Passion of Trojan Women
From: Wednesday, 26th October 2011
To: Friday, 28 October 2011
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Synopsis
Eight performers, dancers, musicians and actors from five European Countries, present a piece of physical theatre around the two universal themes of Passion and Death. Taking inspiration from Euripides Trojan Women, (a Greek tragedy detailing the lives of four women during the destruction of Troy), the play centres around the innate passion we all possess, which is given power during times of great intensity.
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 26 October 2011
The starting point for Passions. A Study Around Trojan Women is the tragedy by Euripides. This tells the story of the women of King Priam’s house after the city has fallen to the Greeks and they become the property of the various victorious commanders. But you don’t have to be familiar with the play or the stories which inspired it to know that the victims of any conflict are going to be predominantly the women and children of the vanquished.
What we see unfolds in movement and in music. The latter is provided for the most part by Vito De Lorenzi, master of a ferocious array of percussion instruments, though the women of the cast also contribute song in a variety of languages. What other words are spoken (mainly by Vladimir Tuliev) are mainly in Italian. Giorgia Maddamma’s movement owes much to eastern European and Mediterranean folk dance filtered through Nijinsky.
As the white-clad women shift across the stage, they step forwa...
Cast
Gina Isaac (UK)
Vladimir Tuliev (Macedonia)
Tanya Gigova (Bulgaria)
Alina Czyzewska (Poland)
Antonella Iallorenzi (Italy)
Mariarosaria Ponzetta (Italy)
Creative
Salvatore Tramacere (Director)
Giorgia Maddamma (Director)
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