The place of the tragic in the spectacle Mount Olympus, by Jan Fabre

Abstract

At the center of the reflection is the Mount Olympus spectacle of the famous Belgian creator Jan Fabre, a work founded on the passions and plots present in classical Greek dramaturgy. The dimension of the tragedy then becomes the focus of interest in the analysis of this monumental creation which updates, with its 24-hour duration, both the context of the long days of the Dionysian festivals and the cathartic power of the Greek theater through the empathy aroused by the weary bodies of the performers. The reflection rests on the thoughts of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the theatrical ideas of Antonin Artaud to highlight the importance of the choir and the exploration of the expansion of time in the composition of the tragic.