Mystery 81 Fragments of the Silent

Λένα Πλάτωνος (Lena Platonos); Μαρία Φαραντούρη (Maria Farandouri); Θάνος Τσακνάκης (Thanos Tsaknakis); Δάφνις Κόκκινος (Dafnis Kokkinos); Στέργιος Τσιρλιάγκος (Stergios Tsirliagos); Μιχάλης Παπαπέτρου (Michalis Papapetrou); Βαχάν Γκαλστιάν (Vahan Galstian); Χρυσάνθη Γκίκα (Chrysanthi Ghika); Μιχάλης Πορφύρης (Michalis Porphyris); Μαρία Καμπανού (Maria Kampanou); Εβίνη Παντελάκη (Evini Pantelaki); Ναταλία Καλογεροπούλου (Natalia Kalogeropoulou)

Mystery 81 Fragments of the Silent

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Mystery 81 Fragments of the Silent was a musical performance, a meeting of great importance between two exceptional artists, Lena Platonos and Maria Farantouri, that was organized by the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture in July 2022 at the Ancient Eleusis archaeological site. The musical performance Fragments of the Silent was based on lyrical narrations, songs and preserved poetic fragments of unknown female poets of the Ancient World. Music by Lena Platonos, adaptation in modern Greek by Thanos Tsaknakis, performance by Maria Farantouri, and choreography by Dafnis Kokkinos. Shadows from the past, such as Irinna, Anyti, Nossis, Corinna, Praxilla, Telesilla, Moiro and Diophyli, the disillusioners, but also Sappho, that would have almost been lost into the nebula of the elusive – that is, oblivion, united before us, in Elefsina, composing a unique mystery: A woman was lending her exceptional voice, that is her breath, to several fragments of silence. An extraordinary occasion, having exquisite women lending before us their breath, their voice, their life, to exquisite women of the past. Excerpts from the musical performance Fragments of the Silent were first presented as part of the event “The Parthenon’s Expatriate Goddesses”, organized by the Acropolis Μuseum and the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation in March 2022, on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

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