It definitely is
worth to attend the world famous Turkish dance group Fire of Anatolia performing their version of “Troy ”.
It is a quite festive, captivating and convincing show that leaves a deep
impression on my poor soul. It so happens that I come across a few videos on
YouTube, a good reason to share them with the people of this world.
I expected that
only the Greeks were born with the genes of Homer
in their blood, but I discovered that the Turks share this same heritage. Using
projection texts and live-voices they cite lines from The Ilias so that the audience can easily follow the story told in
both Turkish and English.
The artists are simply awesome! Magnificent dancing, perfect movements of the dancers in splendid costumes, moving in a unison that is quite exceptional! It feels as if there is some invisible figure pulling strings to coordinate every single jump and movement as one. Absolutely unbelievable. I heard that people from Asia andEastern Europe have a natural sense for
rhythm, something we lack in the west – and it definitely does show here. There
is no hiatus nor any boring moment. A successive alternation of fast and slow
dances, romantic scenes like Helen and Paris, fighting actions of the
Myrmidons against the Trojans or single handed battles between Hector and Achilles, it all evolves on the exact beat of the music. It simply
leaves you breathless at times! As to the costumes, they reminded me very much
of the movie with Brad Pitt and it is easy to recognize who is playing or
dancing which role.
The artists are simply awesome! Magnificent dancing, perfect movements of the dancers in splendid costumes, moving in a unison that is quite exceptional! It feels as if there is some invisible figure pulling strings to coordinate every single jump and movement as one. Absolutely unbelievable. I heard that people from Asia and
All in all very much worth to be seen wherever you are on this planet. Before the show started and during the intermission they presented a list of the countries and cities where they performed and still will perform their shows Fire of Anatolia and
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