DE SINGEL wants to be a contemporary and welcoming arts house, a lively and international leading meeting place for art without borders in a changing world. Its unique building on a multifaceted arts site links DE SINGEL to the rich variety of communities in Flanders (and Antwerp), with artists and art practices from every corner […]

Natalie studied dance and Laban theories in the UK before qualifying as a Certified Laban Movement Analyst in America and gaining a Master Dance. She worked as the producer and movement analyst of Retina Dance Company throughout their active years, she managed Random/Wayne McGregor and Physical Recall Dance Companies, and she taught Labananalysis and specialised […]

Nienke (°1964) graduated from the Rotterdam Dance Academy (Codarts) before continuing her dance education in New York. She is an Iyengar yoga teacher and studies fascia therapy. As a dancer she worked for Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima Vez, Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods and Ted Stoffer ea She taught contemporary dance classes and workshops for companies, studios and festivals […]

Anne-Lise Brevers Kuhn (BE/USA) is a dancer, researcher and choreographer. Trained in classical ballet by Menia Martinez, she obtained a master in dance at  Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, her master’s project receiving the PlayRight Prize. She worked as a freelance dancer for several choreographers before meeting Cindy Van Acker in 2010 while dancing in Romeo Castellucci’s […]

Voetvolk (Dutch for ‘infantry’) is a Belgian contemporary dance and performance company, founded in 2007 by dancer/choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez and musician/composer Maarten Van Cauwenberghe. Together they’ve created more than 10 productions, for example: It’s going to get worse and worse and worse, my friend (2012), AH/HA (2014), Lisbeth Gruwez dances Bob Dylan (2015), We’re pretty fuckin’ far from okay (2016), The Sea Within (2018), Piano Works […]

Ultima Vez is the dynamic house for contemporary dance in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (Brussels) founded by choreographer Wim Vandekeybus. A place where production and distribution take place in optimal conditions and where creators share their artistic practices with each other and with a wide audience. The work includes the artistic creations of Wim Vandekeybus, the framework around […]

Trajal Harrell gained international recognition for creating a series of works that bring together the tradition of voguing with early postmodern dance. He is considered to be one of the most important choreographers working in contemporary dance today. In his latest work, the artist ​ also combines theoretical and formal ideas from butoh​ dance, and […]

Sarah Vanhee is an artist, performer and author. Her transdisciplinary work travels inbetween civil spaces and institutional art fields. She worked in open fields, prisons, private living rooms, theatres, on public canvases, in corporate meeting rooms, etc.

Cherish Menzo is a choreographer and dancer, who lives in Brussels and Amsterdam. In 2013 she graduated from The Urban Contemporary (JMD) at the ‘Hogeschool voor de Kunsten’ in Amsterdam. Cherish has appeared in the work of Lisbeth Gruwez, Jan Martens, Nicole Beutler, as well as collaborations with the likes of Akram Khan, Ula Sickle, Olivier […]

Arkadi Zaides (b. 1979, Homel, Belarus, former USSR) works as a choreographer, performer and researcher. He earned a master’s degree from the AHK Academy of Theater and Dance in Amsterdam. Since 2021 he is a doctoral researcher in the Arts at the Antwerp University, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, Ghent University and KASK/School of Arts (HoGent).

Christos Papadopoulos studied dance and choreography at SNDO (School for New Dance Development) in Amsterdam, theater at theDrama School of Greece’s National Theater, and Political Sciencesin Athens. He is a founding member of the dance group “The Lion and the Wolf.” His first works, “OPUS” and “ELVEDON“, were met with great acclaim when presented at the […]

Created in 1989, the Compagnie Nacera Belaza presents its pieces internationally with a regular presence in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. Nacera Belaza choreographs an inner journey, space, the emptiness within, areas of light and shadow, vertigo, repetition. She makes dance an introspective vertical dive. Her pieces explore movement in a serene, deep and […]