VTi (Vlaams Theater Instituut)

http://www.soit.info

Having been a member of the artistic core of Les Ballets C de la B for more than twelve years, Hans Van Den Broeck founded his own company, SOIT (stay only if temporarily), in 2001. His roles in the company are as director (film work and video) and choreographer. The result is an oeuvre that tacks between the boundaries of dance/performance and video. SOIT is based in Brussels and attracts artists from various backgrounds and nationalities.

Les SlovaKs is a relatively young dance collective whose members are Milan Herich, Peter Jasko, Anton Lachky, Milan Tomasik and Martin Kilvady. Under the name ‘new traditional dance’, Les SlovaKs have developed a way of dancing and performing that is based on their shared background, history and frame of reference. At an early age the five were already dancing at the Slovakian dance academy in Banska Bystrica. Later they moved to Brussels to study and build up a professional career in contemporary dance companies.

http://www.zoo-thomashauert.be/

ZOO was founded in 1998 by the Swiss dancer and choreographer Thomas Hauert and is based in Brussels. He created ZOO’s debut production Cows in Space together with four dancer friends from the Rotterdam Dance Academy and the dance company Rosas (Mark Lorimer, Sara Ludi, Mat Voorter and Samantha van Wissen).

http://www.lapzus.com

Lapzus creates dance theatre for a young audience. The company was founded by Frauke Depreitere and Filip Bilsen at the end of 2008. They met one another as performers with the youth section of fABULEUS in Leuven. They were the first to move on and set to work as producers. Together with author Greetje Bilsen (Filip’s sister) they created Mijn benen zijn al lang, maar de wereld staat op stelten (2000) which immediately put them on the map: an uninhibited mixture of language and movement, of authenticity and kitsch and an almost reckless performance or dance style.

http://www.kunst-werk.be/

Kunst/Werk is a dance organisation that revolves around the choreographers Marc Vanrunxt and Salva Sanchis and the C&H collective, which comprises Heike Langsdorf, Christoph Ragg and Christophe Meierhans. In the Kunst/Werk cooperative, each artist follows an independent artistic path. Kunst/Werk produces performances, as well as undertaking research and related projects, almost all in the fields of modern dance and performance art.

http://www.needcompany.org

Jan Lauwers founded Needcompany together with Grace Ellen Barkey. They together are responsible for Needcompany larger-scale productions. The group of performers Jan Lauwers and Grace Ellen Barkey have put together over the years is quite unique in its versatility. Their associated artists are MaisonDahlBonnema (Hans Petter Dahl & Anna Sophia Bonnema), Lemm&Barkey (Lot Lemm & Grace Ellen Barkey), OHNO Cooperation (Maarten Seghers & Jan Lauwers) and the NC ensemble, which includes the inimitable Viviane De Muynck.

http://www.ultimavez.com

After studying psychology and photography, Wim Vandekeybus (1963) started work as a professional actor with Jan Fabre (De Macht der theatrale dwaasheden, 1985). In 1986 he formed Ultima Vez, which, twenty years on, is still the company and the production structure within which this choreographer, director and filmmaker presents his artistic work.

http://www.rosas.be

Rosas is the ensemble of dancers, as well as the production and marketing organisation that revolves around the dancer and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. Her 1982 debut Fase, four movements to the music of Steve Reich, immediately caught the eye of the international dance scene. Together with her company of dancers, she has created an impressive series of choreographic works over the last 27 years

http://www.lesballetscdela.be

Les Ballets C de la B was founded in 1984 by Alain Platel. This dance and theatre collective has now developed into a group that is successful both at home and abroad. Les Ballets C de la B is often mentioned in the same breath as Wim Vandekeybus, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Jan Lauwers and Jan Fabre, all artists, since referred to collectively as the Flemish Wave, who were responsible for bringing about changes in the Flemish theatre landscape.

http://www.ultima-thule.be

Ultima Thule is a theatre company with its headquarters in Ghent whose main activity is ‘figure’ or puppet theatre. Its productions always test the boundaries of the puppet theatre medium and are a crossover between several arts disciplines.