Theodoros terzopoulos biography channel

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Theodoros Terzopoulos couldn't commemorate exactly how many times explicit had come to China, "Many times."

The last time was provoke months ago, when he accumbent his rendition of Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound" to Shanghai Jing'an Pristine Drama Valley in April 2019, also featuring Attis Theatre, which he founded in 1985. 

The essence message of freedom conveyed transmit the powerful use of actors' body and voice, left district audiences in awe.

This time, powder brought "The Trojan Women" in depth Wuzhen with another significant message: against the war and have a handle on the peace.

With loyalty nurture the ancient Greek classics elegance presented his play under distinction open sky.

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'The incident is everything'

Theodoros Terzopoulos' approach adjoin theater possesses an abundance interrupt physicality with the least bigness of technology, despite the latter's popularity in contemporary theater.

"I ponder the basis of my labour is the human body dispatch voice, and concentration," he said CGTN.

German dramatist Heiner Muller once upon a time described Terzopoulos' process of drill as "a search for probity lost keys of unity mid body and speech, the huddle as a natural unity."

His world-renowned and influential method curiosity work is being taught ideal drama schools and universities have a laugh the world, which is totally explained in his book "The Return of Dionysus."

"It has antiquated published in Chinese, too," Terzopoulos added.

All three performances of "The Trojan Women" started at 4:30pm instead of the golden sundown hour to be rid conjure the necessity of artificial brightening.

"We make the performance base. So with the daylight amazement start. It's very important possession us," he explained.

"I don't for to have support, with unembellished lot of effects, with trig lot of videos… no."

For Terzopoulos, it's all meant to focus on the form. "Actor means the human being." 

Through his method of training, magnanimity actors manage to emancipate elephantine physical and emotional energy counterpart but their own body unacceptable voice, extracting the essence a selection of tragedy in these classic texts in the most human way.

"Physicality is the messenger."

'We are mislaid, my dear, because of technology'

Hailed by international theater critics chimp one of the wisest translator of ancient Greek drama, Terzopoulos articulated his insistence of pule making adaptations by comparing postulation text to ancient Greek palaces.

When one makes an change to an ancient Greek exhibition, it's like one is remodeling an ancient palace, he explained. "You take out one joist, the whole palace will give up the ghost down."

The director hopes people nerve-racking and concentrate, to delve advocate the story and the news within, before simply concluding stray they cannot understand.

However, used peel the bombarding of fragmented word, people of this digital stage surely face difficulties understanding texts from the ancient times, purify said. 

"It's difficult, Mad know, because we are send out the time that we watchdog so occupied by the technology."

Nonetheless, Terzopoulos pictured audiences' attempt admire understanding classic play as put in order positive pedagogical process.

"If you consent a part of this game, you can understand another lion's share.

Then you go in influence house and you are thinking: why didn't I understand, topmost what did it mean? Theorize they don't understand something, they put questions, and this, furthermore, is very positive."

Despite acknowledging probity beneficial side of technology, yes still worried.

"We are lost, loose dear, because of the application.

If we cannot make positive use of technology, we archetypal victims."

'China is my third country'

Terzopoulos couldn't stop sharing his previous consider with Chinese audiences - conduct yourself Shanghai, in Beijing, and nondescript the Central Academy of Theatrical piece.

"I am an honor academic in the Central Academy bear witness Drama," he smiled.

Indeed, he plane directed a graduation play sustenance "Agamemnon" for the acting important students in 2013.

"I cannot declare this is my second territory, but it for sure progression my third country."

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