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Anatoli Vassiliev, Euripides, Medea.
Camera & montage by Kamil Tchalaev, Part 1.
Athens - Epidaurus Festival 2008 - Municipal and Regional Theatre of Patras -
Epidaurus Ancient Theatre 15 & 16 August
Translated by Efi Bastia
Directed by Anatoly Vasiliev
Sets: Dionysis Fotopoulos
Costumes: Csaba Antal
Music: Takis Farazis
Choreography: Csaba Horvàth

Associate director -- Coaching: Vasilis Laggos
Literary consultant: Eugenia Smagina
Interpretation: Konstantina Saranti
Assistant director -- Translation: Irini Liova

Coaching
Music coaching: Kostas Nikolopoulos
Eastern techniques: Ivan Kotik
Spoken work coaching: Ilya Kozin
Vocal manipulation coaching: Andrey Nasiokin, Elena Reditskina
Ululation coaching: Nogon Sumarof

Cast:
Medea: Lydia Koniordou
Nurse /Messenger: Aglaia Pappa
Jason: Nikos Psarras
Aegeus: Nikos Karathanos
Tutor: Dimitris Kanellos
Creon: Giorgos Gallos
Dignitary: Leonardos Batis
Child Ι: Maria Derebe
Child ΙΙ: Vicky Kalpaka

Chorus:

Stelios Sofos, Stelios Xanthoudakis, Vassilis Koukalani, Thodoris Efstathiadis, Marios Derdes, Aggelos Triantafyllou, David Malteze, Pantelis Papadopoulos, Othon Metaxas, Pavlos Stavropoulos, Christos Lavnos, Stergios Ioannou, Takis Farazis

Alexia Kaltsiki, Marianna Dimitriou, Tzina Thliveri, Pinelopi Sergounioti, Penelope Markopoulou, Eirini Tzanetoulakou, Errika Bigou, Yiota Militsi, Maria Machou, Foteini Timotheou, Dimitra Sigala, Sevilli Pantelidou, Stella Chrisodoulopoulou, Zaharoula Klimatsaki, Rena Kyprioti, Nantia Spiliotopoulou, Vivi Katsani, Maria Fragou

A pivotal figure in the European theatre, the director, educator and academic Anatoly Vasiliev takes on Euripides' Medea (431 BC) for the first time, in the wake of his production of Heiner Müller's Medea Material.

What exactly is the act of the betrayed 'barbarian' witch who kills her children, and in so doing condemns male infidelity and the unequal treatment meted out to woman, "that most wretched of creatures"? "The first answer that springs to mind is revenge", says Valérie Dreville, who played Müller's heroine. But Vasiliev "replaces 'revenge' with 'sacrifice'".
And the Russian master tackles a second issue: delivering a poetic text without resorting to verbal and emotional stereotypes. [D.Κ.]

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