I certainly appreciate the accurate pronunciation. You and your players are perhaps the first performers with whom I have no disagreements on that score. (Why is this so hard to come by?)
The rhythm actually comes from a new theory of the Greek accent, based on Sidney Allen's work, set it out in The Dance of the Muses: Choral Theory and Ancient Greek Poetics, my recent book (Oxford 2006). We also followed, as best we could, Allen's analysis of ancient pronunciation. Since I am unaffiliated and therefore unable to teach students (and dancers) what I know, such performances remain, I'm sad to say, hard to come by.
I certainly appreciate the accurate pronunciation. You and your players are perhaps the first performers with whom I have no disagreements on that score. (Why is this so hard to come by?)
SCWguqin 2 years ago
The rhythm actually comes from a new theory of the Greek accent, based on Sidney Allen's work, set it out in The Dance of the Muses: Choral Theory and Ancient Greek Poetics, my recent book (Oxford 2006). We also followed, as best we could, Allen's analysis of ancient pronunciation. Since I am unaffiliated and therefore unable to teach students (and dancers) what I know, such performances remain, I'm sad to say, hard to come by.
amirthanayagamdavid 2 years ago