SKIN - A ONE - ON - ONE SENSORY EXPERIENCE
The SKIN journey is like having a durational meditation of stimulating the senses, while someone else takes care of your body.
Skin is a one on one interactive sensory experience for one participant who is taken on a very caring guided journey of touch and sound. During the SKIN experience, the body of the participant acts as a gate of perception and as a playground of sensations, emotions, and feelings as they are given the time and space to release, relax and recharge.
The experience takes place in a safe environment where I guide the participant to enter the room blindfolded. During the journey the participant comes in contact with their vulnerable and sensitive side through listening to subtle sounds and through touching various textures of materials and objects. In the end, they feel like they have met themselves on a soul level. At the end of the SKIN experience, participants leave us comments anonymously, and you can read some below.
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''Thank you, for the beautiful journey into the world of the senses – except sight. Short, but I will remember it forever.''
''It was liberating! The performers are very well trained and have a sense of responsibility towards the "spectator"
''That was a super journey. I think i kept thinking as i was on this journey…..i have faith in humanity''
''A journey to an unprecedented, primitive land, in a protected condition, for an encounter with a primordial self. Reminder of sensations, hugs, warmth...Thank you for what you gave me, a precious gift, which calmed my soul''
''I had a trip. Some point in the middle of the happening I totally let go, I was not there, I was travelling with other thoughts as I knew that my body was in secure hands.''
'' I feel like I woke up from a dream you don't want to be woken up.''
''A journey by itself, woke up memories I have forgotten, created memories I never thought I could have, or desired to have…''
''Dear performers, I came in tense and I'm leaving happy and intrigued. All this was for me? Wow1 An experience I will remember and recommend…..''
''Fun, intense, time flew quietly, perhaps even disappeared. Unknown but familiar and known at the same time…
''Fantastic, so exhilarating, rejuvenating!''
''I never thought a performance could give you such a feeling which I cannot describe…..''
''I felt a bond, relaxed, not at all scared or any kind of fear…''
''People that don’t do it don’t know what they are missing.''
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The SKIN experience will help you relax, let go and find calmness, nourishment and peace with yourself.
The journey will organically take you to connect with your several bodies (mental, emotional, energetic, sensory), in a very safe and comfortable way through caring hands. This holistic approach of embracing all parts of oneself makes Skin an opportunity to experience the body as a home of comfort, self-nourishment and self-love.
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SKIN was originally created in the frame of the summer festival of Nea KInisis in 2015.
It has been performed hundreds of times the last ten years.
These are the original credits:
Concept, Choreography, Direction, Performance: Lia Haraki
Performers, Creative Contributors, Movement Collaborators: Arianna Marcoulides, Petros Konnaris
Dancers, Performers who have performed SKIN through its several presentation include: Alexis Vassiliou, Andreas Louka, Andreas Stavrou, Antonis Liveropoulos, and Georgia Andreou.
For the 2025 edition of SKIN I will be guiding the journey.
Hosts: Dia Theodorou (2015), Evie Haraki Mahera (2016), Adonis Liveropoulos (2018)
Music Advisor: Panos Bartzis
Set Design: The Creative Team
INFO:
Number of participants: 1.
Duration: 70 minutes (with preparation and wrap-up)
Online or in person: In person
Location: In Limassol, Cyprus.
Cost: € 80 (including VAT)
How to book: Contact us on info@liaharaki.com with your request, so we can set a day and time for the experience.