02642oam 2200469z- 450 99107675975033212023121597816857114121685711413(CKB)5580000000709702(oapen)doab132016(EXLCZ)99558000000070970220240123c2023uuuu -u- -engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDancing with PhiloctetesReflections on Pain and RemembranceBrooklyn, NYpunctum books20231 online resource (117 p.)9781685711405 1685711405 Sophocles' Philoctetes : an adaptation -- Dancing with Philoctetes.Abandoned by his community, doomed to a solitary existence with his voice as sole companion: can Sophocles' Philoctetes still speak to us? What do his screams have to say? Dancing with Philoctetes: Reflections on Pain and Remembrance juxtaposes a new adaptation of Sophocles' play with an essay describing the process of bringing it to life in a world on the brink of a pandemic. Akavia investigates Sophocles' nuanced portrayal of the fragility of empathy in the face of suffering, and also shares the challenges of embodying and vocalizing Sophocles' text onstage. She proposes that the pandemic and its aftermath offer a renewed perspective on Philoctetes' thematization, not just of empathy and disease, but of the longing to return: to home, to health, to what memory holds. Akavia's treatment of Philoctetes starts out from his body and voice and journeys on to loneliness, toxic masculinity, nostalgia, cancer, dreaming, parenthood, language, ballet lessons, siblings, music, and growing up. Here, scholarship and creative non-fiction combine to tell a story of reading, performing, thinking about, and living (through) tragedy.Classical textsbicsscPlays, playscriptsbicsscTheatre direction & productionbicsscDrama.lcgftEssays.lcgftThéâtre.rvmgfSophocles;Philoctetes;Greek tragedy;theater;dramaturgy;contemporary performance practice;translation;disability;embodiment;grief;empathy;voiceClassical textsPlays, playscriptsTheatre direction & production822.92Akavia Abigail1842598Sophocles439098BOOK9910767597503321Dancing with Philoctetes4422774UNINA