The fresco ‘Porte de Namur ! – Porte de l’Amour ?’ by artist Chéri
Samba represents an imaginary gathering of members of the local
community on the Chaussée d’Ixelles in Brussels, near Porte de Namur.
Since it was first exhibited in 2002, this image has been widely
disseminated and has sparked a great deal of controversy. On 25 June
2011 this fictitious scene will become reality, as the 80 or so people
who posed for the artist create a tableau vivant in the very place where
the painting was originally conceived.

The choreographer Ula Sickle has created solos for, and together with, two young dancers from Kinshasa, Dinozord and Jolie Ngemi. The first solo seeks out the roots of hip hop, the second one samples music videos and nightclub acts.

Carried by Beethoven’s Symphony No.7, Michèle Anne de Mey’s Neige is a dreamlike odyssey into immaculate expanses where enchantment fights it to the death. A work of maturity and contemplation.

For You’ve changed, Thomas Hauert has asked Dick Van der Harst to compose an original music on an improvised choreographic piece caught on video. The resulting music, written for a three-headed rock band and three female singers, answers movement on stage.

After the debate Kernenergie. Maken we ons illusies? (in Dutch), the theatre-maker Davis Freeman will present the occasionally hilarious but none the less highly relevant performance Seven Promises in the Kaaicafé. Together with the actor Jerry Killick, he plays the part of a green preacher and they try to persuade the audience to make ‘sustainable’ promises.