The backward-dance charmer
19.07 — 20.07.2024
19.30
Description
Inspired by a folk legend of Epirus, director Konstantinos Markellos (author of the works The Abduction of Tasoula, Dancing Plague, and Two Oranges for Christmas) created a folk-style text following the Paraloges (a type of Greek folk narrative songs) model, written in verse and in the local Epirus dialect.
A group of actors-musicians perform sometimes as Narrators and other times as Acting Characters. They also sing original compositions inspired by polyphonic songs from Epirus, under the guidance of Vasoula Delli and Natalia Lambadaki, who are members of the vocal ensemble “Pleiades”.
The old woman Itsa played a special role in the community of the village Aetomilitsa in Konitsa. She had the traits of a good witch, spreading around her relief mixed with fear. In July 1974, when general conscription was declared, she gathered the girls at St Nicholas church to perform a primeval, apotropaic dance. A reverse dance, counterclockwise, with the dancers’ faces not towards the center of the circle but outward. As they danced, they rhythmically repeated the words: “It’s nothing, dear, it’s nothing. The enemies are in the sea and children at home”.
Contributors
The Famous Tiny Circus theatre group
Information
The event is offered for free by the Ministry of Culture. Audience members are only requested to pay for the entrance fee to the archaeological site (3€, Reduced: 2€).
Advanced booking is necessary.
70'
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