Catherine Diverrès
Penthésilées
The artistically uncompromising Catherine Diverrès is appearing for a second time at the Athens Festival. Her latest work, Penthesileas…, is based, as the title clearly suggests, on Heinrich von Kleist’s Penthesilea and is strongly marked by a dance theatre element. Starting out from the myth of the Amazons, the choreographer attempts a historical review of the female identity. Nine dancers on stage embody roles which transcend the stereotypical man-woman binary and overturn social codes and conventions, posing the intractable question: “How can we consolidate peace without first having fought for it?”
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Duration 85'
Peiraios 260
- 13/06/2015 at 21:00
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