Socioeconomic and Cultural Transformations in the Context of The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Proposal Title : Values Across Space and Time
Proposal acronym: VAST
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European Program Horizon 2020
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Trends in the direction of the Ancient Drama
The formation of the classic tradition
The fact that the Ancient Drama has such and of that kind of value and its influence on the formation of modern global theatre is so determinative, is neither because of the width and the quality of the time values and the universal messages that it carries, nor because of its aesthetic perfection, which makes it a cross section “classic” piece of literature. Continue Reading
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Ancient Greek Drama on Modern Greek Stage. Theatrical Tradition and Cultural Memory
The first efforts for stage productions of ancient Greek drama, and tragedy mainly, begin during the Age of Enlightenment, when Greece is not an independent nation yet. They are connected with the efforts of forming a national consciousness and return to the ancestral heritage (Branchfeld 1962: 341-349). With the creation of an independent Greek nation in 1830, ancient dramas are produced more frequent, always associated with linguistic and ideological demands of the times. Continue Reading
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Aristophanes through Lysistrata: the ancient greek comedy on the modern greek stage
Notwithstanding the unquestionable popularity of the hybrid and liminal Plutus for the survival and revival of Aristophanes in Greece and throughout the world,[1] it was another Aristophanic comedy that became associated with the most important and the most profound social, aesthetic and ideological turning points in the reception of Aristophanes by the modern Greek scene up to the present day. Continue Reading
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Ancient drama at the crossroads of civilizations
Greek directors walk side by side with their foreign colleagues as they express the major, global trends of performance and reoriented the perspectives about ancient drama. Continue Reading
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Dionysus Course: The Past and the Future of Theatrical Myth
The contact of the contemporary audience with the ancient drama often raises questions and concerns about the understanding and interpretation of its existence (as performance) in the postmodern era conditions, causing reasonable doubts about the possibility of its survival in future millennium. Continue Reading
