THE RETURN OF DIONYSOSTribute to Theodoros Terzopoulos

5-8 July 2018

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PROGRAMME

Thursday, 5 July

Conference Venue

16.00-18.00 Film screening

18.00 Registration

K. KARAMANLIS AMPHITHEATRE18.30-19.00 OFFICIAL OPENING

Hélène Ahrweiler/President of the European Cultural Centre of DelphiPaul Kalligas/Director of the European Cultural Centre of DelphiAfroditi Panagiotakou/ Director of Culture, Onassis Foundation

19.00-20.00 OPENING SESSIONChair : Paul Kalligas

Vassilis Papavassiliou /theatre director, actor THEODOROS – A LEGACY WITH NO BORDERSAnatoly Vasiliev/theatre director Eleni Varopoulou/theatre critic-author-translator

THEATRE AS A TRANSLATION. HEINER MULLER AND AESCHYLUS BY THEODOROS TERZOPOULOSFreddy Decreus /Professor Emeritus, University of Ghent

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A THEATRE OF ENERGY, A THEATRE OF CONSCIOUSNESSDaniel Wetzel/Rimini Protokoll

20.00-20.20 Photographic installation THE DISMEMBERMENT OF DIONYSOS Johanna Weber/photographerAlexandros Kokkinos/visual artist-architect

20.20-20.30 Sound installation ENOPAEPanayiotis Velianitis/composer-music teacher

Exhibition Hall20.30 Opening of the photographic installation THE DISMEMBERMENT OF

DIONYSOSby Johanna Weber and Alexandros Kokkinos

Outdoor spaces 21.00 Opening of the sound installation ENOPAE

by Panayiotis Velianitis

Guesthouse 21.30 Dinner

Friday, 6 July

Frynihos Theatre -Multi-purpose Hall

10.00-15.00 THE RETURN OF DIONYSOS – THE METHOD OF THEODOROS TERZOPOULOS

10.00-12.00 Part I: DemonstrationTheodoros Terzopoulos & Savvas Stroumpos Participating : Mikhail Sokolov (Russia-Electrotheatre Stanislavsky), Przemyslaw Blaszczak (Poland-Grotowski Institute), Juan Esteban Echeverri Arango (Colombia), Justin Jain (USA-Wilma Theatre), Paolo Musio (Italy), Li Yadi (China, Beijing Central Academy of Drama), Long Long (Taiwan National Theatre/Theatre Academy), Rustem Begenov (Kazakhstan-ORTA Centre), Kerem Karaboga (Turkey), Yiling Tsai (Taiwan National Theatre/Theatre Academy ), Niovi Charalampous (Cyprus), Evelyn Assouad (Syria-Greece)

12.00-12.20 Coffee break

12.20-14.00 Part II: Speeches Moderator : Aglaia Pappa Kerem Karaboga/ Professor, Faculty of Letters, Department of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy, Istanbul UniversityTHE ACTING METHOD OF TERZOPOULOS AS A MEANS TO CONFRONTATION WITH OUR AGE OF “TOTAL DECAY” Justin Jain/ acting company member, Wilma Theater-Professor of Acting, University of the Arts; PhiladelphiaTHE UNIVERSAL BODY: EXPLORING THE METHODOLOGYIN THE UNITED STATES Rustem Begenov/actor-theatre director

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METHOD OF THEODOROS TERZOPOULOS: MY EXPERIENCE AS AN ACTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORLi Yadi/ acting teacher at Central Academy of Drama, China-directorAN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF ATTISPaolo Musio/actor HERE, ELSEWHERE, ON THE BORDER –WHERE I AM WHEN I AM ON STAGE WITH ATTIS Long Long/ theatre performer A JOURNEY TO UNKNOWN-MY REFLECTION ON THE RETURN OF DIONYSΟS

Interventions: Mikhail Sokolov, Przemyslaw Blaszczak, Juan Esteban Echeverri Arango, Yiling Tsai, Niovi Charalampous

14.00-14.30 Discussion 14.30 Lunch

Conference Venue15.30-18.00 Film screening

Ancient Theatre of Delphi19.00 Euripides' Trojan Women

Directed by Theodoros Terzopoulos With the cooperation of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Phokis

Note: the performance is repeated on Saturday, 7 July, at 19.00Guesthouse

22.00 Dinner

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Saturday, 7 July

K. KARAMANLIS AMPHITHEATRE

09.30-10.45 SECOND SESSIONChair: Konstantinos Arvanitakis

Eugenio Barba /theatre director NO BEAUTY WITHOUT RULES, NO NEW BEAUTY WITHOUT BREAKING RULESGeorge Sampatakakis/Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies, University of PatrasEROS AND THANATOS: THE AESTHETICS OF ENTRANCEMENT IN THE THEATRE OF TERZOPOULOS Jaroslaw Fret/theatre director-Director of the Grotowski Institute and leader of ZAR Theatre in Wroclaw, PolandWRESTLING WITH MEMORY Iliana Dimadi/Dramaturg, Onassis Cultural Centre ATTIS THEATRE AND THE NEED FOR “ANOTHER” CRITICAL LANGUAGE Frank Raddatz/ author-dramaturgTHEODOROS TERZOPOULOS’ THEATRE OF VERTICALITY

10.45-11.30 Discussion

11.30-12.00 Coffee break

12.00-13.00 THIRD SESSIONChair: Freddy Decreus

Hans Thies Lehmann/writer-Professor Emeritus, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main RITUAL AND REFLECTION. THEODOROS TERZOPOULOS AND CONTEMPORARY TRAGIC THEATRE Penelope Chatzidimitriou/Dr. in Theatre Studies, Instructor in MA in European Literature and Culture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (UN)LIVABLE, (UN)GRIEVABLE, (UN)MOURNABLE BODIES: VIOLENCE, MOURNING AND POLITICS IN THE THEATRE OF THEODOROS TERZOPOULOS Avra Sidiropoulou /Assistant Professor at the Μ.Α. Programme in Theatre Studies at the Open University of CyprusTOWARDS A POETICS OF COMMUNALITY: THEODOROS TERZOPOULOS’ STAGING OF TRAGEDY IN THE 21ST CENTURYMarika Thomadaki/Professor of Theatre Semiotics, f. Dean, Philosophy School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ENERGETIC THEATRICALITY AND CREATIVE FORMS IN THEODOROS TERZOPOULOS' PERFORMANCES

13.00-13.45 Discussion 13.45 Lunch

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16.00-18.00 Film screening

17.30-18.00 Coffee

18.00-19.00 FOURTH SESSION Chair : Eleni Varopoulou

Gonia Jarema/ Professor, University of MontrealTHE VOICELESS VOICE IN THE WORK OF THEODOROS TERZOPOULOSDimitris Tsatsoulis/Professor of Theatre Semiotics and Performance Theory, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras GLOSSOLALIA: FROM THE "LANGAGE UNIVERSEL" OF ARTAUD TO THE "NUCLEAR RHYTHM OF THE WORD" OF TERZOPOULOS Özlem Hemiş/Assistant Professor, Kadir Has University THE IDEA OF TRAGIC IN ALARME/AMOR/ENCOREPanayiotis VelianitisTHE MEMORY OF SOUND

19.00-19.30 Discussion

Ancient Theatre of Delphi19.00 Euripides' Trojan Women

Directed by Theodoros Terzopoulos With the cooperation of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Phokis

20.30 Dinner

22.00-00.00 Film screening

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Sunday, 8 July

09.30-10.45 FIFTH SESSION Chair : Kerem Karaboga

Despoina Bebedeli/actressTHE ΕΥΕ OF DIONYSOSKonstantinos Arvanitakis/Professor of Psychoanalysis, McGill University, Montreal PRIMAL PHANTASIES AND THE UNREPRESENTABLE IN THE WORK OF TERZOPOULOSMaria Marangou/art critic-artistic director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of CreteWHEN MALEVICH MEETS DIONYSOS Kalliope Lemos /sculptor-installation artistA SYNTHESIS OF ANTITHESES

10.45-11.30 Discussion

11.30-12.00 Coffee break

12.00-13.15 SIXTH SESSIONChair: Dimitris Tsatsoulis

Tassos Dimas/actorTIME OF GRIEF Katerina Arvaniti/Ass. Professor, Department of Theatre Studies, University of PatrasPROMETHEUS BOUND DIRECTED BY THEODOROS TERZOPOULOS Aglaia Pappa/actress ALARME – AMOR: THE EVOLUTION OF AN ACTOR WORKING WITH T. TERZOPOULOS Santanu Bose/theatre director-actor-Professor at the National Drama School of New Delhi ENCORE: THREE INDIAN READINGS

13.15-14.00 Discussion

14.00 Lunch

16.00-18.00 Film screening

17.30-18.00 Coffee

18.00-19.30 SEVENTH SESSIONChair: Gonia Jarema

Dikmen Gürün/ Professor of Theatre Studies, M.A. Programme, Kadir Has University, İstanbul

RECEPTION OF THEODOROS TERZOPOULOS' WORKS IN TURKEYΒlanka Ζizka/ Artistic Director, the Wilma Theater

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THEODOROS TERZOPOULOS AT THE WILMA THEATER IN PHILADELPHIAKim Jae Kyoung/ Assistant Professor, Chung-Ang University, SeoulTHEATRE OLYMPICS AND TERZOPOULOS’S ARTISTIC VISION

19.30-20.15 Discussion

20.15-20.45 Theodoros Terzopoulos

END OF THE SYMPOSIUM

21.00 Dinner

Conference Venue22.00 Musical performance

THE WANDERER AND HIS SHADOWBaritone: Dimitris Tiliakos Piano: Yiannis Tsanakaliotis

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