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CHORUS ancient drama reception

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Logo for the network CHORUS, ancient drama receptions

CHORUS is a network of researchers working on receptions of ancient Greek and Roman performance texts, including ancient comedy, tragedy, satyr plays, pantomime, and epic poetry. Reception is taken here as the creative process of making something new out of one or more ancient sources (a new performance, dance, translation, film adaptation, etc).

The network was born of a collective awareness that studying receptions of ancient drama is a transnational effort, which thrives on confronting academic and creative traditions, methodologies, and concepts. Every year a two-day colloquium, held in March/April, brings together researchers who share their work-in-progress or address the annual topic, highlighting circulations, contaminations, and the diversity of contexts and formats in which the ancient sources find new meanings and forms. We are fortunate that a number of our members are themselves performers, dramaturgs, choreographers, dancers, and stage directors, ensuring exchanges between scholarship and performance.

CHORUS network

CHORUS was founded by Cécile Dudouyt (CHORUS coordinator, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord), Sofia Frade (Universidade de Lisboa), Tiphaine Karsenti (Université Paris Nanterre), and Fiona Macintosh (University of Oxford). The first annual event was held in Lisbon in 2023. Co-funded by Pléiade (Sorbonne Paris Nord) and the APGRD (University of Oxford), it is hosted by a different member’s institution every year.

Contact CHORUS

The CHORUS organisation committee can be contacted at receptionchorus@gmail.com

CHORUS members

CHORUS aims to open a space for discussion, exchanges, and feedback by bringing together members from over 30 different institutions based in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK. 

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CHORUS 2023, Universidade de Lisboa / University of Lisbon
The first CHORUS colloquium was convened in Portugal and focussed on the theme of: Subversion and Entertainment