Performing Ancient Greek Literature in a Time of Pandemic

Conference

23-24 June 2022

Organizers: Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University, New Zealand) and Barbara Goff (University of Reading, UK)

Day 1: 23 June 2022 (Northern Hemisphere) / 24 June (Southern Hemisphere) 

Panel 1: Brazil

1       A Brazilian Illustrated Chronicle of Classical Theatre during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Renata Cazarini de Freitas, Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niteroi, Brazil.

2      Performing Antigone in the Land of the Unmourned: Tragedy and Spectacle

Beatriz de Paoli, Professora de Língua e Literatura Grega, Faculdade de Letras – Departamento de Letras Clássicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

3     Tragic and Epic Aspects of the Mini-Opera Penélope 19: A Mixed-Genre Performance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Prof. Maria Cecília de Miranda Nogueira Coelho, Philosophy Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil

 Panel 2: Conversations with theatre practitioners

Gabriela Geluda (actress and soprano)

Armando Lôbo (composer, musician and independent producer)

Luis Sorolla (actor and playwright), Teatro de la Abadía, Madrid

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 Panel 3: Africa 

Conversations with academics and theatre practitioners

1. Rites of Mediation: Medea/Medaaye in a Season of Plague

Tunde Awosanmi, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

2. Medaaye: Making a Play in a Global Pandemic

Kunbi Olasope, Department of Classics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

4. Mandla Mbothwe, playwright and director, University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Co-Artistic Director at Magnet Theatre
5. Mark Fleishman on directing Medaye as an online performance.

Panel 4: Italy and Greece

1          The ‘Emotion of Multitude’: Staging the Greek Chorus during Italy’s Covid-19 Response

Prof. Martina Treu, Greek Language, Literature and Drama, Department of Humanities, Università IULM, Milano, Italy

2          Greek Drama Goes Online: Theatre as Consolation in Modern Greece

Anastasia Bakogianni, Massey University, New Zealand