Grotowski believed in the actor being the most influencing part of theatre, and it was the actions of the actor and the use of their voice that made up a performance. He believed in “poor” theatre, with no props, make-up, costumes and such that was a hug part of other European theatre at the time. However, he did not just leave out these effects, but these were not the biggest concern.
Grotowski also established a sort of “sacredness” of the actor and the audience and the connection they had during a performance. He thought that the purpose of theatre was to confront and make the audience reflect on the message. Theatre, according to Grotowski was not about the image but about the message it conveyed through the actor. In Grotowski’s mind there was clear difference between theatre and cinema, and he did not believe in making theatre more cinema like.
"Biography of Jerzy Grotowski." The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop. JBActors, 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. <http://www.jbactors.com/actingreading/actingteacherbiographies/jerzygrotowski.html>.
Grotowski stressed that theatre was to be confrontational, and for that reason he only had a very limited number of audience members and actors at his performances with the Laboratory Theatre
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