Hounds of Madness
Start of reservations: 04.08
20.08 — 21.08.2025
21:00
Description
The choreographic work Hounds of Madness focuses on the Chorus from Euripides’ Bacchae, highlighting its autonomous artistic entity. At the same time, it brings to the forefront the group of Theban women who have become autonomous in the mountains of Cithaeron, choosing the Bacchic cult as an act of opposition to patriarchal society, and reads it as the first historically surviving fictional record of self-determination of the female body. Hounds of Madness makes visible a group of femininities with sensory and motor disabilities, a group of women, that is, who remain invisible in modern Greece and are rarely given the space to exist both in society and on stage.
A multimedia work that bridges the historical trace with contemporary readings on the role of women as subjects of resistance and emancipation of the self-determination of their bodies, through a transcendent dance composed of a mixed group of performers, in a post-Bacchic universe.
*The performance will be accessible to individuals with visual and mobility disabilities. A tactile tour will be offered prior to the start of the performance for blind individuals and those with visual impairments.
Contributors
Proschima Contemporary Dance Company
Information
The event is offered for free by the Ministry of Culture.
Advanced booking is necessary.
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