The Théâtre de l'Èvre and the association Le nid are organising a three-day festival entitled "Ralentissons", featuring entertainment, concerts, shows, sports, workshops and walks on the Ile aux Bergères.
A surprising and exotic programme for this 5th edition of the Ralentissons festival in Notre-Dame-du-Marillais, just a stone's throw from the Petite Cité de Caractère of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil in the Mauges-sur-Loire commune between Angers and Nantes.
On the programme:
SATURDAY 13 September :
MORNING :
9am-11.30am: Repair café at the ferme des coteaux in St Florent-le-Vieil
10am-11.30am:
-Tai Chi in the countryside with Patricia (booking required: 06 78 64 42 94 / free)
Basket-weaving walk with Laetitia (Renard'eau) (booking required: 06 18 20 29 19 / price from €8)
10.30am-12pm: Savita yoga with Delphine (Eviedanse) (booking required: 07 80 30 64 11 / price from €10)
11am-11.50am: Documentary Gardiens de la forêt - BRESIL, replanter l'Amazonie at the Micro-Folie in St Florent-le-Vieil
11.30am-1pm: S'écouter et ralentir, nos premiers pas vers l'automne: entre relaxation et Qi gong avec Nathalie et Lisa (Ofildupas) (on reservation: 07 64 62 69 85/ free price from 10€)
AFTERNOON :
2pm-3pm: A Talk on Upcycling and the Circular Economy
2pm-2.45pm: Vibre à Soi, a sound journey with Mickaël (booking required: 07 80 20 62 79 / price from €8)
2pm-3pm: Textile arts workshop with Béatrice (Zébulon's creations) (booking required: 06 51 71 25 00 / free from €5)
2pm-4pm: Walk with the Médiliane donkeys (free from €3)
3pm-3.50pm: Documentary Guardians of the forest - PAPUA NEW GUINEA, time for solutions at the Micro-Folie in St Florent-le-Vieil
3pm-4pm: Café mortel - enjoy a coffee and talk about ecology beyond the living with the association Humo Sapiens
"Attention Bruit !!!
3pm-4.30pm: Wood workshop, create your own personalised ampliphone with CAP40 (booking required: 06 33 44 24 31 / free admission)
3pm & 3.30pm: Sensory walk with Antoine and Cécile: forget your eyes, it's all happening under your feet! (booking required: 06 22 65 15 34 / free admission)
3.30pm-4.30pm: Recovering leather scraps with La Couserie de Clara, 0 couture (booking required: 06 35 58 13 41/ free price from €8)
3.30pm-5pm: Family workshop, Textile repair with Parlons Chiffons (booking required: 06 50 32 77 17 / free from €3)
4pm-5pm: Parent-child dance games with Manuella (booking required: 06 30 69 05 96 / free from €5)
4pm-5.30pm: Wooden spoon carving workshop with Yahn (booking required at lesguingoiseries@gmail.com / free from €25)
5pm-5.45pm: Le voyage de l'écrevisse, a show by the Luciole et Grillon company
5pm-6.30pm: Walk with the Médiliane donkeys (free from €3)
6pm-7pm: Nature walk around the Loire with Olivier from the CPIE
6pm-7pm: Documentary "4 emotions, 4 continents", a blablatrip celebrating life!
EVENING
7-8pm: Aperitif with Gwen de Bonneval, author of comics, from the Loire and ecologically aware
8pm - midnight: Traditional dance on the floor of the Bergère with La Bernache and Les P'tites laines
SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER :
MORNING
10am-1pm: Digital fresco with Simon (booking required: 06 22 65 15 34 /free price)
10.30am-12pm: Outdoor yoga practice with Régine (Horizon108) (booking required: 06 07 78 55 36 /free price from €10)
10.30am-12pm: Embroidery workshop - Come and embroider your own garment! (booking required at labrodeuseenlainee@gmail.com /free price from €20)
11am-11.40am: Cirkus, a show by the company Le Chat fou
11am-12pm: Wild plant walk with Zabi (book on site / free)
11am-12pm: Recycled leather scraps with La Couserie de Clara, zero sewing (booking required: 06 35 58 13 41 /free price from €8)
11am&11.30am: Sensory walk with Antoine and Cécile: forget your eyes, it's all happening under your feet! (booking required: 06 22 65 15 34 / free admission)
11.45am-12.30pm: Relaxation time for parents and children aged 7/11 with Nathalie (booking required: 07 64 62 69 85/free price from €10/duo)
11.45am-12.45pm: Overview of ecological thinking, by Mathieu Trichet, a philosophy dissertation student
12pm-2pm: Close-up with Tempus Magik
AFTERNOON
1pm-2pm: A look at individual solar power and community energy, by Alisée and Eclem
1.30-3pm: Family workshop, Japanese braiding with the Parlons Chiffons association (booking required: 06 50 32 77 17 / free price from €8)
2pm-3pm: Are frescoes enough to take action? Talk with Simon
2 - 3 pm: Cyanotype workshop with Audrey (Caravan'art) (booking required: 06 27 75 18 65 / free from €5)
2pm-3pm Textile arts workshop with Béatrice (Les créations de Zébulon) (booking required: 06 51 71 25 00 /free price from €5)
2pm-4pm: Walk with the Médiliane donkeys (free price from €3)
2.15pm-3pm: Vibre à Soi, sound journey with Mickaël (booking required: 07 80 20 62 79 /free price from €8)
2.30pm-3.20pm: Storytelling walk with Eric, Félix and Mathieu, Luciole et Grillon company
3pm-5pm: Gesticulated lecture "Ecology without class struggle is a waste of money".
3pm-5pm: Herbal tea-making workshop with Zabi (booking on site / free price from €5)
4pm-5pm: Cyanotype workshop with Audrey (Caravan'art) (booking required: 06 27 75 18 65 / free from €5)
4pm-5pm: Creative expression (dance and drawing) with Delphine (éVieDanse)(booking required: 07 80 32 64 11 / free from €5)
4pm-6pm: Sound siesta with the Attrape son association
5pm-5.40pm: Cirkus, a show by the company Le Chat fou
5pm-6.30pm: Walk with the Médiliane donkeys (free from €3)
EVENING
6pm-7.30pm: Concert by the Sensational Black Music Stars Orchestra
Not forgetting all weekend long, all day long, Louis la Calèche and his rides, giant wooden games, chair massages with Patricia and the Big Studio, a black and white photo-theatre studio, with costumes and staging.
A rich and varied programme to be enjoyed without moderation!
