Centre for Theatre Practices "Gardzienice" on the Festival "Meeting with Antient Greek Drama" in Greece, August 2006.

* "Metamorphoses" and "Elektra" were performed in the outdoor venue of Ancient Theatre, dated from VI BC, SIKYON.

* Wlodzimierz Staniewski gave lecture "Forgotten Techniques in Ancient Theatre" and led , together with "Gardzienice" actors, master classes for Festival participants in Kiato.

LINKS

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PROGRAM

2nd International Meeting on Ancient Drama

2nd International Meeting on Ancient Drama in Kiato, Corinthia
A symposium under the title "Descent", four theater performances, four theater events and three open workshops make um the program of this year's 2nd International Meeting on Ancient Drama that takes place in Kiato, prefecture of Corinthia, from 24 to 27 of August. Highlights of the meeting, whish is organized by the Municipality of Sikyon and the Theater Attis, are the hommage to Lebanese poetess, painter and author, Etel Adnan, and the presence of the famous Polish director Wlodzimierz Staniewski.

Backbone of the 2nd International Meeting on Ancient Drama in Sikyon is naturally the Symposium on "Descent" (the way down to the underworld). Apart from the Adnan hommage, the Symposium also features playwright Marios Pontikas, who presents his most recent work "Cassandra in Hades."

- Hans-Tisch Lehman, professor of theater Studies in Johann Wolfgang University of Frankfurt - Frank Rantadge, author-theatrologist - Kostas Arvanitakis, professor of Psychoanalysis in the McGill University, Canada - Vassilis Papavassiliou, director and actor - Yorgos Karvountzis, farmer-director of the Sikyon Theater Co. - Savvas Patsalidis, professor in the English Literature Dept. of the Thessaloniki Aristotelian University - Eracles Logothetis, author and theater critic - Yorgos Sabatakakis, professor in the University of London and the University of Patras (Dept. of Theater Studies) - Penelope Hadzidimitriou, professor of theatrology and scientific collaborator of the Thessaloniki Aristotelian University

The speeches are followed by various theater events. More specifically:

- "The descent of Yurupari to Hades" by the Colombian anthropologist, director and actor Carlos Araque - "Exodus" with actors Yorgos Symeoniodis and sofia Michopoulou - "Elpinor-friend unburried" by director-actress Roula Pateraki - "Goethe's Persephone" by Eleni Varopoulou, interpreted by Evriklia Sofroniadou

There are also three open workshops presented by participating directors:

- "Forgotten Techniques of Ancient Drama" with Wlodzimierz Staniewski - "The Memory of the Body" with Theodoros Terzopoulos, Savvas Stroubos, Meletis Elias - "Interpretation techniques" with Roula Pateraki

Last but not least, the works of the meeting conclude with theater performances taking plca at the Ancient Theater of Sikyon:

- Lucius Apuleius' "Metamorphosis" and Euripides' "Electra" directed by Wlodzimierz Staniewski - Aeschylus' "Descendants" directed by Theodoros Terzopoulos - Aristophanes' "The Frogs" directed by Yorgos Karvountzis