Hounds of Madness

The performance Hounds of Madness draws from Euripides’ The Bacchae, exploring notions of collectivity, ritual, and ecstasy. Through a dynamic blend of movement, voice, and music, the choreographic work brings forth the Chorus’s autonomous artistic status, reimagined as a collective of women who are bound by both tender support and sharp resilience.

Hounds of Madness is an invitation to engage in a transformative game that directly confronts the deep-seated fears within us. It asks urgent questions relevant to our increasingly fear-driven world: What truly unites us? What fuels our motivation? And what ultimately sets us free?

This production delves into one of history’s earliest fictional accounts of female bodily autonomy. Hounds of Madness brings together a diverse group of women with and without sensory and motor disabilities, a group that in Modern Greece struggles to find their place both within society and on the stage. Their presence mirrors the women of Thebes in Euripides’ play, who defiantly fled to Mount Kithairon to escape patriarchal control, emphasizing a shared spirit of defiance and liberation.

Α choreographic work that bridges the historical trace with contemporary readings on the role of women as subjects of resistance and emancipation of their bodies. A transcendent dance composed in a post-Bacchae universe.

*Many thanks to Katia Savrami, Christos Papamichael

* The performance will be accessible to individuals with visual and mobility disabilities. There will be a tactile guided tour before the start of the performance for blind and visually impaired people.