In this workshop, participants will explore together the core principles, practices, and philosophy of Deep Listening through the three modalities: Listening through Sound, Dreaming, and Movement. Deep Listening creates a framework for people to get together, to create, improvise and experiment together, and to experience freedom and playfulness, all within the topic of listening, moving and sound- making.

Deep Listening, as developed by the American composer Pauline Oliveros, explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the conscious nature of listening. The practice includes bodywork, sonic meditations, and interactive performance, as well as listening to the sounds of daily life, nature, one’s own thoughts, imagination, and dreams. It cultivates a heightened awareness of the sonic environment, both external and internal, and promotes experimentation, improvisation, collaboration, playfulness, and
other creative skills vital to personal and community growth.