Denver, CO - August 12th, 2006, is the opening performance of "Dancing Girl: An American Woman's Greek Village Odyssey," by monologue artist Thordis Simonsen. The proceeds of the opening night and reception will benefit Girls Inc. of Metro Denver. The performance will be held at the Denver Victorian Playhouse, beginning at 2pm with a reception to follow.
The audience will be transported to a village in southern Greece where the tenacious "American Girl" lived for two years. In little more than an hour, and with only a bell, a staff, and a stool at hand, Thordis transforms the stage into a farmer's plowed field, a goatherd's sacred mountain precinct, a roofless abandoned house that she bought and restored.
The difference between the villagers' expectations and her inclinations led Thordis to consider the meaning of womanhood. She proposes that womanhood is more than a culturally determined role. Womanhood is a freedom to be individually achieved.
