Greece – Motus protagonist of “Ancient Drama”
“Ancient Drama: Interdisciplinary and Cross Art Approaches” is a project of activities and events promoted by the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, co-funded by the European Union since 2012 and developed in co-operation with several Academic Institutions. The project seeks to explore interconnections between ancient theatre and the challenges of the modern age, promoting and enhancing, in particular, the way ancient drama is presented through performing arts in the 21st century.
Between Tragedy and Horror is the title of the ninth edition under way in Athens (September 17-26, 2024), and Motus theatre company has been invited to present their work Tutto Brucia.
It is a re-writing of Euripides' The Trojan Women through the words of various contemporary authors, including J.-P. Sartre, Judith Butler, Ernesto De Martino. In an empty space, covered in ash and corpses, the silence is broken by the moans and screams of pain by the women waiting to be sold into slavery and set off by sea to foreign territories. The voices of Hecuba, Andromache, Cassandra, Polyxena, Helen, their desperation for mourning and for their own adverse fate resonate like an echo in the present. “The lament spreads through that black Mediterranean which – then as now – is the scene of conquests of colonial Europe, of migrations, deaths, and diasporas”.
Tutto Brucia is on stage at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation on September 22nd, 23rd, and 24th (9 pm).
On September 19th, Motus will also lead a workshop addressed to professionals, actors, directors, and students of theatre or classical university studies.
Ancient Drama: Interdisciplinary and Cross Art Approaches - Between Tragedy and Horror