APOLLO RISING: TEMENOS SOLSTICE MOVEMENT TRILOGY
Sat 21 Jun
|Old School Rooms
A six hour movement immersion celebrating Apollo, (God of the Sun & Light, Music & Dance), through Contact Improvisation, 5Rhythms, and Ecstatic Dance.
Time & Location
21 Jun 2025, 14:00 – 20:00
Old School Rooms, 2a Powerscroft Rd, Lower Clapton, London E5 0PU, UK
About the event
Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. One of the most important and complex of the Greek gods, he is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. He is considered to be the most beautiful god and is represented as the ideal of the kouros (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth).
Solstices (both Winter and Summer) have long been revered as two of the most significant dates in the calendar year. On the 21st June, the longest day of the year, humans have been coming together for thousands of years to worship the Sun: the ultimate source of life for all beings living on the surface of the this planet. In ancient Greece (and later in Roman mythology) Apollo was more than just the god of the Sun,…
Tickets
1st Release
Sale ends
11 May, 23:50
For those fond of catching worms...
£30.00
+£0.75 ticket service fee
Concession
Sale ends
21 Jun, 14:30
£25.00
+£0.63 ticket service fee
Total
£0.00