An imaginative play for children, youngsters and the old ones
One extra performance on Wednesday 6th of March 2013 at 18:00
How can this power be expressed through body percussion, tap-dancing, and scat singing?
And how can it move and educate both children and parents if it is inspired by silent films?
The play is about a mother’s embrace to a child and the power it holds over young and old. It is inspired by silent films, where actors perform voicelessly, and often resort to mimicry, but also includes recorded
sounds, body percussion, tap-dancing, and scat singing.
Michael Cacoyannis Foundation presents “My mum’s wonderful embrace”, a play for all ages, from 3 years old to adulthood, Black Box Hall, on Wednesday 6th of March 2013 at 18:00, for one extra performance.
A child is scared by thunder and lightning and seeks its mother’s embrace. In a magical way, it is rejoined with its mother, becoming one with her again, and returns to the fetal stage, until it decides to leave her embrace and get born again. The cutting of the umbilical cord, the coming-of-age, and mans attempt to fearlessly move forward and evolve, are expressed through symbolism and musicality.
Stage props are irregularly sized (some are enlarged, others tiny), just like a child would perceive them to be, and the whole play is based on rhythm and the precise movement of the actors.
Interactive body percussion workshop for the children in the audience
After the show ends, the company will invite the children on stage for a brief interactive workshop on how to produce sounds and rhythms using their body.
