![]() ![]() ![]() These include Steven Speilberg's The Terminal, Pina Bausch choreography and Italian TV variety shows, with musical refrains from Reuben and the Dark infusing it all with yearning and a sense of foreboding. Set in an airport - a present-day reinterpretation of the Greek islands where Odysseus (or Ulysses) arrives, departs from and often gets stuck in - it's a mash up of influences. The Last Odyssey, which ran in June and early July, is their principal test run. "To use classical text and mix it up with dance, circus, modern music and a folk-rock band." ![]() "This year was kind of an experiment," said Valeria Told, who took over the Institute as superintendent in May, with ambitious plans to take productions on tour globally. Listen How the Dream in High Park set the stage for outdoor theatre in Canada Among them is a new version of Homer's Odyssey called Ulysses, The Last Odyssey, a spoken-word and dance show with a hauntingly powerful soundtrack by Calgary folk-rock band Reuben and the Dark. And this summer for the first time, its repertoire has widened to include fresh takes on other ancient works. That same magical experience continues today thanks to Italy's National Institute of Ancient Drama, whose productions draw sold-out crowds. Upwards of 10,000 spectators sat spellbound as tragedies written by Sophocles and Euripides and comedies by Aristophanes played out on the stage, the last rays of sunlight giving way to the rising moon. Sicily was then part of the larger Greek empire, Magna Graecia, and the theatre was one of the biggest in the world. By modern standards, the outdoor theatre in the town of Syracuse on the southern Italy island of Sicily is historic, putting on plays under the night sky since 1914.īut the amphitheatre, with its gleaming stones carved into the hillside overlooking the port town, actually dates back much further - to some 500 years BC. ![]()
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