AEF2023: Agrimi / Fauve

It’s that time of the year again, when Athenians start planning their summer holidays around the programme of the Athens Epidaurus Festival. The leading performing arts festival in Greece, and one of the oldest in Europe, returns between June 1st and August 26th for its 68th edition with a rich programme of events. As always, the main venues are the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the industrial complex of Pireos 260 and the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus. Click here for our festival picks or head over to the official website for the full programme.

Forests are not fairytale-like terrains. They have many sides to them: spaces of calm and rejuvenation, areas thriving with life and activity, but also dark mazes full of danger. In Agrimi / Fauve, dancer and choreographer Lenio Kaklea does not want to tame the wild side of the forest. Instead she uses the idea of the forest as a vehicle to explore tensions and transformations of the human body. Three performers engage in a wild dance between prey and predator and the result brings forth the untamed side of life.