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The Passion of Saints Sergius and Bacchus
Vocal Motions Elastic Theatre re-imagines the legend of two little known saints of the late Roman Empire, their intimate relationship explored in a tale of torture and enlightenment.
This dance-theatre piece is inspired by the story of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, two high ranking officers in the third century Roman army, refusing to enter a pagan temple and subsequently being exiled, made to dress up in women’s clothing, tortured and killed. Some have come to believe that they were lovers, and their ambiguous relationship has raised fascinating and inevitably controversial issues of gender and sexuality in early Christianity.
Imagine a Byzantine painting coming to life on stage, following Sergius and Bacchus through torture, feasts, prison and passion, with an ensemble of two dancers and three singers. With an original vocal score devised collaboratively by the company and choreography by Lola Maury. (London, July 09)
Vocal Motions Elastic Theatre re-imagines the legend of two little known saints of the late Roman Empire, their intimate relationship explored in a tale of torture and enlightenment.
This dance-theatre piece is inspired by the story of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, two high ranking officers in the third century Roman army, refusing to enter a pagan temple and subsequently being exiled, made to dress up in women’s clothing, tortured and killed. Some have come to believe that they were lovers, and their ambiguous relationship has raised fascinating and inevitably controversial issues of gender and sexuality in early Christianity.
Imagine a Byzantine painting coming to life on stage, following Sergius and Bacchus through torture, feasts, prison and passion, with an ensemble of two dancers and three singers. With an original vocal score devised collaboratively by the company and choreography by Lola Maury. (London, July 09)
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