29 — 31.05.2025

William Kentridge, Handspring Puppet Company Johannesburg-Cape Town

Faustus in Africa!

theatre

KVS BOL

Kentridge unleashes the figure of Faust on South Africa and links it to extractivism. His reworked, mythical performance is strikingly relevant 30 years later.

28 — 31.05.2025

Lia Rodrigues Rio de Janeiro

Borda

dance — premiere

Théâtre National

Embroidery, decoration, border, periphery: 'borda' encompasses all these meanings. In a ballet of bodies and materials, Rodrigues unleashes the energy of the collective.

28 — 30.05.2025

Selvagem Rio de Janeiro

Escola viva

free school / workshop

Beursschouwburg

Selvagem promotes dialogue between indigenous and non-indigenous forms of knowledge, art and science. A three-day journey into possible futures.

28 — 30.05.2025

Archivo de la Memoria Trans Buenos Aires

Holding Time, Writing Futures

free school / workshop

Beursschouwburg

Participate in building a dynamic archive to preserve the memories and stories of transgender people, a powerful signal against invisibility and stigmatization.

27 — 31.05.2025

Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha São Paulo

Tapajós

theatre

Les Halles de Schaerbeek

Da Cunha creates a poignant narrative about the polluted Tapajós River, the mothers who live on its banks, and photography as a medium for testimony.

27 — 31.05.2025

Nicolas Mouzet Tagawa, / Proche Quartier Brussels

La vieille dame et le serpent

theatre — premiere

Théâtre National

With the set as the main character, Tagawa activates the machinery of the theater to reflect on various (care) institutions in our society.

26 — 30.05.2025

Try Anggara Jakarta

Dibungkus, Level 5

dance

Théâtre Océan Nord

Try transposes the meticulous technique of folding leaves to serve rice – learned in his childhood – into a hypnotic choreography, between chaos and calm.

26 — 31.05.2025

Jordi Colomer Barcelona

Jordi Colomer

free school / working group / films

Beursschouwburg

A group of citizens reflects on participatory architecture, the standardization of city centers, and creates new traditions in public space.

25 — 29.05.2025

Mila Turajlić Belgrade

Non-Aligned Newsreels: Fragments from the Debris

lecture performance / live documentary

Beursschouwburg

Forgotten archival footage of an underestimated counter-movement from the Cold War comes to life in this thought-provoking documentary performance.

25 — 29.05.2025

Ann Veronica Janssens Brussels

50 km of atmosphere to give a deep blue

visual arts / performance — premiere

Les Brigittines

An intriguing dialogue between sculpture and its instruction manual, where they merge in such a way that it sublimates into an indescribable experience.

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