Tadashi Suzuki and Theodoros Terzopoulos: Crossing Boundaries, Creating Bridges

Abstract

In the first part, the paper focuses on Tadashi Suzuki’s relationship with Greece and Greek tragedy, a relationship that dates back to the 1970s and extends to the present. At first, Greek tragedy helps Suzuki refashion the postwar Japanese identity in its clash with the colonizing West, but in the course of the decades and the historical changes that take place, the same genre becomes the means for a global artistic project of non-discrimination and solidarity. In this framework, Suzuki’s collaboration with the internationally acclaimed Greek director Theodoros Terzopoulos is crucial and invites my attention in the second part of this essay.

Keywords

• tadashi suzuki
• theodoros terzopoulos
• greek tragedy
• delphi
• theatre olympics
• acting method
• animal energy