Listening Weekend 11-12.04.2026
A weekend dedicated to practices of eco-somatic listening — exploring how we perceive, move with, and relate to the living world around Donderberg. Through movement, shared attention and dialogue with the more-than-human world, we invite participants to slow down and experience the territory differently.
On Saturday (April 11), artists and facilitators gather in an intimate circle to share and experiment with practices of ecological listening, including movement, species-inclusive awareness, and dialogue with nature.
On Sunday (April 12), the public is warmly invited to join. The day begins with a sensorial perimeter walk around Donderberg, followed by a slow shared brunch. The afternoon continues with practices exploring expanded states of awareness and connection with the living world.
These activities are open to neighbors, curious visitors, and people of all ages. No experience is needed — only curiosity and a willingness to slow down and listen.
Come discover Donderberg through movement, perception, and shared attention to the more-than-human world.
Saturday — April 11 (Artists’ circle)
A day of practice sharing and collective listening among artists and facilitators.
11:00–13:00 Eco-somatic attunement practice (Tanya)
A gentle and slow somatic practice of fluid resonance (Continuum) and species-inclusive awareness – connecting to the land through the breath, sound, sensations and movement. Accessing non-verbal flow state.
13:00–15:00 Lunch together (auberge espagnole) and practice harvesting – Bring something to share! (Michael)
15:00–17:00 Outside as Inside. Listening Practice to Connect to the World (Brieuc)
We start from a non-dual lens acknowledging that the world is multiple, and that there is a correspondence between inside parts and outside parts. We will explore ways of listening to the world as listening to ourselves. How are we affected when we greet the world as parts of ourselves ? We will explore ongoing research with modified states of consciousness and verbal dialogue with Nature.
17:00–18:00
Harvesting and closing circle
This day is held in a more intimate format.
Sunday — April 12 (Open to the public)
A day of shared practices open to neighbors, curious visitors, and people of all ages.
11:00–13:00 Sensorial walk around Donderberg (Sarah and Tanya)
Exploring the wild nature of Donderberg through the sensorial awareness, imagination, perception. What does the landscape – visible or invisible, easily accessible or not reachable – whisper to us?
13:00–14:30 Creative round table & auberge espagnole lunch - bring something to share! (Michael)
14:30–16:00 Extraordinary Ordinary: Trance as a Way of Relating (Brieuc)
Participants will be guided into expansive states of consciousness. In such states, we become more blended with the world… more absorbed within our experience, and reveal the mundane as unique, as precious. We will explore how a practice of being present and responsive affect us; how we become heroes (i.e., change-makers) when we start listening.
16:00–16:30 Silent attunement and closing circle
No experience is required — only curiosity and a willingness to listen.
Participants can register to separate workshops (only morning or only afternoon or only one day) .
Weekend team
Tatiana Galibus is a multidisciplinary artist, dancer, and facilitator whose work interweaves somatics, ecology, and collective care. Her practice explores the body as a site of listening, healing, and transformation.
Tatiana is the founder of Modus Vivendi: Embodied Earth, an eco-somatic festival in Brussels that brought together artists, activists, and citizens exploring collective care through movement, ritual, and dialogue. The festival took place in June 2025 in parks, canals, art centers, and gardens, and included somatic workshops in nature, community rituals, and flash mob for the ocean. Her work is driven by one truth: we are not separate from this planet. We are earth, we are ocean, we are movement - a living breathing planetary process, in words of Emilie Conrad. And when we embody that, deep change happens.
https://www.fluidrootsdance.org/portfolio
Sarah Cavenaile is a Brussels-based Belgian performer. After 15 years exploring dance, theater, and aerial silk, she discovered pole sport and became Belgian Pole Dance Champion within just 18 months.
Known for her expressive and inventive style, she blends pole dance with other art forms, developing a strong choreographic and improvisational voice.
Since 2017, she has been traveling across Europe as a nomadic artist, creating site-specific performances that explore the relationship between movement and environment (Microdanses 2022, parCorps 2025, Bright Festival 2018 & 2025).
In 2024, she created Point Barre, a theater and pole dance piece currently touring street arts festivals in Belgium. She also performs with Tatiana Galibus in the duo Origamies.
Brieuc Guinard is a French dancer, choreographer, and improviser whose practice bridges instant composition, trance states, and somatic awareness. With a background in both scientific research (PhD in theoretical computer science) and rigorous dance training, Brieuc brings a unique sensibility to movement—merging precision with embodied intuition. His work spans choreographic direction (LABOR23, Break the Cycle), collective eco-somatic performances (Modus Vivendi), and participatory climate-focused creations (5 Nach Edlichkeit). Trained extensively in Flying Low, Passing Through, Tanztheater, and Contact Improvisation, he cultivates a fluid and responsive presence in performance. Brieuc’s artistic voice is rooted in transformation—through self-induced trance, deep somatic listening, and improvisational rituals that explore the cyclical and the unexpected.
https://www.instagram.com/brieucguinard/
Michael Helland works at the crossroads of theatrical presentation, exhibition-based contexts, and public art modalities. He makes creative interventions aimed to foster social connectivity and help communities face the dark uncertainty of the future. Since completing the Yoga Conscious Living Camp; Spiritual Activism program and receiving his certificate in Ayurvedic Yoga Massage, he offers intuitive bodywork rituals and public classes on a regular basis. Helland holds degrees in Dance and in Community, Environment, and Planning from the University of Washington in Seattle, where he was an Integrated Graduate Education Research Training Fellow in Urban Ecology.
https://www.hia-tus.org/en/about/hiatus/
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