Songs in the Dark: Echoes of Bilitis
- 2015
- 25m
Songs in the Dark uses music, pantomime, recitation, and tableaux vivants to tell the story of fictional ancient Greek poetess Bilitis, whose life is a saga of love and sexual discovery punc... Read allSongs in the Dark uses music, pantomime, recitation, and tableaux vivants to tell the story of fictional ancient Greek poetess Bilitis, whose life is a saga of love and sexual discovery punctuated by heartbreak and tragedy. Poet Pierre Louÿs published his Bilitis poems in order t... Read allSongs in the Dark uses music, pantomime, recitation, and tableaux vivants to tell the story of fictional ancient Greek poetess Bilitis, whose life is a saga of love and sexual discovery punctuated by heartbreak and tragedy. Poet Pierre Louÿs published his Bilitis poems in order to foster public engagement with sensitive issues including rape, lesbian love, prostitutio... Read all