Teatr Zar's Caesarean Section November 14, 2009

Millennium Park will round out its fall and winter theater season with Poland's ground-breaking troupe, Teatr Zar, and their U.S. premiere of 'Caesarean Section.' This international theater company, never before seen in Chicago, is widely recognized for fusing movement and music with haunting images. In the style of the late theater revolutionary Jerzy Grotowski, this extraordinary multinational group of artists strives to create work that communicates on a primal, non-spoken level, leaving audiences emotionally and spiritually transformed. The company emulates Grotowski's belief in ensemble work, developing productions through a long process of creating its own theatrical language, utilizing Eastern Orthodox music. In 'Caesarean Section,' Teatr Zar explores the question of freedom and its limitations, and draws on the music of Corsica, with Bulgarian, Romanian, Icelandic and Chechen songs interwoven.