… And Speaking of Orestes
2006
A lucid dreamscape inspired by the Euripidean play Orestes.
Choreographer Paraskevas Terezakis has realized his personal vision through this peiceof work on a journey which explores family dysfunction, guilt, revenge and erratically, love. …And Speaking of Orestes… is a story about one child’s reality which becomes a dream to free himself from all that holds him back.
The creative process for this project involved extensive exploration on an international level involving artists from Canada, Croatia, Poland, France, Greece, and Belgium. In the peice, two men and three women explore the forces behind family dysfunction on a simple, domestically-inspired set, while live musicians animate and add texture to wonderfully visual and evocative choreography.
Length: 48 minutes
Collaborators
Choreography, Concept & Direction:
Paras Terezakis
Interpreters:
Anne Cooper, Caroline Farquhar, Delia Brett, Tomasz Wesolowski, Colin Atkins
Composers:
Darko Rundek and Isabel
Lighting Designer:
James Proudfoot
Set Design:
Paraskevas Terezakis
Dramaturg:
Alex Ferguson
…and Speaking of Orestes… is a lucid dreamscape inspired by the Euripidean play Orestes.
We would like to express our deepest and sincere appreciation to our funders, partners, volunteers and supporters who made this project possible.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered and are creating on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.