MED OUSA-A dance theatre performance organised by Sparta Stage

Skini Spartis presents the dance theatre performance Med usa - The Transformation of Gorgo.

February 11th
February 17th
February 18th

The project "Medusa - The Transformation of Gorgo" is an experimental dance theatre performance in which the myth of Medusa is decoded. The project seeks to fruitfully deconstruct the myth of the infamous mermaid and reinterpret it in the present day through the eyes of the modern woman and her story.

What was the basis of terrifying Medusa's nature, and how does a myth of antiquity unfold even in modern times within the framework of the existing patriarchy?

"Medusa, one of the most wronged figures in the dominant reading of world mythology, now turns her gaze to the viewer to petrify him redemptively, once again with the untold truths. It is the choreography for the woman in the world of the divine patriarchy and a reminder that purification always comes at the end, sometimes like medicine and sometimes like poison, having a double result like Gorgo's blood."

Herakles Sassalos

Resumes:

Chrysanthi Kotsaftis is an actress and journalist. She has worked in newspapers and television channels in Athens, while at the same time, she studied theatre at the Vassilis Diamantopoulos Higher Drama School Iasmos. She has taken part in theatre performances and collaborated with theatre groups. She is a founding member of the theatre group of the oppressed in Sparta (Βol), has been active theatrically in the city of Sparta, maintains the adult theatre workshop at Skini Spartis (Sparta Stage) as well as the children's theatre workshop at Explorativa, works as a drama therapist, while at the same time conducting education seminars speech and orthophony as well as improvisations.

Pelagia Tsakalidou is a graduate of the Physics department of Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki and a postgraduate student at TEFAA Komotini, specialising in "Studies in Dance". She is a self-taught experimental and improvisation dancer with a background in capoeira, physical theatre, contemporary dance and street dance styles, following renowned teachers of all kinds in Greece and Europe. She has participated in performances of physical theatre and modern dance in Thessaloniki and cyphers in Berlin. In the last year, she has actively created a performance department in Sparta. Today, she teaches "Expressive Body" at Spartan Yoga Shala, "Dance Theatre" at Skini Sparta and the "Science in Motion" method at Explorativa to Elementary School children as an experiential approach to Physics through dancing and movement.

Coefficients:
Conception and Interpretation: Pelagia Tsakalidou
Directed by: Chrysanthi Kotsaftis
Research and Bibliographic Review: Iraklis Sassalos
Cinematography: TAK films and frames

Contact number for seat reservations: 6909 161 264
Contact hours 10.00 - 15.00

Reservations are required due to limited capacity

The show is suitable for people over 16 years of age