Dance, Women & Ritual from the Archaeopolis working collection

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Dance, Women & Ritual

Movement, ceremony & female presence

Women stand at the centre of these performances and reconstructed worlds through dance, music, ritual, craft, horsemanship, hospitality, storytelling and fully developed historical characters.

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Two women in dark dresses preparing a staged ritual scene by candlelight — 001Women preparing a ritual sceneClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Male performer holding a spherical instrument during a blue-lit stage production — 002Musician in blue-lit stage productionClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Female performer playing a reconstructed wind instrument outdoors — 003Woman playing a reconstructed wind instrumentClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Male performer playing a long reconstructed trumpet outdoors — 004Long-trumpet performanceClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Portrait of a young woman in white dress wearing a floral crown — 005Woman wearing a floral crownClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Pan character with three women wearing floral crowns and draped costumes — 006Pan and three women in performanceClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Mythological ensemble with musician, Pan character and women in draped dress — 007Mythological ensemble portraitClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Armoured male character posed behind a large blue shield in a studio production — 008Warrior with blue shieldClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Athens Hoplites Project · Location: Athens, Greece · Year: 2017–2018 archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Female warrior character captured in a dynamic blade-throwing pose — 009Female warrior throwing a bladeClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Athens Hoplites Project · Location: Athens, Greece · Year: 2017–2018 archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Female warrior character holding a long spear in a studio portrait — 010Female warrior holding a spearClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Athens Hoplites Project · Location: Athens, Greece · Year: 2017–2018 archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Two women in dark dresses performing a candlelit ritual scene — 011Candlelit ritual performanceClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Female dancer performing inside an inhabited historical interior during filming — 012Dance performance in historical interiorClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Film crew recording women and guests around a table of reconstructed historical food — 013Filming a historical gastronomy sceneClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Male musician performing on a blue-lit theatrical set with reconstructed instruments — 014Musician on blue-lit stageClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Male trumpet player and female vocalist performing together on stage — 015Trumpet and vocal performanceClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Women singing and playing a large frame drum during a red-lit stage performance — 016Women performing with frame drumClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Three guests posing together during an Archaeopolis cultural event — 017Guests at a cultural eventClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Female historical interpreter standing beside displayed costumes and armour — 018Female interpreter at costume displayClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Costumed woman serving dishes during an immersive historical dining experience — 019Historical dining serviceClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Costumed woman presenting prepared dishes at a reconstructed historical banquet — 020Woman presenting banquet dishesClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Close view of a plated reconstructed historical dish carried by a costumed server — 021Reconstructed historical dishClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Wrapped food portions arranged on a table during a historical gastronomy presentation — 022Prepared food portionsClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Woman guiding a horse through shallow coastal water during an outdoor experience — 023Woman and horse in shallow waterClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Woman riding a white horse through shallow coastal water — 024Woman riding a white horse by the coastClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Two women riding horses together through clear shallow coastal water — 025Two riders in coastal waterClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Women in flowing costumes moving through a mythic outdoor dance scene with a fur-clad male performer — 026Mythic dance and pursuit sceneClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Two women in historical dress performing together with a large frame drum — 027Women performing with a frame drumClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Costumed women turning through an outdoor ensemble dance sequence — 028Women's outdoor ensemble danceClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

Women in motion beside a fur-clad satyr character during a staged mythological dance — 029Mythological dance with satyr characterClient: Archaeopolis · Project: Working Collection · Location: Greece · Year: undated archive · Stage: dance-women-and-ritual

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