The Ecstatic Body - Coupé Décalé (BE) & Kopf Hoch / Simon Mayer (AT/BE)

A week of experimentation with workshops and exercises, followed by a Saturday with discussions on which there will also be plenty of time to celebrate. An invitation to explore and experience one’s own ecstatic potential. The motive to investigate for one entire week the dynamics of intercultural practices and their impact on the body can be attributed to the increasing interest to combine therapeutic and artistic practices as well as to the fact that artists have always been fascinated by alternative states of consciousness, which can be achieved through meditation, indigenous schamanic practices and encounters of the so-called “divine” kind. Each of the workshops led by Ziya Azazi & Simon Mayer, Elke van Campenhout, Hiah Park & Robert Steijn and Corine Sombrun will offer a different approach and will engage in diverse fields of knowledge and experiences (therapeutic, religious, scientific, artistic).

Programme
Mon, 8 – Fri, 12 Oct

9:00–9:30: Hang out (free space)

Mon, 8 & Thu, Oct 9, 9:30–12:30 and 14:00–18:00
Hiah Park & Robert Steijn: Looking for a state of no conflict*

Wed, Oct 10 to Fri, Oct 12, 9:30–12:30
Ziya Azazi & Simon Mayer: Waltzing Dervish* 

12:30–14:00: Lunch break

Wed, Oct 10 to Fri, Oct 12, 14:00–18:00
Corine Sombrun: Trance and Creation*

18:00–19:00: Hang out (free space)

*Price per workshop: € 45

The Ecstatic Body at the Table 
Sat, Oct 13, TQW Studios, free admission

Coupé Décalé and Kopf Hoch / Simon Mayer invite everybody to reflect collectively about the needs, the beauty and the limits of exploring one’s own ecstatic body in a day full of physical practices, discussions, screenings, music, food and, of course : celebration! For our bodies, this day means: Arriving – Listening – Eating – Watching – Sleeping – Reflecting – Eating – Flying.

Programme

10:30: Morning training

12:00: Introduction – What is the ecstatic body?

13:30: Lunch break

15:00: Ecstatic bodies at the table

16:30: Siesta

17:00 Uhr: Panel Talk “Cultural Appropriation within the Arts”

19:00: Dinner & Break

20:30: Celebration – an ecstatic party*

*Admission: € 4; free admission for all workshop participants