Isa Belle (Fr/Be)

1 November 2019 City Sonic

Gamana (creation)

‘Gamana’ (in Sanskrit: the journey, the movement or the approach/walk) is a soundscape, without beginning nor end, created especially for this exhibition. It invites us, in a sensorial way, to a slowdown, and to an intellectual and bodily relaxation. With the help of Tibetan, Indian, Vietnamese bowls, gongs and other Asian ritual objects, as well as the sounds of Giovanni Fortenio ceramics, Isa Belle and Paradise Now, offer for the spa area and the swimming pool of the hotel, a meditative audio environment. It is mainly based on its acoustic vibrations, plus a few ambient sequences and electronic treatments by the composer/sound designer Stephan Dunkelman.

Co-creation Isa Belle (Fr/Be) + Paradise Now (Be) in collaboration with Stephan Dunkelman (Be).
Production: Transcultures.

Workshop Sound-Movement-Body (creation)

This workshop, proposed by Isa Belle (performer, sound and holistic masseuse sound) and Ariane Chesaux (performer, masseuse, cello player) who form the duo Unda, is open to all. It consists of learning how to listen deeply to sound through the body, allowing the mind to unwind while being awake, yet inactive. This occurs through practices of certain slow movements and breathing exercises. It’s about cleaning one’s body to be able to listen to oneself, and listen to it thanks to various vibratory instruments (Tibetan bowls, Burmese gongs, bells …).

The goal is to reactivate energy flows via interactions: sound-body-movement.
The body expresses itself, cleans itself, and frees itself, in order to refocus on oneself in a better way.

Price: 20€/15€ (reduced price)
Booking: alterezvous.be

Co-creation Isa Belle (Fr/Be) + Ariane Chesaux (Ch/Be).
Production: Transcultures, Voyage sonore.

Concert

Playing Tibetan, Indian, Vietnamese bowls, gongs and other Asian ritual objects, Isa Belle and Paradise Now offer meditative environmental pieces based mainly on acoustic vibrations. With these dialogues of electronic sequences (Stephan Dunkelman), guitaristic landscape (Paradise Now) and the free and matierist sopranino saxophone played by Maurice Charles JJ. A unique transsonic harmonizing “comprovisational” experience!

Co-creation Isa Belle (Fr/Be) + Paradise Now (Be) + Stephan Dunkelman (Be) + Maurice Charles JJ (Be).
Production: Transcultures.

Biography

Isa Belle develops her artistic approach for and by the well-being of the body – in its multiple dimensions- associated with personal and spiritual development. Evolving between Belgium and France, she has worked, since 2005, in collaboration with Paradise Now to produce several performances and sound installations supported by Transcultures/City Sonic and broadcast internationally. She also collaborated with several musicians (Maurice Charles JJ, Matthieu Safatly, …) and visual artists (Simon Simon, Joseph Dadoune, Régis Cotentin), created Unda with Ariane Chesaux and joined in 2015 Werner Moron and Philippe in the audio-poetic combo “Les Ours Bipolaires”.