See them dancing
Here, we want to share inspiring dance stories—big and small. A platform for dancers, dance teachers, and creators to share a little more about their work (or dig up that one embarrassing anecdote). Discover the diversity of the dance landscape and be inspired. Welcome!
Overview of inspirations
Dancing Doctors
Dance Doctors, a collaboration between the Lemmens Institute’s Arts Programme (Dance course) and the ‘Art for the Children’s Hospital’ Fund, gives children with long-term illnesses the chance to take control through dance. We sat down with Jennifer Regidor, choreographer and dance teacher at the Lemmens Institute, to discuss the progress, inspirations, impact and ambitions of the project. The project demonstrates that dance possesses a universal healing power that leaves no one unmoved.
In The Making: an introduction
In the new monthly column In The Making, Yasaman Nozari, Iranian painter and writer, explores a topic currently resonating within the Flemish dance sector: an open call, a debate, a substantive question, and so on. Not merely journalistic or opinion-based, but striking a perfect balance between the two: carefully crafted, inquisitive pieces that trace a specific subject through its history, theory and practice. In Edition ‘Zero’, she introduces herself: who is she, what inspires her, what can we expect?
Gabrielle Johansson’s sources of inspiration
Every month, we ask a dancer, choreographer or dance teacher who or what inspires them. This time, we spoke to Gabrielle Johansson (27), an art historian and founder of Vittra Pole Collective. Gabrielle is a jack-of-all-trades, combining pole dancing with elements of folk dance, ballet and Swedish folklore. Nature and sustainability are also central to her work.
A patchwork of creativity, collaboration and performance opportunities
Gwen Hamerlynck (Compagnie J), Paola Rojas (Mestiza Dance Company) and Eefje Devulder (EDC Choreo Lab) are jointly organising Patchwork, an annual dance festival held across three venues that aims to provide young dancers and choreographers with opportunities to perform. In the run-up to the Ghent edition on 9 and 10 May, we sat down with these three powerhouse women to discuss their vision, the strength of their collaboration and their ambitions. The festival offers complete artistic freedom and focuses on substantive concepts rather than mere technical feats. In this way, they create a literal patchwork of stories.
De nieuwe lichting van CODE DANS +
De nieuwe lichting van CODE DANS + toont hoe breed en vernieuwend dans vandaag kan zijn. 29 geselecteerde projecten treden buiten de black box en werken met de financiële en artistieke steun van Danspunt aan hun dansproject.
Dance as instinct through the lens of Danny Willems
Photographer Danny Willems on his exhibition ‘Living on my Instinct’
A programme highlighting integrity, co-creation and safe space: curator Rafaela Sahyoun tells us more about Out of the Toolbox 2025
How can you keep reinventing dance? How do you create space for difference without causing division? And how do you teach without standing above your students? Curator Rafaela Sahyoun puts these questions at the heart of the new edition of Out of the Toolbox.
