Circular figures are naturally present at the heart of living things, from our cells to celestial systems.
They represent the human being in correspondence with the universe in a movement of continuous transformation.
We dance in a circle, our feet and our bodies drawing figures on the ground and in space.
Circular figures are naturally present at the heart of living things, from our cells to celestial systems.
They represent the human being in correspondence with the universe in a movement of continuous transformation.
We dance in a circle, our feet and our bodies drawing figures on the ground and in space.
2022 INTERNSHIP CALENDAR
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Danser le vivant
20 Sept - 13 Déc
De 10h à 16h
Á l'espace de pratique du
42 rue Rivelaine 1428 Braine-l'Alleud
3 journées dédiées à la danse mandala et à l'exploration de figures nous permettant de nous connecter à notre mouvement intérieur et collectif.
Un moment de célébration du vivant nous offrant un temps d'apaisement, de convivialité et de joie.
50€ / journée
L'ARCHE DE SAINT-ANTOINE 34, La Basse Cour 38160 Saint Antoine l'Abbaye Tel.04 76 36 45 97 secretariat@arche-sta.com
Accommodation: in a double or single room, vegetarian food
Mandala Dance
Sacred Dance
From July 12 (2 p.m.) to July 17 (9am) 2022
At the Arch of St Antoine, France
Dancing the Circle Dances is like bringing a mandala to life. Our feet and our bodies draw a living mandala in space. We connect, through our hands and our hearts. Mandala dances can be experienced as a meditation, a practice of harmony and beauty in movement. No dance experience is necessary. Everyone is invited.
Prix: 120€ pour le week-end
confirmation par le versement de 50€ d'arrhes sur le compte
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en précisant : VIVA NATURA
L'ARCHE DE SAINT-ANTOINE 34, La Basse Cour 38160 Saint Antoine l'Abbaye Tel.04 76 36 45 97 secretariat@arche-sta.com
Mandala Dance
Sacred Dance
From July 12 (2 p.m.) to July 17 (9am) 2022
At the Arch of St Antoine, France
Dancing the Circle Dances is like bringing a mandala to life. Our feet and our bodies draw a living mandala in space. We connect, through our hands and our hearts. Mandala dances can be experienced as a meditation, a practice of harmony and beauty in movement. No dance experience is necessary. Everyone is invited.
Accommodation: in a double or single room, vegetarian food
L'assise et la danse
14 févr. 2026, 09:00 – 15 févr. 2026, 16:30
En méditant et en dansant, nous expérimentons le repos et le mouvement, deux pratiques opposées et complémentaires qui résonnent l’une avec l’autre. Elles ouvrent en nous l’espace de la Présence. Le principe de l’exercice initiatique est la libération du mental par la répétition de gestes simples que l’on approfondit patiemment. Peu à peu, cesse le besoin de réfléchir sur la technique pour entrer dans la sensation du geste qui se fait alors de lui-même. Répéter la même danse jusqu’à pouvoir se laisser danser… Répéter la même assise en silence jusqu’à pouvoir devenir assise. « La pratique n’a pas de but, le but c’est la pratique » (Karlfried Graf Dürckheim).
Méditation, danse, sagesse du corps, offices et partage.
Sous la conduite de Johannes Quintens, danseur et animateur de stage, et de père Francis Dekeyser, prêtre orthodoxe, pour la méditation.
Centre Béthanie
Prieuré Notre Dame & Saint Thiébault
57680 Gorze
03 87 52 02 28
Movement, Repetition, Sensation...
Sensation
Connexion
Johannes Quintens
A child of the Arche de Lanza del Vasto, Johannes Quintens took up dancing very early, with a classical education he became a professional.
A contemporary dancer, he seeks meaning in his practice and discovers character dancing, then he reconnects with the dances he practiced at L'Arche: the dances of the world. They are folk dances associated with a people who, through their gestures and their music, represent a particular culture.
At the same time he discovers that these popular dances are impregnated with mystery when they are used for religious events: birth, death, marriage, celebration.
Today he teaches these new dances which he calls dance-mandala and which arouse a momentum towards our depths, the goal being to create, through movement, an inner encounter.
Johannes is also the father of three children, a stone sculptor, a trainer in cooperative games and a Reflexologist.