Castélie Yalombo Lilonge

Castélie Yalombo Lilonge is an artist based in Brussels, trained in communication and performance (ULB, ISAC-ArbaEsa). Her work, which ranges from choreography to installation, explores collective identities, otherness and relational dynamics through the body.

Through a sensitive approach to power relations, she questions and reframes narratives of identities that have been forgotten, confiscated or concealed. In 2022, she created the solo piece Water, l’atterrée des eaux vives at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts. She then continued her research in various formats: Chair Work (2023–2024), a collective laboratory exploring the representation of the bodies of the public and the audience; Motherness Galaxy (2024), a series of interviews and events including The Bad Mother (Beurschouwburg) and Mourning and Mothering (BUDA), exploring motherhood, mourning and their socio-political implications.

In 2025, she embarked on a new research project with Antoine Dupuy Larbre, Cultural Hegemonies: Influences and Alliances with Dramaturgy. She also works as a performer with Emmilienne Flagothier, Louise Vanneste, Lisa Vereerthbrugghe, Simon Van Schuylenberg and Rosie Sommers.