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The Veils of the Seven Skies - Where Order Meets Ecstasy

Chris Tsirkas · 2025

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Free e-book, available at: • Google Books, by ISBN search: 9781456666705 • Apple books, by ISBN search: 9781456666705 • barnesandnoble (incl. Nook), by ISBN search: 9781456666705 • Kindle books, by ASIN search: B0F4DPVJ42 without an ISBN (distributed by me): • My Academia Profile, in PDF format. "The Veils of the Seven Skies" was born from a personal need to reconstruct the experience of Tragedy —not as narrative, but as passage. In a time where theatre often becomes commentary or spectacle, I longed to return to its ritual core: a place where sound, word and silence become thresholds. The work seeks to revive the Sacred in performance —not through religion, but through the metaphysical weight of form, repetition and gesture. It is a response to the fragmentation of modern selfhood: an offering of self transformation, written for a stage that dares to stand still. I envision this piece not simply as a play, but as a vessel —something ancient souls might recognize, even if they no longer name it. I wrote it so that it might one day be sung by voices who remember how to breathe between the Worlds. The play is a philosophical and theatrical experiment that aims to bridge ancient worlds, creating a poetic dialogue between the cultural heights of classical Greece and imperial China. Its dramatic verse play merges the structure and philosophical depth of Attic Tragedy with the refined aesthetics and performative precision of traditional Chinese Theatre and Opera. Set upon a semi-operatic vessel, reminiscent of 18th century Italian opera, this work creates a unique synthesis of two seemingly distant but profoundly resonant artistic worlds. The baroque grandeur of the language and spectacle serves the cosmic scope of this East-West symbolical encounter. The narrative follows Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and ecstatic transformation, as he journeys to the Celestial Court of ancient China. There, his encounter with Princess Lian, daughter of the Jade Emperor, catalyzes a cosmic dialogue between Eastern discipline and Western spontaneity. When the Emperor subjects Dionysus to Five Elemental Trials, both cultures must confront their limitations and discover the complementary nature of their seemingly opposed philosophies. Through Fire, Water, Wood, Metal and Earth, the characters navigate a series of challenges which test not only their physical and spiritual capacities but also their cultural assumptions about order, chaos, freedom and control. The play integrates

פרטי הספר

שנה
2025
שפה
English
הוצאה
ebookIt.com
מהדורות
1
עמודים
100
ISBN
9781456666705

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata

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