If performance today is to function as an act of "public_ing" (Theodoridou, 2022), or as a framework for the public alternative to capitalism, how might we - as creators and/or dramaturges - use and position the body in public contexts? How might such positioning of the body contribute to the empowerment of democratic exchange? And how can public spaces be returned to citizens through such practices? These are the initial questions raised by Public Space Dramaturgy, co-organised by La Bellone and Cifas.

fyllenia grigoriou, participant and observer at the five-day seminar, looks back at the series of exercises and performative scripts experimented with by the group. In particular, she explores the interaction between the dramaturgy of public spaces and the meanings of the public body.

fyllenia grigoriou, also known as trentebisous, is a transdisciplinary dance artist whose work bridges performance, psychology and sociopolitics. Based in Antwerp, she graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in dance, followed by a master’s in embodied artistic research, as a resident artist at deSingel in 2023. Her artistic research and practice explore the politics of improvisation and the psychology of language, utilising choreographic devices, poetic performatives, and political acts. fyllenia has collaborated with notable artists such as Alain Platel, Bérengère Bodin, Hannah De Meyer, Nein Arts organization, and Efi Birba, contributing to performances as a dancer, researcher and dramaturg. She is currently following an educational program on society and gender at the University of Aegean (GR), and she is part of the teaching team of Wisper Organisation and Kunstacademie Dil'arte in Belgium. At the same time, she continues her artistic collaborations with sound artist Anton Lambert, and performance researcher Danae Theodoridou.