Teatralny âÂÂTeatr dla Was". [dostÃÂp 2013-05-16].
- Halina Pytel â Kapanowska. Setka dzieci paÃ
Âstwa Dowlaszów. âÂÂPrzeglÃÂ
d". 29/2002 (pol.)
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