Annie-B Parson/Big Dance Theater

Supernatural Wife is an adaptation of Alkestis, Euripides' tragic-comic problem play, in which a woman, Alkestis, agrees to die for her husband. Launching off from Anne Carson’s bracing translation, Annie-B Parson’s Big Dance Theater will use dance, music, video, and design to embody a surprising and nuanced response to Euripides’ radical views on death, grief, and self-sacrifice. Supernatural Wife promises to eliminate the dusty distance between ancient Athens and contemporary America, and restore singing and dancing to its central place in Greek drama.