Xenia invites you into a play, a choral reading, a dance performance—where the roles of observer and performer are fluid. It moves between the anticipated and the alien, exploring the theatrical potential of somatic practices while also bringing them into a space of encounter.

At its core is a script: a choral text to be read and enacted by everyone in the room. This reading conjures a situation for dance, imagination, sensations, and minor stories to unfold in parallel.

The title comes from the Greek words xenios (the hospitable one) and xenos (the stranger), inviting a kind of welcome—not just of others, but of what feels unfamiliar within ourselves. This duality threads through the structure of the piece and shapes a fictional persona who slips into the role of hostess, modulating how we are together. Through this lens, performing becomes a practice of hosting and ghosting—where somatic practices offer pathways for alienation and reconnection, as well as tools to navigate proximity and distance.