Iris van Peppen is a dance artist whose choreography, performance and teaching grow from somatic research. She explores how bodily awareness can shape a performance as it unfolds, treating choreography as a set of conditions for attention, movement and encounter. Her work draws on Body-Mind Centering and develops a dramaturgy grounded in sensation rather than fixed movement sequences. Through Studio 3 in Utrecht, she brings together classes, performance training and collaborative research. Her projects include Fragments of the Sky and PULSE, and her work with Diederick van Rijsewijk connects somatic movement with real-time composition.