Choreographer Eske Holm on Orestes:
Orestes is more of a victim than a hero. His fate is predetermined – retaliation, frustration, hatred and vengeance are waiting to manifest in him. Orestes first murders his mother’s accomplice, emptying himself of all his hatred. He has no power left to turn on his mother. Elektra, his sister, helps him. The masses wish to greet him with cheers, but he refuses, after which he is separated from her and the choir. There is a line draw between the one holding the knife and the one pushing it in. On which side the characters fall, is decided by the viewer. In any case, Orestes is tormented and driven mad by guilt. We can consider him a pacifist who, when finally pushed to fight, puts his entire soul’s disgust for violence into the cruel act of murder. It will thus stand as a protest against revenge and violence – is there a limit to how much one can protest against it?