1^st International Meeting of University Theatre

The 1^st International Meeting of University Theatre in Ancient Olympia took place from August 19 to 25, 2001, in Ancient Olympia. 

- University companies from Greece, Cyprus, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria participated.

- An international conference was held on the topic: Ancient Myths in Modern Theatre, with lectures given by Greek and foreign professors, prominent theatre personalities and directors.

- Three theatre workshops were held, attended by theatre professionals and members of amateur theatre groups, mainly from towns in the Peloponnese.

- An illustrated lecture was given by Eberhard Scheiffele, in which the story of psychodrama was presented.

- There was also a concert featuring songs composed by Manos Hatzidakis and Mikis Theodorakis for the theatre, and a performance of shadow theatre.

Companies

Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts (Slovakia) Electra

Teatro Aenigma, University of Urbino (Italy) N.O.F.4

Theatre company from Pantio University (Greece) An imaginary meeting: Aristophanes Meets Brecht and Petros Katsaitis

Theatre company from the University of Cyprus (Cyprus) The Hellenic race Exists Since the Beginning of Time

Studentina, Balkans Regional Center (Bulgaria) Gleaming Through Times

The Dutchesses (Holland) Women’s Parliament

Theatre company from the University of Crete - Heraklion faculties (Greece) The Little Prince

University of Drama & Film (Hungary) Oedipus Rex

Pasiphae and Tirasila (Greece &Belgium) The Magic Tree

Drys Theatre Group, Athens’ University (Greece) Bacchae

Teapi Theatre Hroup, Athens’ University (Greece) The Piggy Banks (children’s theatre)

Conference

Claude Schumacher, France: Charlotte Delbo’s “Kalavrita’s One Thousand Antigones.”

Robert Germay, Belgium: “Hercules and the Stables of Augias” (F. Durrenmatt: Myth and Humour)

Theodoros Grammatas, Greece: “Myth construction-deconstruction- interpretation. A discontinuous continuity in contemporary Greek and world theatre”.

Françoise Odin, France: “A modern adaptation of Oedipus in Greek by Steven Berkoff and the questions that rising from it.”

Maria Fraggi, Greece: “The adventurous way, from Homer to Eugene Trivizas”

Mihalis Pieris, Cyprus: “Elements and methods of ancient drama in the contemporary Cyprian tragedy of Vassilis Mihailidis’”

Anna Lazou, Greece: “Danger and Healing: The contemporary traces of Dionysus”

Karahisaridis, Greece: “The ambiguity of justice, a source of tragedy”

Mariella Pentcheva, Bulgaria: “The matrix of the ritual in Studentina’s performances”

Zuzana Hlavenkova, Slovakia: “ Medea by Euripides and the production of Slovak theatre” Maria S. Horne, America: “Afro-Cuban & Meso-American myths in interdisciplinary multicultural performance”

Konstantinos Bouras, Greece: “Ancient tragedy - an inexhaustible source of myths for the solace of modern man..

Evanthia Stivanaki, Greece: “Ancient Myths in Iakovos Kampanelis’ work”

Workshops

Maria S. Horn, “The Theatre of Passion” by Lee Strasberg

Eberhard Scheiffele “The Theatre of Dreams”

Anouk Apeldoorn “Theatrical Improvisations”.

Ν.Ο.F. 4

The Little Prince

The Hellenic race Exists Since the Beginning of Time

Robert Germay

Francoise Odin

Maria S. Horn