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ENCORE

Festival
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ENCORE — Movement. Voice. Community. is an open artistic and social laboratory, designed for and by people with physical disabilities and their allies. We are building a vibrant hybrid space where physical training, artistic expression, and social life can strengthen each other. 

During its time at Kaaitheater, ENCORE will unfold in three interwoven parts. 

Movement proposes discovery sessions in neuro-fitness and adapted practices that explore gestures beyond the clinical frame, and as an act of both presence and autonomy. 

Voice – we collaborate in workshops on mini-zines, watch films, and organize lectures: reclaiming the stories of our own lives and bodies, and learning to present ourselves. 

Community – includes a café or welcome area, walks, and narrative prompts: we learn to re-inhabit Brussels with our diverse bodies, and exchange knowledge. 

These three components culminate in an open lab: we practice, observe, and document. These traces (gestures, methods, stories, images) have resulted in the first ENCORE zine – blog – archive and created a dynamic community: one that continues to meet, train, and publish. 

Moussa Cheniguel (1980) is an artist and curator, and the founder of ENCORE. He founded and ran Espace Moss, an immersive art space in Brussels that combined in-situ installations and performances. Since a spinal cord injury in 2020, he created ENCORE at the intersection of curatorial practice and rehabilitation: hybrid spaces that touch on neuro-fitness, writing, and community.