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We are an artistic family of Polish+American descent living in the Pacific.
We have been in the arts since the sixties, creating with Marjorie McPharlin,
John Strasberg, Melvyn Helstein, Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, Ed Emchwiller,
Carolyn Carlson, Dan McLaughlin, Basil Langton, Donato Sartori, Jac Depczyk,
Adam Darius, Ella Jaroszewicz, Patrick McDermott, Heather Forest, and of
course Coach John Wooden.
You might ask: Who —or what— is Walczuk? Well, Walcz is
a Polish word meaning "Warrior; Fighter." As you may know: to "Waltz" is
to dance. So Walczuk means a Dancer-Fighter.
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Walczuk— as a family of Artists
we created this website to share our experiences.
For over 40 years Walczuk Productions has been at the forefront
of masks, puppets and their construction and use in performance.
Living in Paris, London, Wroclaw, Opole, Florence and
Padua allowed the process to evolve into a distinctive way
of disciplining
synthesized
creativity
and
vision.
The focus of family Walczuk began when 2 year old Mikolaj played
the drums at Lee Michael's Master Thesis Animation Theatre
Presentation at the UCLA Film School. Piotr joined the Performances
as a 'Buster
Keaton' child clown and
Maria danced. Dominik is in the classic style of a young
Shakespearean all-around performer. Renata is a Colorist. She
creates the scenery, set designs and the Artistic Direction.
The future is promising with Multi Media explorations. The
integration of digital arts, "light actors" and
various projection styles has enabled the family Walczuk to
perform in festivals, create media and still maintain
a vigorous, classic-universal style.
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