As Fates Would Have It – What We Learn From Minor Players In Greek Tragedies And Hollywood Films
Many will be familiar with the looming presence of Oedipus or Antigone in Classical Greek tragedy....
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Martin Sherman’s “Rose” in Athens
She is in her eighties when we meet her and shares with the audience the story of her life which began in a tiny Russian village, took her to Warsaw’s ghettos and a ship called The Exodus, and finally to the boardwalks of Atlantic City, the Arizona canyons and salsa-flavored nights in Miami beach.
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The Great Tamer – A Greek Choreographer’s Bam Debut
It was a devouring mouth or a generative source. The whole performance was a dystopian collage of subconscious associations of the creator. Some of them were personal and some of them were direct references to archetypes and well-known artworks. The non-verbal narrative was constituted by very inventive imagery which was underlined by an ever-present black humor.
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Kosmas Politis, “Eroica” by Yolanda Markopoulou
“Heroism is to this decision that you make by yourself, to stick to it until the very...
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OUT SCORE: Χω/ορικές Σημειογραφίες I
OUT SCORE: Χω/ορικές Σημειογραφίες I is a research program that generates encounters between...
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Rediscovering Ancient Greek Music
“Research into ancient Greek music is pointless”—Giuseppe Verdi “Nobody has ever made head or tail...
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AVLAIA: Dropping and Opening the Curtain to the Future of Europe
In the theatre, the front curtain is drawn open from both sides of the proscenium to reveal a...
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Ecce Homo: “The Great Tamer,” By Dimitris Papaioannou. Dance Umbrella Festival 2018, London, Sadler’s Wells
A curved, declivitous, dark-grey hill, built from large, rectangular vinyl blocks–reminiscent of...
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A Greek Tragedy For Two Actors
Euripides’ Ion – Director: Ioli Andreadi – “Alfa Idea” Theatre – Athens Staging...
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Theodoros Terzopoulos’ “Return” To Delphi
A big tribute to the director and Euripides’ The Trojan Women at the Ancient Theatre of Delphi. Of...
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Epidaurus Lyceum: International Summer School Of Ancient Drama
Theme 2019: Reinventing Ancient Drama on the contemporary stage July 2- 16, 2019 The Epidaurus...
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“A Bear” In Wanderlust
What is it like to get on a bus that does not follow a regular route through the city but remains...
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Little Theatre, Great Tragedies
The Little Theatre of Epidaurus is placed near the port of Palea Epidaurus in the Argolis...
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How “Possessed” Is The Audience?
What is expected from theatrical adaptations of literature? Why have they become so popular...
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Athens And Epidaurus Festival
What is it about: Greece’s foremost cultural festival and one of the oldest performing arts...
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Interview With Opera Director Rodula Gaitanou: “The Culinary Traditions Give Me A Great Insight Into A Nation’s Taste For Hospitality”
The Greek-born opera director Rodula Gaitanou has made a name for herself internationally. She is...
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ARTimeleia: A Theatre Group Built Of Actors With Neuromuscular Disorders
When I tell people that I do theatre with actors who have neuromuscular disorders, their outward...
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Documenta 14: Learning From Athens
What a surprise it was back in 2014 when Adam Szymczyk, Artistic Director of documenta, Germany’s...
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The Greek “Snowman Who Refused to Melt” Travels North
The Greek puppet theatre company, Prassein Aloga, meaning “to act irrationally” in ancient Greek,...
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“Amor”: Human Tragedy as a Farce
“I was Hamlet. I stood on the coast and spoke with the surf BLABLA at my back the ruins of Europe”...
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