Invitation to Participate:
To deep listening in open space,
To synchronizing the self, the other and the Land,
Towards a collective embodied Dreaming.
Emergence is a performance project taking place from August 27 to September 4, 2025, in Athens and on Aegina Island, culminating in a public presentation at Oikia Karapanou.
The performance is the outcome of an intensive residential program of somatic and artistic research, bringing together a group of Greek and international artists. The ensemble investigates the intersection of Experiential Anatomy and Developmental Technique™, the mindfulness/awareness practices of Viewpoints, and site-specific performance.
The aim of the project is to develop a dramaturgical process that is somatic, experiential, and open-ended, allowing narratives to emerge from the relationship between body, place, and audience, rather than being fabricated in advance.
The public presentation of Emergence invites audiences to share in a collective experience, where performance unfolds in live dialogue with space and the present moment.
The performance will take place in English & Greek.
A SomaticPerformer and Geopoetics Research Collaboration
Artistic direction: Erika Berland & Wendell Beavers, Anna Tzakou
Date: Friday, September 5, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Duration: 80 minutes
Starting Point: Oikia Karapanou, Perivola, 18010 Aegina
Drawings: Suzette Marie Martin
Photography: Alex Baker
Video: Myrtο Apostolidou
Artists:
Jessica Cerullo (US): Performer and Social Practice Artist, Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA)
Maria Flegas (US): Performance Artist/ Somatic Psychotherapist
Vera Karavakou (GR) Dance practitioner
Carol Katz (US): Dancer/ Certified End-of-Life Doula
Suzette Marie Martin (US): Painter
Iris Nikolaou (GR): Choreographer/ Performer
Yvonne Racine (CH): Stage Director/ Acting teacher
Tonia Ralli (GR): Theater Director / Performer
Carina Rose (CA): Architect/ Movement Artist
Neli Poulopoulou (GR): Theater Director/Performer
With the support of The J. F. Costopoulos Foundation
Somatic Performer is the name of the company shared by Erika Berland and Wendell Beavers and is based in Boulder CO, North Adams MA and NYC. The company umbrellas solo and collaborative projects including writing, individual and group mentoring projects, teaching and performance work including annual somatic and viewpoints training intensives since 2013. For more see: beaversberlandworkshops.com
