Here and There (H.A.T.), performing ecologies is an original and inclusive Erasmus+ program for the ecology and the climate change, designed and implemented by Kinitiras, with the aim to raise awareness through the performing arts. It started in May 2022 in collaboration with the Irish Crooked House Theatre Company (Newbridge, Ireland).

Two groups of young people in Greece and Ireland, through theatre and dance workshops, discussions and artistic research, explored the role of ecology in our lives and how art can empower young people so they don’t feel weak and take action against climate change.

Here you can see the results of the process. We hope they will be a source of inspiration for similar artistic and educational actions to awaken the community regarding such a critical issue of climate change and ecology.

The members of the 2 groups, Greek and Irish, attended workshops from the fields of dance and theatre, rehearsed weekly and created site specific performances that were presented in Athens and Dublin respectively. At the end of August 2022, the artistic exchange of the two groups took place, with the visit of Crooked House in Athens. The participants attended joint workshops which culminated in the site specific performance Your body is a field, under the guidance of choreographer Aria Boumbaki. The goal of the two groups was from the beginning to raise public awareness on the issues of ecology:

Audience’s interviews after the performance Your body is a field

Photos by Christina Papadaki from the performance

The performance of the Greek group, PARENTHESIS, was presented on the pedestrian street of Tositsa and Patision, Athens in October 2022:

PARENTHESIS the whole performance:

Photos by Fanis Pavlopoulos from the performance

The videos the Irish group created and performed inside cars at Trinity Street Car Park, Dublin, Ireland

Material from the workshop of Dora Zoumba in Greece

Material from the workshop of Silvia Pezzarozzi in Greece

Material from the workshop of Afroditi Vervenioti in Ireland

Material from the workshop of Antigone Gyra in Ireland

Photos from rehearsals of the Irish group

Photos from rehearsals of the Greek group

Material from a dissemination meeting of the Greek group

Material from a dissemination online meeting of the two groups

The documentary of the whole program

The program

Participants: Eleni Loukia Agora, Daphne Douvika Argyropoulou, Fiachra Corkery, Stelios Dimopoulos, Oisin Fletcher, Moon Forde, Katerina Georgakopoulou, Eoghan Kenna, Anna Kontogianni, Lydia Kourou, Daria Kozlova, Chloe Martin, Anastasia Mitropoulou, Makis Nanos, Faith Olosogba, Antonia Orfanou, Despoina Papadouli, Lila Papageorgiou, Dario Rapiti, Cain Guilfoyle-Shorte, Marcel Szameta, Ignas Visockis

Facilitators/trainers/artists-educators: Aria Boumbaki, Lia Chamilothori, Antigone Gyra, Peter Hussey, Georgina Kakoudaki, Silvia Pezzarozzi, Christos Polymenakos, Afroditi Vervenioti, Dora Zoumba

Artistic coordination: Antigone Gyra, Dimitris Agoras
Duration: 5 May 2022 – 4 May 2023
Participant organisations: Kinitiras (Greece), Crooked House (Ireland)