FAIRFIELD, CT–A month-long festival of contemporary female scholars and artists responding to Ancient Greek tragedy will take placebeginning October at Fairfield University. 21st Century Women and Ancient Greek Tragedy is a four-part series of performance, scholarship, and discussion at the Quick Center for the Performing Arts at Fairfield University.
“Ancient Greek tragedies involve complex situations that set up a cascade of difficult choices affecting generations to come,” Dr. Katherine Schwab (Fairfield University) told TNH.“On the face of it, we might think that this is outside our realm, but a deeper exploration reveals how ancient events and actions hold an immediacy for us.”
The Festival kicks off on October 3 with Iphigenia: Book of Change, a film of a live performance piece inspired by Euripides. The film explores how Euripides’ mythical character and how contemporary women survive captivity. Schwab will lead a Q&A with the film’s writer and directorfollowing its screening. “The experimental filmmaker Elise Kermani found that the story of Iphigenia was a powerful vehicle to explore the tragedy of political imprisonment of a 16-year old girl in Iran,” Schwab told TNH. “The arts invite ways to explore the imagination, to see the world and oneself in new ways, and to communicate what may not be easily expressed.”
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