Ins & outs. A field analysis of the performing arts in Flanders

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CREW_eric joris

http://www.crewonline.org

CREW is a company that operates on the borderline between art and science, and between the performing arts and new media. With his collective of artists and scientists, Eric Joris generates live art projects that enrich the theatre with new technological developments. Electronic and digital media are the starting point for a unique form of theatrical thought; they are the driving force behind the spectator’s aesthetic experience and reflection. The focal point is often the present-day mediatisation of the senses.

BAFF

http://www.baff.be

BAFF aims to make contemporary, metropolitan theatre on the basis of a European context and sense of identity. Its work alternates between original creations and existing plays and both domestic and international productions. The company aims to break new ground and tackle ‘the classics’ based on the belief that classic works form the necessary foundations upon which it can build. An important pillar in the new regime at the former Raamtheater is its collaboration with the Ghent theatre group Nunc. This collaboration was visible in the production Het Geslacht Borgia.

HETPALEIS

http://www.hetpaleis.be

HETPALEIS is a theatre company for children, young people and artists in the heart of Antwerp. The aim of the company is to make the performing arts an obvious choice by offering accessible quality and by making quality accessible to every child in every family.

A Two Dogs Company

http://fr.vti.be/en/http/%252Fwww.atwodogscompany.org

A Two Dogs Company is the team centred on the theatre-maker and artist Kris Verdonck and represents the continuation of his small Stilllab company. In recent years, Verdonck’s artistic practice has developed, expanded and internationalised to such an extent that its growth can only be consolidated if a small, flexible organisation is able to follow up on and structure the work on a permanent basis. Kris Verdonck is receiving an operational subsidy for the first time, which immediately signalled the start of A Two Dogs Company and his residency at the Kaaitheater.

SKaGeN

http://www.skagen.be

SkaGeN is a collective theatre company that offers emotion-based experiences to as wide an audience as possible. Accessible ways of exploring art and experimenting with form are central to their vision. By integrating a variety of media like video, comic strips, music, puppets and locations, SkaGeN aims to broaden the theatre scene and communicate new types of imagery to both young and old. By developing new, contemporary forms, SkaGeN aims to give shape to the complexity of the world around us and to portray this world.

Berlin

http://www.berlinberlin.be/

In 2003, Berlin launched its Holocene series, after the name of the current geological era. The starting point for each individual project is always a city or region somewhere in this world. The result is a series of intriguing city portraits.

Toneelhuis

http://www.toneelhuis.be

Toneelhuis is one of the three civic theatre that has a resident company, and the largest theatre company in Flanders. It was set up in 1998 after a fusion of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg (KNS) in Antwerp and the Blauwe Maandag Compagnie in Ghent.

De Munt/La Monnaie

http://www.demunt.be/

De Munt is a federal cultural institution. In 1963 De Munt was officially named National Opera. A major turning point in the history of the Royal Monnaie was the appointment in 1981 of Gerard Mortier as general director. During his directorate, not only the building was thoroughly modernized; he also artistically reorganized the Monnaie's choir and symphonic orchestra and employed new and young staff. All this, and Mortier's choice of a more personal and peculiar repertoire, turned the Monnaie into an opera of international stature and renown.

2fabrieken

http://www.2fabrieken.be

2fabrieken (2factories) is a young production unit that brings artists from different disciplines together for collaborative projects. The artistic heart of the company is stage designer/sound designer/project developer Wannes Deneer, choreographer Karolien Verlinden and theatre maker Jef Van gestel.