Workshops & Parallel Events
THURSDAY 25.09 | 17:30 - 21:30
Poetry workshop with Danez Smith (USA) - Guest of Honour 2025
“Personal Machines: Invented Form”
@ Palio Xydadiko (Genethliou Mitella, 3036, Limassol)
This 4-hour workshop invites us to explore traditional and very contemporary forms of poetry (e.g., bop, duplex, burning haibun, Molotov sonnet) before attempting to create our own poetic forms and poems. Although free verse offers freedom, strictly personal constraints can provoke unexpected sonic and semantic reactions. Open to all, this workshop challenges us to break out of established poetic frameworks and imagine new poetic possibilities in times of great turmoil but also hope.
*Language of communication: English
Information about Danez Smith: https://blueflowerarts.com/artist/danez-smith/
FRIDAY 26.09 | 15:00 - 19:00
Sound Poetry and Voice Workshop with Maja Jantar (Finland)
@ Palio Xydadiko (Genethliou Mitella, 3036, Limassol)
During this 4-hour workshop, we will warm up our bodies and voices with vocal exercises and improvisation techniques, exchange vowels and make sounds together, even if they are cacophonous. Together we will explore ways to lift the text from the page and bring it into the performance space, listening to what it asks and desires from us. We will discuss examples and transform our text, exploring what it means to bend it, twist it, chew it, shout it out, whisper it, exhale it, return it to the mouth, roll it on the tongue and knock it between the teeth.
*Language of communication: English
Information about Maja Jantar: https://majajantar.wordpress.com/bio/
SATURDAY 27.09 | 10:30 - 14:30
Interdisciplinary workshop with Alev Adil (Cyprus/UK)
“Catharsis: a creative workshop”
@ Polychoros Synergeio (91A Eleftherias Street, Limassol)
This interdisciplinary workshop explores catharsis (emotional release through creative action) as a path to healing and resistance. Inspired by The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel van der Kolk), it recognizes that trauma resides in both the mind and the body. Through writing, movement and visual expression, participants will process personal and collective crises. Emphasizing process over outcome, the workshop encourages the destruction and reconstruction of the work as a metaphor for transformation. It offers space for reflection, liberation, and creative resilience through acts of creation and deconstruction.
*Language of communication: English
Information about Alev Adil: https://pencyprus.com.cy/alev-adil/
SUNDAY 28.09 |
11:30 - 15:30
Spoken Word - Slam Poetry Workshop with P.I.E.V. (The Bad Poetry Social Club, Greece)
@ Polychoros Synergeio (91A Eleftherias Street, Limassol)
Spoken word, contemporary writing, books and zines, persona and performance are the themes that will be developed in this workshop. From creating a text, staging, writing, performing and selecting the music, we will conclude this workshop with a focus on live presentation on stage and its requirements.
Language of communication: Greek
Information about The Bad Poetry Social Club:
https://thebadpoetrysocialclub.bigcartel.com/about-us
18:00 - 21:00
Open Mic & Closing Event
(in collaboration with The Bad Poetry Social Club and KENO Publications)
@ Polychoros Synergeio (91A Eleftherias Street, Limassol)
Registrations for the Open Mic until 15 September at +357 99558358 (first come, first served)
Guest performances:
The Bad Poetry Social Club
Lefteris Moumtzis (Freedom Candlemaker)
Information and bookings: 99558358
Tickets also available online, via SoldOut Tickets, and at the door upon availability
https://www.soldoutticketbox.com/el/event/sardam-festival-2025
Sardam workshop fee: 25 € per workshop
Sardam Full Access Pass : 90 € (4 workshops, including a 3-day Full Pass for the live performances)