The Ancient Greek Theater In Your Crete Private Tour
Why the Ancient Greek Arts:
We consider the ancient Arts and especially the ancient Greek Theater, an undivided part of the Greek culture and history. Thus experiencing the Arts becomes a necessity for your complete Travel Experience in Crete this Summer. Let us show you how!
The Ancient Greek Drama- Origins
Twenty-five hundred years ago western drama was born in Athens, Greece. The theatre of ancient Greece evolved from religious rites which date back to at least 1200bc. In northern Greece, in Thrace, a cult arose that worshipped Dionyssos, the God of fertility and procreation. This cult of Dionyssos practiced ritual celebrations followed by ecstatic women called maenads carrying long phallic symbols known as “thyrsoi”… In the 6th century bc a priest of Dionyssos called Thespis, introduces a new element in the ritual worshipping of God. He engages in a dialogue with the chorus. He becomes, in effect, the first actor.
Elissos Ancient Greek Theater Workshop in Theory and Practice:
We suggest the experiential exploration of several Ancient Greek Arts in our tours such as ancient Greek Music, Theater, and Dance through our interactive labs.
Our lab in the field of ancient Greek Theater aims to give you a general but also deep approach to ancient Greek drama. It consists of theory, which includes a lecture on the ancient Greek theatre/drama, its origins and development, and practice, which focuses on acting, dance, movement, and “Logos” (speech) lessons working on an ancient drama text.
The lab is conducted by an Academic of Theatrology and ancient Greek Music and takes place in a theater space, an exact copy of an ancient one among beautiful trees in nature.
You can book your theater session on its own or embody it in one of your private themed tours.
Sounds great?! Ask us more at elissos.com!