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Tomorrow Thursday continues with new representations |
This year, the Greco-Latin Festival, organized by the IES Jiménez de la Espada, Asdrúbal Cultural Association and the Creta Foundation, with the collaboration of the City of Cartagena, expects to receive in this XXII edition more than three thousand students willing to enjoy classical theater and Of this millenary city, chosen as the ideal setting for its staging.
The program began today, Wednesday, March 29, with the 'Odyssey' of Homer, represented by the theater group from El Aedo.
The presentation of the work has been carried out by the director of the organizing institute, José Miguel, the Councilor for Education, David Martínez and the president of the Crete Foundation, Alfonso Martínez.
After the presentation one by one of the centers that attended the stage of the Torres Park this morning, 1,150 children from the Region, Alicante, Almería and Albacete, the councilman has welcomed the attendance of both young audiences to enjoy the classic theater "in a Space so great "and encouraged them to" enjoy something as beautiful as the classical theater "and the city of Cartagena and its heritage.
He also wanted to thank the work of IES Jiménez de la Espada to organize this festival.
After this introduction, the aedo, narrator of the story, has taken the stage to start his story.
The actor has faced the challenge of telling, just on stage, the story of Odysseus from his departure from Troy to his return to Ithaca, putting himself in the skin of the protagonist and his son Telemachus.
In the afternoon, at 17:00 hours, will take place the theatrical performance, 'Contaminatio' of Plauto by the hand of Komos.
The Festival will end on Thursday, March 30, with two more shows.
The first one at 12 o'clock, with the representation 'Antigone' by Sophocles, and at 17.00 hours, 'Cásina' by Plauto both made by the Valencian group Komos.
All the theater plays will have as stage the Auditorio Parque Torres.
The port city has been chosen to celebrate the Youth Festival of Greco-Roman Theater 2017 which, from January to May of this year, runs through the different autonomous communities in order for students from different educational centers to learn and enjoy classical theater.
Teachers and students receive the printed text of the work in their centers, and by reading and studying the work, ensures a greater use of the representation and reading of classics by young people.
This project emerges through the Creta Foundation, Center for Representation and the Study of the Ancient Theater (CRETA), in order to provide a framework for students of ESO, Bachillerato, Adult Education and University to attend theatrical performances In which it has a didactic purpose.
This XXII edition of the Festival of Theater Grecolatino will pass through Almería, Granada, Seville, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, La Laguna, Madrid, Móstoles, Pamplona and Cartagena.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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