Botanics of the body
Edinborg Cultural Center, Aðalstræti 7, 400 Ísafjörður Directions
Wed Sep 23 2026 19:00
Botanics of the Body proposes a dialogue between scientific research into plant life and movement practice.
Plants’ strategies of adaptation, resilience and survival become a starting point for investigating how the moving body can create through a state of deep listening and dialogue with its surroundings. The encounter also explores the silent conflicts that run through plant life: forces that compete, resist, adapt and transform.
Drawing inspiration from yoga, the Nikolais Technique, Meyerhold’s biomechanics, Grotowski’s practice and plant biology, we will take time to experience the body as a living organism, constantly adapting and responding to its environment.
Please bring comfortable clothes!
Costanza Givone is a performer, choreographer and artistic director based in Portugal. She holds a Master’s degree in Performing Arts and a postgraduate degree in Contemporary Dance from ESMAE, Porto. Since 2012, her work has focused on transdisciplinary creation, combining voice, movement and visual arts.
In 2019, she founded Fogo Lento – Associação Cultural, where she is artistic director. Her current artistic research focuses on the relationship between humans and other forms of life, particularly plants and forest ecosystems.
Supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
