ABSTRACT:

Mythology is considered a discipline that contains “universals,” namely topics that concern the collective dimension of humanity. All cultural products, arts, literature, products that repackage and revitalize the themes that have always accompanied human nature are permeated with mythology.

Greek theater, especially tragedy, emerged to allow a form of collective processing of these themes.
But tragedy is usually “seen” by spectators who subjectively rework its emotional component.

The proposal of this abstract concerns the narration of sociodramatic experiences that use tragedies “played” by the spectators. Individual and collective elements blend together: Medea, Antigone, or Oedipus, originally fixed characters from classical texts, are reinterpreted by the individuality of different people. The chorus of tragedy transforms into free movement that comments on the individual interpretations of Medea, Antigone, or Oedipus.

Live music follows the complex interplay that emerges and reshapes it with its acoustic feedback.
The audience, without a fourth wall, participates and loses its primary identity reference; it is no longer “just” the audience.
The director(s) become leader(s) of a jam session that disrupts the orderly structure of a “classic” sociodrama in favor of improvisation.

After this session participants will be able to explore and apply through videos, technical descriptions, and theoretical reflections, how old tools can generate new meanings in sociodramatic work.

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