Theodoros Terzopoulos
Theodoros Terzopoulos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Τερζόπουλος, born 1947) is a Greek theatre director.
Biography[edit]
Terzopoulos was born in 1947 in Makrygialos, Pieria, descending from a large farming family of Pontic origin.[1]
He initially studied at the drama school of K. Michaelides in Athens (1965–67) and then at the Berliner Ensemble in East Berlin (1972–76).[2] During his studies in East Germany he was significantly influenced by Heiner Müller.[1]
Returning to Greece, he worked first in Thessaloniki, and then from 1978 with the National Theatre of Northern Greece, in which he directed four plays, and was the director of its associated drama school from 1981 to 1983.[1][2][3] In 1985 he became director at the festival of ancient drama at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi. In the same year, he founded the theatre group Attis, with which he presented Euripides' The Bacchae in Delphi in 1986, gaining over the years international fame and recognition for his radical and pioneering direction.[4][5] In 1993 he founded the Theatre Olympics, of which he also assumed the presidency.[6]
During his career, he has directed numerous ancient Greek tragedies, as well as modern Greek and European pays, in festivals and theatres around the world,[2][7][8] including a revival of The Bacchae at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre in 2015.[9] He has also received various awards.[2] In 2015 he published the book Η Επιστροφή του Διόνυσου ('The Return of Dionysus'), which has been translated into several languages.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Καλτάκη, Ματίνα, ed. (11 February 2015). "Θόδωρος Τερζόπουλος". lifo.gr. LiFO. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Θεόδωρος Τερζόπουλος". attistheatre.com. Θέατρο Άττις. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Τερζόπουλος, Θόδωρος". ntng.gr. Κρατικό Θέατρο Βορείου Ελλάδος. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ ""Διόνυσος, η επιστροφή 2020": Ένα ντοκιμαντέρ για τη ζωή του Θεόδωρου Τερζόπουλου στο Ριάλτο". avant-garde.com.cy. Avant-Garde. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ George Sampatakakis, 'Dionysus the Destroyer of Traditions: The Bacchae on Stage', in Contemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy: Auteurship and Directorial Visions, ed. by George Rodosthenous (London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2017), pp. 189–212 (pp. 197–99); doi:10.5040/9781472591562.ch-009.
- ^ "Η Δραματική Σχολή στη 10η Διεθνή Θεατρική Ολυμπιάδα στην Ουγγαρία". athensconservatoire.gr. Ωδείο Αθηνών. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Θεόδωρος Τερζόπουλος". onassis.org. Ίδρυμα Ωνάση. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Αγγελικόπουλος, Βασίλης, ed. (11 June 2006). "«Πέρσες» οργής στην Επίδαυρο για τη σημερινή βία στον κόσμο". kathimerini.gr. Η Καθημερινή. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "The Bacchae — First Premiere at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre". Novosti kul'tury. 2015-01-27. Archived from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2017-10-27.