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To the elements it came from everything will return;
our bodies to earth, our blood to water,
heat to fire, breath to air.
Matthew Arnold, Empedocles on Etna
Acis and Galatea (speculative design)
Embassy theatre
CSSD
A speculative reimagining of Handel's opera Acis and Galatea. Drawing inspiration from Greek myth, geometry, and Sicilian topography, this production attempts a theatrical manifestation of the Empedoclean Cosmic Cycle. The characters of Acis, Galatea and Polyphemus are represented by unfold-able pyramids embodying elemental forms; vegetation (plain of Catania), water (Mediterranean sea) and rock (Etna).
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