You are invited to take part in a research session exploring belonging, memory, and the body.
Belongingness – finding home in the flesh is a participatory artistic research project that asks how experiences of “home” live in us beyond words. Through somatic attention, movement, and collective presence, we will explore whether sensations of homecoming can be evoked, shared, and sensed through the body – in gestures, shifts and nuances.
When searching for where we belong, we often look outward: to people, places, objects, or histories. This session proposes a different direction of attention—very near, just beyond our eyes—towards the embodied traces we already carry. Each participant arrives with their own lived archive. It is a space for encounter: to be together, to listen, to experiment, and to reflect with others.
The session is facilitated by Natalia Amelia Saied and forms part of an ongoing research process toward the development of a performance. In February, there are two dates available to join a session in Rotterdam:
– Monday 9 February 14:00-16:30 Verhalenhuis Belvédère, Rechthuislaan 1
– Thursday 19 February 18:30 – 21:00 at Dokhuis, Doklaan 10
What to expect
• a two-and-a-half-hour session with time to move, reflect, exchange, slow down, and share tea
• open to all backgrounds; no prior experience required
• conducted in English
• free of charge, with advance registration required
Sign up via this link (NOT via Dokhuis ticketing platform).
Participation is free, but donations to Dokhuis are very welcome for making this programme and others like it possible. You can donate via the ticket link on this website.
Natalia Amelia Saied is an artist and educator based in Rotterdam. She has over 25 years of experience working across dance, movement education, performance, and cultural production. Her practice brings together somatic learning, facilitation, and collective reflection, creating spaces where people can think, sense, and learn together through embodied experience. She holds a Master’s degree in Education in Arts from the Piet Zwart Institute and currently works at Fenix Museum.
nataliaameliasaied.com