This unique viewpoint offers an intimate connection between the audience and the profound emotional journey of Dido, inviting them to experience the story in a deeply personal and immersive way.
on Company RAu's DIDO
performance language: English
run time: 60′
Dido is a solo multi-disciplinary performance by Istanbul-based choreographer/performer Korhan Basaran that reflects the myth of Dido and Aeneas using elements of dance, theater, new music and video projection to explore themes of human desire, frustration and heartbreak.
Basaran takes the audience on a journey in collaboration with Tolga Yayalar’s original composition and Ataman Girisken’s projection design deep into Dido’s mind as she falls in love and is ultimately destroyed by her own desire and loyalty. Language is an extension of movement as Basaran’s body softens, explodes, ducks, hides, and accuses, showing us how Dido’s mind grasps at the realization of her betrayal. Girisken uses video projection and Yayalar uses sound to redefine the stage space with simple, bold clean imagery with a constantly traveling sound that shifts our perception of time and space as we descend deeper and deeper into this dream poem of theatrical experience.
Dido’s text has been re-written by Basaran with inspiration from Virgil’s Aeneid and Christopher Marlowe’s Dido; Queen of Carthage.
what people saiD
With Basaran’s interpretation of Dido, he continues to write a tradition that has captivated countless generations to date and, judging by the audience reaction, continues to emotionally grip them today.
Elisabeth Ritonja
European Cultural News
European Cultural News
Korhan Basaran mixes his monologue, created with Virgil and Marlowe, with an expressive embodiment in a foolish disguise, atmospherically strong projections and a suitably powerful sound.
TANZKRITIK
Der Standard
Company RAu's DIDO has a strong flow of creativity and vulnerability.
One to watch.
Sascha Cooper
Broadwaybaby.com
In the last ten minutes the dance and score and visuals began to work together again, coming together in a fiery climax.
Bill Parslow
fringereview.co.uk
SHOWS
17-18-19-20 October 2024 // Catania, Italy
Catania OFF Festival 2024
https://cataniaoff.com/en/programma/dido
09-23 June 2024 // Turkey
Double Date: DIDO & Orlando Trip
9 June 2024 / ISTANBUL / Palais Yeniköy
13 June 2024 / CANAKKALE / Mahal
18 June 2024 / AYVALIK / Fabrika
23 June 2024 / ANKARA / Bilkent University
https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/performans-sanatlari-merkezi-fabrika-ayvalik-sanatseverlerle-bulustu-haber-1699651
14-16-17 May 2024 // Brighton
Brighton Fringe Festvial 2024
https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/company-raus-dido/
Reviews:
https://broadwaybaby.com/shows/company-raus-dido/809552
21-22 September 2023 // Vienna
Sea Change Europa in Szene Theatre Festival Wortwiege Vienna
https://www.wortwiege.at/projekt/dido/
Reviews:
https://european-cultural-news.com/en/dido-wortwiege-korhan-basaran-kasematten/49979/
https://noe.orf.at/stories/3225239/
https://kijuku.at/buehne/intensive-getanzte-verse-ueber-un-erfuellte-sehnsuechte/
29 June 2023 // Sofia
Small Season Festival Sfumato Festival Sofia
03 June 2023 // Athens
Theatre Nous Athens
https://www.thisisathens.org/events/dido-queen-carthage
https://theatrenous-creativespace.com/en/etn/dido/
26 May 2023 // Thessaloniki
Thess Fringe Festival Thessaloniki
https://thessfringe.com/events/company-raus-dido/
https://thessaloniki.travel/event/thessfringe-festival/
05 May 2023 // Bursa
Podyum Sanat Bursa
30 March 2023 // Istanbul
Alan Kadıköy İstanbul
2 November 2022 // Istanbul
World Premiere
26th Istanbul Theatre Festival Alan Kadıköy İstanbul
https://tiyatro.iksv.org/tr/yirmialtinci-istanbul-tiyatro-festivali-2022/dido
20-21-22 January 2022 // Ankara
Previews
BILT – Ankara Bilkent Theatre
https://tiyatrodergisi.com.tr/bilt-sunar-korhan-basaran-dido-ile-bilkent-tiyatro-ana-sahnesinde/