Dance workshop: Life/Art Process

Life/Art Process Le Life Art Process© intersects dance, visual arts, writing, and improvisation. It is a practice that links art and life: our experiences, our emotions, and our personal stories become the raw material of creative expression. For the duration of a weekend, we will explore the body, the imaginary, the emotional, and the symbolic all at once. We open our sensory receptors, we dance, we draw, we write, we share. Little by little, images and memories emerge, and dance becomes a bridge between what flows through us and what we have to offer. "We explore our personal mythologies... Everything we have experienced is recorded in the body. Le Life Art Process allows us to find these traces, to transform them into gestures, into images, into creations." - Catherine Lemaître What to expect? Sensory explorations to awaken the body and its perceptions. Improvised dances, alone, in pairs, or in groups. Writing and drawing times to lay down the experience. Moments of sharing in a benevolent setting. Open to all: the curious, artists, amateurs, confirmed dancers. No technical prerequisites, only the desire to explore. The instructors: Catherine Lemaître Formée at Life Art Process®, Catherine nourishes her practice with contemporary dance, free and sensitive dances, as well as her background as a geographer, which leads her to anchor her research in the environment surrounding her. Her approach connects movement, creativity, and deep listening, in spaces where art becomes a resource and transformation. "At first, it is sometimes overwhelming: a thousand emotions arise. But little by little, we learn to let them pass through us and transform them. That is what it means to be danced." - Catherine Lemaître Liesbeth de Jong Fascinée through the moving body, Liesbeth de Jong has been a certified somatic practitioner in Life Art Process® since 2019. Founded by dancer Anna Halprin, this practice combines dance, drawing, and creative writing to connect us deeply to our bodies. Author of three books, including Les Corps in Life, Life Art Process®: its tools in words and images, and Just Doodle, she draws her inspiration from improvised dance and contact, somatic practices, visual arts, urban planning, and non-dual meditation. She has practiced improvised dance since 2003 and taught it since 2016. Through her books, her drawings, her workshops, and her coaching sessions, Liesbeth invites everyone to explore their creativity and develop a deeper relationship with their body and heart. Her approach, imbued with compassion, adapts to each person, regardless of their state of health, movement capabilities, or age. She thus opens new paths to move and live fully. Practical info Dates and times Saturday, December 5, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Sunday, December 6, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Lieu Studio La Tortue to Plumes Rue André Hennebicq 43, 1060 Saint-Gilles Tarif: €120 for both days Registration mandatory For whom? This workshop is open to all levels and all sensibilities. Whether you are a curious beginner or an experienced dancer, you are welcome!