#brusselsdance 2017-2018

1 CITY / 2 MONTHS / 13 STAGES / 50 PERFORMANCES & CONFERENCES / 100 SHOWS

In Brussels, people are dancing and creating to their hearts’ content! Thirteen arts centres that testify to the richness and diversity of the performing arts in Brussels offer the public the opportunity to discover for themselves the creativity and vitality of our capital city.

Brussels, dance! stands for more than 50 performances and lectures, 100 or so performances, an open and bold selection of young and emerging talent, but also of renowned artists… Come and taste dance in all its diversity and vitality, from 1 February to 31 March!

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Rosas

A Love Supreme

dance

Kaaitheater

Thu 23.02 - Sat 04.03.17

In 2005, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, along with Salva Sanchis, created a quartet set to John Coltrane’s jazz album A Love Supreme. Improvisation and composition interweave until they melt together. Join a new cast of young performers, in giving yourself over to Coltrane’s spiritual ode to divine love!

Cindy Van Acker

Zaoum

dance

Kaaitheater

Fri 17.02 - Sat 18.02.17

Zaoum is the second part of the Flemish-Swiss choreographer Cindy Van Acker’s new cycle, which was inspired by Quando Stanno Morendo by the composer Luigi Nono. Abstract dance to enjoy and/or decipher!

Boris Charmatz

Étrangler le temps + boléro 2

dance

Kaaitheater

Fri 10.02 - Sat 11.02.17

Boris Charmatz and Emmanuelle Huynh pay tribute to the French choreographer Odile Duboc. They dance two versions of her boléro 2 (1996), once in an extremely slow interpretation, and then in its original form. According to Duboc, “In the slow form, the pair sculpts a common substance.”