{"id":278568,"date":"2017-03-30T16:20:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T15:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funzine.hu\/?p=278568\/"},"modified":"2017-04-03T15:15:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T14:15:04","slug":"house-asterion-thalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funzine.hu\/en\/2017\/03\/30\/culture\/house-asterion-thalia\/","title":{"rendered":"House of Asterion at Th\u00e1lia Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dropcap\"><strong>This play is a special mix of prose, poetry and dance which is\u00a0performed by\u00a0a Spanish, a Hungarian and a Croatian actress.\u00a0Jorge Luis Borges&#8217;s &#8220;re&#8221; tells the classic story of the Cretan Minotaur\u00a0from\u00a0an alternative perspective.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asterion, also known as Minotaur imagines things that become his life.\u00a0He imagines that he\u00a0is being followed\u00a0or\u00a0that another Asterion comes to visit\u00a0him. But this conscious imagination is his solution for withstanding the solitude, the lonely existence. What keeps Asterion\u00a0alive is his faith\u00a0that\u00a0his\u00a0Redeemer\u00a0is coming. It is a fiction that holds a mirror to reality.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L8HGs5-pC40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In order to take better notice of the changes in Borges&#8217; work,\u00a0let\u2019s remember the original myth. According to the myth, after he ascended the throne of the island of Crete, Minos competed with his brother to rule. Minos prayed to Poseidon, the sea god, to send him a snow-white bull, as a sign of support (the Cretan Bull). He was to kill the bull to show honor to the deity, but decided to keep it instead because of its beauty. He thought Poseidon would not care if he kept the white bull and sacrificed one of his own. To punish Minos, Poseidon made Pasipha\u00eb, Minos&#8217;s wife, fall deeply in love with the bull.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p>Pasipha\u00eb had craftsman Daedalus make a hollow wooden cow, and climbed inside it in order to mate with the white bull. The offspring was the monstrous Minotaur. Minos, after getting advice from the oracle at Delphi, had Daedalus construct a gigantic labyrinth to hold the Minotaur. Its location was near Minos&#8217; palace in Knossos. The Minotaur is commonly represented in Classical art with the body of a man and the head and tail of a bull.\u00a0Minos required that seven Athenian youths and seven maidens, drawn by lots, be sent every seventh or ninth year to be devoured by the Minotaur. When the third sacrifice approached, Theseus volunteered to slay the monster. In Crete, Minos&#8217; daughter Ariadne fell madly in love with Theseus and helped him navigate the labyrinth. In most accounts she gave him a ball of thread, allowing him to retrace his path. Theseus killed the Minotaur.<\/p>\n<p>The prosaic part of the play was inspired by the novel of Jorge Luis Borges and they used the poems of the multiple times rewarded best Croatian writer Zoran Krsul in the poetical parts. The dance routines were choreographed by J\u00e1nos Feledi for the original music of D\u00e1vid Katona.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House of Asterion (presented by the Asterion project)<\/p>\n<p>Theatre performance in English (with Hungarian subtitles)<\/p>\n<p>Length: 60 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Cast: Vanesa Hidalgo Mart\u00edn, Lili Teiter, \u010carna Kr\u0161ul<\/p>\n<p>Choreography: J\u00e1nos Feledi<\/p>\n<p>Sound design: D\u00e1vid Katona<\/p>\n<p>Poetry: Zoran Kr\u0161ul<\/p>\n<p>Stage design:Orsolya Vad\u00e1sz<\/p>\n<p>Visual design: Istv\u00e1n Csekk<\/p>\n<p>Costume design: Zsuzsanna Antal<\/p>\n<p>Director: \u010carna Kr\u0161ul<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p>Watch the incredible play on <strong>4 May from 7:30 PM at Th\u00e1lia Theatre<\/strong>! 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