my Chôros
CHOROS
Chôros is the most important expressive way of theater and is an integral part of ancient tragedies and comedies. The Chorus is an unity of ancient actors carrying voice and plastic actions. In the theater chorus was a voice of people, society, civil position expressed through creating beautiful geometric figures, recitatives and dance. It may be said that the authors of ancient tragedies and comedies showed civil position through chorus.
OUR CHOROS
Our Chôros is a result of 5 countries where the protagonist (leader) became our French partner, very famous theatre Image Aiguë. It is a team of like-minded people (chorus).
Our chorus unified France, Portugal, Morocco, Bosnia Herzegovina and Georgia. Various cities of 5 different countries: Lyon, Porto, Casablanca, Sarajevo and from Georgia: Tbilisi, Tserovani (camps for refugees from the Russian occupation) and Batumi — the creative square for planned projects. The creative ideas of our project should be brought to the population of these cities, we should talk, act and listen. We should learn from our audience and our audience should learn from us as well.
We realized the social responsibility of our art. Not only our state and our citizens are responsible for budget collection to support culture and art, but we also have responsibility to listen to our citizens.
We are united in the Chorus around European values, principal values of western civilization; two continents — Europe and Africa, center and suburbs, cities of different character. We are united around performing art, around the desire to find same language, to improve dialogue between artists and spectators — our habitants.
WE WANT
New free spaces where there is a place for debates and common sense; new life for traditional institutions through assigning them new functions. The society controlling the state and creates cultural observatories. Cities where urban responsibility is so high that they continue their creative lives….
WE DON’T WANT
Forced immigrants and refugees, wars and violence, states and cities without active citizens, culture without creativity.
WE NEED
Europe by spirit and not by borders, the spirit that will not be sold to devil, the spirit that will be focused on creation and unification of citizens.
Levan Khetaguri
Founder and Presidente of the International Bureau of Caucasus Foundation. This text, written by Dr Levan Khetaguri was first published in Chôros Dialogue, Tbilissi, 2016
More informations : choros.eu
