Matej Matejka

Is the founder and leader of Studio Matejka. He studied acting at the State Conservatory in Bratislava, Slovakia, and then at JAMU University, Brno, Czech Republic. In 2000–2005 he was an actor with the theatre studio Farm in the Cave, Prague, and co-creator of the projects and performances Dark Love Sonnets, Journey to the Station and Sclavi/The Song of an Emigrant. Since 2005 Matej has been collaborating with the Grotowski Institute where he is engaged in research of physical expression in the theatre. He is also an actor and leader of physical training in Teatr ZAR. He performs in Gospels of Childhood, Caesarean Section and Anhelli. The Calling. He leads work sessions called “Wakening the Listening Body” at the Grotowski Institute and with Teatr ZAR, both in Poland and internationally. In his work he searches for the performer’s “essence of communication” where both dance and drama are only vehicles for the actor’s expression.