“Clytemnestra” to me is a masterpiece of work. The story is classic but so is the movement (and I’m not just saying that because it is Martha Graham). The work is classic to me, as Shakespeare and Swan Lake, but only better because the movement is so unique and powerful. And the facial expressions…WOW! I feel I really understand the story and the characters more, as well as Martha Graham’s choreography. It made me think how the characters all relate to each other and made me reimagine my own choreography.
Helen, whose movements I learned, seems more complex now. She doesn’t give everything away and isn’t as straightforward as the other characters - Cassandra, Electra, Clytemnestra. Although there is this difference, the twins are similar in that they are both torn between two men and made decisions that caused diaster - Helen with Paris and Clytemnestra with Aegisthus. They have different personalities but their situations are similar.
Overall,”Clytemnestra” was furious, dynamic, and morbid. Loved it! Quite an inspiration to us all.
