Any given culture’s foundational myths shape the ways in which one relates to oneself, to the other, to society and the world at large. When these myths transform from storytelling to theatre, they are reinterpreted through performance, emphasizing elements such as body, space, and dramatic conflict. Thus, new layers and meanings are revealed in the myth, which allow the performer to situate herself within the myth and against it; to explore it, play with it, and deconstruct it. During this seminar, we will trace these processes through Greek and Biblical myths and through plays that adapted them in Classical Athens and modern Israel. The students will also choose a myth which they will follow both theoretically and practically, examine its meanings, and study how it may reinterpreted through embodied and spatialized performance.