NONONOS 66A 11633 PANGRATTI ATHENS GREECE
ATHENS
Greece
- Research
Education and research in Theater.
The main characteristic of the group's work for this performance is in my view the investigation of the body. The human body in all its expressive aspects as a vehicle of' emotional but also intellectual experience predominates the director's work. Having met Maria Panoutsou about 15 years ago, I am not surprised that her approach of Greek Tragedy is so sensitive to the actor's body and to all experience concerning this body or originating from this body. I remember that this was always the intention of her projects in performance and theatre education.
As a result, the clarity of the scenes' structure is amazing as well as the transmitting of the text expressing both dionysiac ecstasis and rational understanding of Sophocles' drama. The other main feature of the performance is I think the intellectuality manifested in the conception of each particular scene:
As a spectator who expects some sort of philosophical interpretation of tragedy I was happily discovering during the performance strong moments of thought not only in the director’s mind but also being understood and elaborated deeply by the actors continuously during the process. This dense sophisticated background of TOMEE'S work together with the simplicity and clarity of the forms created for me a singular and important theatre experience that brought ancient Greek drama up to the contemporary world with a manifest educational impact and in a political and aesthetic originality and meaning fulness.
Lazou, Researcher in Theatre and Philosophy, Athens University
Ancient Greek Drama- Documentary theater- Connection with the Arabic culture.
Tomee Theatre- is a professional non profit theatre company, concerned with education and research, devoted to producing alternative approaches to classical forms of Drama and creating unique theatrical experiences stimulated by visual and audio means.
The Company was founded in Athens in 1982 by Maria Panoutsou and for its first production Tomee Theatre received the award for Best Performance and Promotion of Modem Greek Drama from the Audience, Critics and Festival Committee at the 8th Ithaca Festival. Maria’s Panoutsou work adopts a certain approach towards all the material (memories – society) which the individual artist accumulates on a daily basis and becomes o means of practice for a personal expression.
Tomee Theatre activities are mainly aiming at:
The study of Classical Greek Drama.
The practice and research in traditional and non-traditional theatrical forms. Contemporary Greek Theatre.
Drama related to other forms of Art.
Theatrical training as an Art in itself.
Art and Society.