Anna Bentivegna       (NL) danced in several fABULEUS productions and afterwards studied Mime at the Academy for Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam. Together with Ayrton Fraenk and Zoë Demoustier she developed a sensitive, slightly surrealistic visual language for children in their first joint production nesten.

Take a look at nesten here.
Credits: concept & play Anna Bentivegna, Zoë Demoustier & Ayrton Fraenk | director Jef Van gestel | dramaturgy advice Peter Anthonissen | scenography and light Pol Verwilt | music Michiel De Malsche | production fABULEUS | with the support of Leuven and the Flemish community | thanks to Academie voor Theater & Dans Amsterdam

Annabelle Anita        (NL) graduates in the After Corona era as a theatre maker from Theaterschool de Trap in Amsterdam. Her plays are physical, visual, intermedial and barns with the prevailing, conventional idea of what belongs and is allowed on (declamatory voice:) the stage!

Take a look at her work HET VIRUS VERBOND here.

Astrid De Haes        (1996) captivated by dance and hungry for experiment, Astrid followed a bachelor's and master's degree in Autonomous Design at KASK in Ghent. There she decided to involve other media (photography, film, text, etc.) in her practice and to investigate the (moving) body as a medium in its complexity. To further train in this, she enjoyed an erasmus in 2017 at the School for New Dance Development at the Amsterdam University of the Arts. In her bachelor she made connections between media and the body, seen in 'Hommes' (film), 'Dansbingo' (performative game between audience and performers), 'Volume I' (installation), etc. De Haes developed further during her master's degree as a director with the preliminary research for the dance performance 'Untitled'. Interested in presenting to an audience and bringing people together in a project, she focuses on the moving body.

Take a look at her website here.

Ayrton Fraenk       (NL) studied Mime at the Academy for Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam. Together with Ayrton Fraenk and Zoë Demoustier he developed a sensitive, slightly surrealistic visual language for children in their first joint production nesten.

Take a look at nesten here.
Credits: concept & play Anna Bentivegna, Zoë Demoustier & Ayrton Fraenk | director Jef Van gestel | dramaturgy advice Peter Anthonissen | scenography and light Pol Verwilt | music Michiel De Malsche | production fABULEUS | with the support of Leuven and the Flemish community | thanks to Academie voor Theater & Dans Amsterdam

Bodine Sutorius        (NL) studies Mime at the Academy for Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam. She has performed with a.o. the Jakop Ahlbom Company and as a graduating project she created a multi-media mime performance called Becoming. This performance originated out of her fascination for both the beauty and the abomination associated with having a female body.

Take a look at an earlier work from 2018 here.

Cinzia Scoglionero       (BE) studied Diction at the Kunsthumaniora Brussels (2009-2016) and then followed the directing course at the Toneelacademie Maastricht (2016-2020). She creates performances in which dance, movement or text are central and this always to the accompaniment of alienated everyday sounds. For her graduation performance she was supported by VIAZUID and Dance Company Sally.

"I make minimalist, sober and physical theatre. The characters are always at a stage where the element of "waiting" plays a crucial role. Waiting for someone else, for an object (such as an elevator) or waiting for oneself. The characters seem to petrify and act from their sorrow, pain and frustration. They are constantly looking for contact, emotionally or physically. In this delayed time, an attempt to take action, a rejection or an inner frustration arises. "
More information about the director: https://www.cinzias.com/

Take a look here at the trailer for her dance piece LIFT, a search for the transition between the private and the public. How do we relate to each other in a confined space? To which extent do we let go of our personal space and do we burst someone else's personal 'bubble'?

Elliot Dehaspe        (BE) is as a maker in search of his own language that opens up a new dimension through image, sound and physical energy.

Take a look at his work Time & Space Died Yesterday here.

Gianni Slootmaekers        is studying Spel at the RITCS. He asks himself what gives him the feeling of freedom on the floor, why he stands there and does this. As a maker / actor he mixes the medium of film and theater and digs into his past in search of answers to this question, sometimes he obtains them, sometimes not, but the quests always stay with him.

Gilles Pollak        is a scenographer, maker and theatre technician from Belgium. In his research he reveals theatricality and uses the backstage as a scenographical concept.

Take a look at his work Silent Theatrical Spaces over here.

Jonathan De Maeyer       obtained a master's degree in fine arts photography at LUCA School Of Arts Ghent and works on both autonomous projects and projects in collaboration with artists and musicians, among others. Jonathan is working on a digital and an analog image archive that forms the basis for associatively composed series that try to translate the utopian longing for an unknown landscape. In his work he tries to reinterpret landscape and give the viewer access to an alternative, personal perception.

Take a look at his work “Hills”, 2019, B&W inkjet print on 400gr, 0,5mm cardboard in 16 pieces, black nails, 367x400cm and much more via this website.

Judith Van Oeckel        (BE) is a dancer and young choreographer. Previously she worked with Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker during her studies at P.A.R.T.S. where she graduated in July 2019. She is currently studying Performance at KASK in Ghent where she will start her Master in the Free Arts.

Take a look at her work SHUFFLE (extended version) here.

Koning Kip        is a theatre collective founded in 2019 and consists of Milan van Bortel and Toon Acke. Together they arm themselves against the frenzy of the great world around them. With absurd imaginations and sharp language plays, they create youth performances in which political themes are filleted to their core.

More information about their first production Koning Kip Speelt (Met) Teveel via their website.

Laura Kušķe        (LV) doesn't remember her first encounter with contemporary dance, but she does know it was momentous, and that it has been an eventful journey ever since. Her beliefs about the field shift fairly often, but honest presence on stage has constantly been the most interesting, maybe even the most important part of performing arts to her.

Take a look at her work Manu acu tulkojums (Translation of my eyes) here.

Louise Verstraete        (BE) lives and works in Brussels and studies Textile Design at LUCA. Her projects situate themselves primarly within the cross-over of visual - textile - architectural and performative.

You can find Photo woven on jacquard +- 6m x 1.73m - Natural linen x red polyester - 36 threads/cm and other work on Instagram.

Machias Bosschaerts        (BE) is part of The Backyard, a collective of thirteen international dancers. It is a self-sufficient platform where they can work together on dance and movement and support each other as artists, both by sharing knowledge and by appealing to the individual talents of the group.

Take a look at his work Hold Me Tight here.

Margot Masquelier        (BE) is part of The Backyard, a collective of thirteen international dancers. It is a self-sufficient platform where they can work together on dance and movement and support each other as artists, both by sharing knowledge and by appealing to the individual talents of the group.

Take a look at her work Hold Me Tight here.

Marie Buysschaert        (BE) is a freelance contemporary dancer from Kortrijk, currently linked to Habemus Corpus Dance Company. She can be described as an eternal optimist with a passion for storytelling.

Take a look at her work You want it darker here.

Mirte Desmeth        graduated in 2015 from the Lemmens Institute in Leuven and in 2020 from the directing course at the Maastricht Theater Academy. With her work she wants to use a literary route to search for new ways to connect people and to allow them to reflect in and about their own environment.

More information about her work can be found on this website.

Niek Vanoosterweyck       (BE/NL) is a graduating mimer. He describes his work with the words: installation performances, with a focus on infrared cameras and movement tracking software.

Take a look at his work TANZMANSCHINE here.

Pauline Van Aelst        (BE) is a young photographer who investigates how she can generate intimacy through the medium that makes her passionate.

Take a look at her work Work in progress here.

Pieter Desmet       (BE) is part of the performative and audiovisual artist platform Persona. Persona investigates the different ways in which an identity can manifest itself, from the unconscious to the outer mask.

Take a look at his work Ego Me here.

Project C.        (BE) wants to contribute with its existence to the physical and creative development of society. It wants to reduce the gap between art and pure physical movement and focuses primarily on the discipline of dance. It mainly focuses on educational dance performances on location under the motto "we coach - we create".

Take a look at their work De berg die eigenlijk geen berg is - een zoektocht naar geluk here.

Follow Project C. on Facebook and Instagram.
Or contact ontact them directly via info [at] projectc.be

Sofie Degrande        developed a multidisciplinary performance consisting of a cross-over between classical music, jazz, image and poetry, in order to bring the audience into contact with classical music in an innovative way. Moreover, an environmentally conscious thought creeps into this, since the relationship between man and animal is a much-discussed theme and cannot be emphasized enough.

Take a look at her work De mens, een beest! here.

Sophie Vanhomwegen        (BE) is a visual artist, videomaker and musician for TONER. She also creates participatory art projects in collaboration with MUS-E Belgium, mainly in Brussels, where she also lives.

'Pair' (collage on paper) and other work can be found on Instagram.

Steffi Mennen       (1996, NL) graduated from the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp (ARTESIS) in 2017. In addition to her work for Persona, she is active as a freelance dancer both in Belgium and internationally. She has worked with Renan Martins de Oliveira, Marcelo Moncada, Company Oliveira and Bachtler, Cosmin Manolescu and Tuur Marinus, among others.

Take a look at her work Make Me Think Us over here

Wolf Govaerts        (BE/NL) is a freelance dancer/maker/performer. He is part of the company OFFPROJECTS and already worked in projects with a.o. WArd/waRD (Ann Van den Broek), NEXUS (Simona Bertozzi), dEUS, Dez Mona, de Iris Van Peppen Company, Wonderland (Makiko Ito), Iris Woutera De Jong and Les Imprévisibles.

Take a look at his work CON_TAIN here.

Yannick Verweij        (BE/NL) is a theatre maker and scenographer. After completing his studies 'Theatre Design' at the HKU in Utrecht, he continues his training in Drama at KASK in Ghent.

Take a look at his work Witregels here.

Zoë Demoustier        (BE/NL) is a performer and choreographer. She studied Mime at the Academy for Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam, obtained a Master's degree in Directing at RITCS Brussels and worked with David Weber Krebs, Kabinet K, Marcelo Evelin, Michiel Vandevelde, Alma Söderberg and Danielle Van Vree, among others.

Together with Anna Bentivegna and Ayrton Fraenk she developed a sensitive, slightly surrealistic visual language for children in their first joint production nesten. Take a look at nesten here. Or bring nesten to your home with the craft-box for children.

Take a look at Regarding the pain of others here, a work in progress on the impact of looking at violence and a starting point for her further artistic research.

Together with Jonas Beerts she made a performance about the life behind the facades and faces of the inhabitants of Zewopa, an inclusive housing project for people with disabilities.
Take a look at Zewopa here.

Watch her showreel.

Credits nesten: concept & play Anna Bentivegna, Zoë Demoustier & Ayrton Fraenk | director Jef Van gestel | dramaturgy advice Peter Anthonissen | scenography and light Pol Verwilt | music Michiel De Malsche | production fABULEUS | with the support of Leuven and the Flemish community | thanks to Academie voor Theater & Dans Amsterdam