Hosted by Dance Gate Lefkosia, Cyprus in collaboration with Dance House Lefkosia, followed by On Bodies Dance and Performance Festival.
Performing artists, researchers, dramaturgs, curators, community organisers, and other dance professionals are invited to join us in Cyprus this May to explore various theoretical and performative discourses on the concept of healing and taking time to process trauma. Together with a series of collaborators and researchers from the fields of art, science, and philosophy, we attempt to explore healing both as a theme and a methodology.
What can art practices borrow from healing processes? How do artists address trauma and healing in their work? How can we heal ourselves, our community, and the land that we live in?
The programme is inspired by the three stages of trauma recovery:
Through talks and discussions, workshops and performative practices, curated walks, including a visit to the Hamam, we will focus on philosophical and artistic lineages that approach art as a healing mechanism as well as on tools for healing the arts and the art practitioners themselves.
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Part 1: Securing Safety and Selfcare
09:30-10:00 Welcoming Coffee
10:00-11:00 Klitos Tsiolis: Introduction to healing - Stages, terms and perspectives
11:15-12:45 Healing Space: Discussion with Nihal Soganci, Gervaise Savvias, Socrates Stratis, Arianna Economou (How can we heal the/a city?)
12:45-14:15 Lunch
Part 2: Processing: Remembering and Grieving
14:15-15:00 Trauma, Postmemory and Artistic Production: Presentation/Talk by Dr Gavriel Koureas
15:10-16:30 Curated walk I: Belinda Papavasiliou
17:00-20:00 Encounters without division: Anna Tzakou (Workshop: open improvisational practice- open to the public)
17:00-22:00 Body Unmuted: Lia Haraki (Audible experience/performance)
Friday, 17 May 2024
Part 3: Reconnection
09:00-11:00 Hamam
10:00-11:00 Qigong morning practice: Machi D. Lindahl
11:15-12:35 Selfcare in the arts: Panel discussion with Petros Konnaris, Naya T. Karakosta, Alexandra Waierstall, Elena Agathokleous
12:45-14:00 Curated walk II: Melissa Garcia Carro
14:00-15:30 Lunch
Part 4: Closing
15:30-16:30 Poetics of Dance Encounters: Presentation by Evagoras Vanezis and Dr Erica Charalambous
16:45-18:00 Collective Memory: Documentation of Atelier, facilitated by Petros Konnaris
Opening of On Bodies Festival 2024
EDN can reimburse a fixed amount of travel contribution (calculated here), 3 per diems at 30€ per day, and book and cover three nights of accommodation for up to 7 participants. Priority will be given to EDN members and their associates. A participation fee of 150€ will be invoiced to the participant or their organisation.
EDN members are invited to respond to the Travel Bursaries Open Call on behalf of their associated artists and other freelance professionals.
Up to 9 further participants can join the Atelier without receiving travel support. These participants will have to book and cover travel and accommodation individually.
Register before 18 March 2024
Fill in the form below to register for the Atelier.
The deadline to apply for EDN travel support is 18 March 2024. Please book your travel upon confirmation from the EDN office.
Register before 2 May 2024 if you would like to participate without EDN travel support.
Airports in Cyprus:
Transfer to Nicosia from airports:
You can use the Kapnos airport shuttle to travel to Nicosia. However, there are more frequent routes from LCA airport than PFO.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with Christoph Bovermann at christoph@ednetwork.eu.
Each year, the EDNext project investigates important thematic topics relevant to the contemporary dance sector and disseminates the findings. In 2024, the project facilitates a platform to discuss and map the practices of care and wellbeing in the development of contemporary dance. EDNext is brought to you with the support of the Creative Europe funding.