Arts Daily / Orpheus

Orpheus

A winged human figure flies, silhouetted, in front of a yellow sun surrounded by orange clouds.

A poetic adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, translated from its authentic Latin by USC History Professor Andrew Berns and driven by movement and text alike, Orpheus navigates ancient landscapes in the context of our own time. Directed by Berns and Associate Professor of Dance André Megerdichian, this unique collaboration between USC Theatre and the Betsy Blackmon Dance Program is being created with theatre and dance faculty and features an ensemble of theatre and dance students accompanied by musical director/composer Amos Hoffman, an internationally renowned Israeli jazz guitarist and oud player. Initially inspired by the collaborative work of Kate Joyce and Andrew Berns: Metamorphoses (Special Problems Press, 2021).