karagiozis exposed

Traditional Greek shadow puppets meet physical theatre. Karagiozis escapes from his screen to attain a third dimension - a revolution into humanity.
Open Arts tours its sold out show from Cyprus to the Prague Fringe Festival, Greece, the Dublin Fringe and the Arcola theatre in London.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• physical
• theatre
• live
• music
• shadow
• puppet
• karagiozis
• perform

[amartia999]

karagiozis's real name is karagöz. (karagöz : dark eye)

[nourglis]

yes, I know.

thanks.

[kravorzlair]

σε ορισμενα σημεια θυμιζει video art κατασταση

[nourglis]

=] πάντως όχι εκ προθέσεως.

[nourglis]

I hope that helps, please feel free to get in touch again.=]

[nourglis]

also studied a bit of Wayan Kulit (the shadow puppetry in Bali, Indonesia), these relationships are there to be seen also. My impression is that these type os satyric, popular (in the sense of 'of the people') traditions, that refer to widely accepted stereotypes of the populace draw on similar human attitudes and tendencies that are more or less universal (the greedy character, the poor character who doesn't want to work, the doctor etc etc etc).

[PrototypeFabri]

??????? whats d point of this?

[TheTsouktra]

για να επιβιωση μια αχρηστη μορφη εξουσιας πρεπει να αχρηστεψει το εγκεφαλο των υπηκοων της . μαζι μ3 το καραγκιοζη και η θρησκεια και ολοι οι καραγκιοζηδες που βρισκονται απο πισω της .

[nourglis]

Thanks! =]

Karagiozis came to Cyprus at the end of the 19th century, during the period of the Ottoman empire. A bit after it became popular in Greece. The Venetian period was much earlier (a few centuries) so I doubt very much there is a direct connection.

Having studied a bit of commedia though, I can see very strong links between the various stereotyped characters in the two traditions. BUT, having

[CONTRICU]

Hello there, I have only become aware of this wonderful art form in a recent visit to Cyprus. Although I did not see any shows, I would like to aks if anybody knows if during the venetian period in the island, the Karigioziz theatre in Cyrpus receive influence from Comemdia dell'arte and is thus different form the greek adaptation. Great Video!