Did the production refute gender stereotypes associated with power, violence, and the female body?
VS: I was really clear from the very beginning that I didn’t want them impersonating men. And it was an interesting challenge for that reason. The material kept driving you towards this very male thing. Consequently there was psychic conflict with it for the actresses. And we had a lot of discussion around it. We discussed how women don’t operate that way. The natural female way is the circle as opposed to the male way, which is the more linear. So we kept trying to incorporate that circular thing. And it was the same in the flamenco. It would circle. It came in straight on and then it would circle and then break into smaller circles. There seems to be something that supports gender differences and therefore if there is a difference there is going to be stereotypes. That isn’t going to be true across the board, but … With the play what we tried to take on was: why do all these senators go against Caesar? Why does his best friend go against him? Because he wanted to be king rather tha
