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A not at all ambitious attempt to sum up the whole evolution of Ancient Greek philosophy though its various phases, ending in its encounter with Christianity in the epode (third section).

A Greek Chorus has three sections, the strophe, the anti-strophe and the epode: the first proposes a thesis, the second opposes it, the third synthesises the two opposing viewpoints. The dancers divide into two groups in the large circle space (orchestra in front of the stage - one group dance one way, then the second group dances the other and finally the two groups combine powerfully to face the audience in a storm of music, chanting and dance, the resolution. We are talking more stadium rock than intimate studio theatre here.

Imagine this being danced and performed by a large group of masked actors in a sun baked open air theatre in Greece as part of some definitively tragic play I might still finish one day.

The pic is the author as Zeus evoking the fatal 1819 Thunderstorm at Sedgeford at an archaeological dig in July 2019.

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from Bad King John & The Word on the Street (album), released July 23, 2017
Gaz - words, music, voices, percussion.
Pic of Gaz as Zeus by Bhas Allan.

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Performance poetry with a library card (voice & drum, folk ballads, ghazals, sonnets, beat poems, sound poems, raps) much of it happening 'on the street' or jostling to be heard in the tavern. Researched stories of folk heroes and real folk. History for you. Bardic poetry striving (as all arts do) for the condition of music (from punk though rap to to prog). Visionary lit. for your average Blake. ... more

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