Embodied Poetry

A Workshop on Language, Rhythm, Trauma, and the Expressive Body
3–8 November 2025 | Heraklion, Crete

A six-day intensive workshop where poetry meets movement, breath, and presence. Explore how writing can emerge from the body — not as performance, but as lived experience.

What is a poem if not a body of breath, rhythm, and resistance?
In Embodied Poetry, the poem is not recited — it is moved, breathed, broken, repeated.
This six-day workshop is a space where writing begins with tension and gesture, and where words take shape through the body.
We explore poetic creation not as performance but as lived experience: through physical scores, rhythmic vocal patterns, and improvisational writing rooted in movement, memory, and presence.
Participants will work with the verbal-motor method, explore how breath shapes language, and experiment with text that rises from gesture and repetition.

Who is it for?

This is a workshop for:
• Poets seeking embodiment
• Performers looking for new relationships with language
• Anyone whose stories live not just in words, but in the gait, the skin, the silence
No previous experience in theatre or dance is required.

Practical Info

Detail Info
Dates
3–8 November 2025
Location
Heraklion, Crete (Greece)
Schedule
09:00–15:00 daily (30 hours)
Language
English
Participation Fee
350€ (accommodation not included)
Application Deadline
15 October 2025

Facilitators

Lefteris Giannakoudakis — writer, director, performer (Memento Mortis).
Marina Christodoulaki — choreographer, performer.

Art, storytelling and social engagement

Engage with Memento Mortis through performances, workshops and projects that connect creativity with social reflection.

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