From November 14, Karolien Wauters will be working in our studio for several weeks as the creator of Makershuis Tilburg. Karolien graduated as a dancer from the Fontys Dance Academy with a focus on contemporary urban dance. Her individual movement language is based on popping and experimental dance. During her residency at the makers’ house, […]
On 15 December, Ellis van Veldhuizen (dancer/choreographer),together with Wes Broersen (audiovisual artist) and Marijn Cinjee (sound designer, composer, and audiovisual performer), explores the current zeitgeist by making image/light, music and dance work together in full equality. To do this, they work with software and sensors, allowing the placement, timing and actions of the light and […]
From October 28th to December 10th, the multidisciplinary video installation by Kristel van Issum, Han Stubbe, and Martin Kers will be on display at Park Tilburg. In addition to viewing the video installation, various activities are planned, such as KOMMA. In KOMMA, artists are invited to react to the work on display. The next KOMMA […]
The installation ‘Catalog of Shadows II’ at PARK features a collection of life-sized female portraits, a composite universe of fragmented and grotesquely magnified, stereotypical female figures in constantly shifting facial expressions, poses, and emotions. As part of the exhibition, on Thursday, November 9th, there will be a lecture by art historian Christianne Niesten titled ‘Focus […]
Kunstscene is Tilburg’s new open studio weekend. On November 11 and 12, Stichting Ateliers Tilburg organizes the second edition which is all about seeing art and showing art. Besides open studios there are also: pop-up shops, exhibitions, films, workshops, live art and demos. The participating artists are closely involved in the organization of the weekend. […]
Here it is, the second edition of Club Jam: a Dance & Jam session for and by dancers, musicians, spoken word and visual artists. The opening of the evening will be done by one or more dancers from our network. After that, the session is open and there is plenty of room for anyone who […]
During this experimental performance, we create our own democratic meeting, sharing our views on democracy and social coexistence based on a script by creator Danae Theodoridou. As participants, you are handed the script at the beginning and everyone is assigned a “role” common in a meeting: the speaker, the listener, the moderator. The script is […]
Voortbordurend op het eerdere onderzoek naar Human Zoos en het zwarte vrouwenlichaam, werkt Ghaliah Conroy samen met beeldend kunstenaar CJ P.Roxas aan een verkenning van de manier waarop deze publieke vertoningen onze relatie en perceptie van zwarte lichamen door de jaren heen hebben beïnvloed. On display La ‘danse sauvage’ Caricatures with the mask slowly fading… […]
From the European project Performing Gender, choreographer Nikita Maheshwary has been working with 9 women from different districts of Tilburg since 2022. On Oct. 10, part of the group will travel to Ljubljana to show the performance Residu(e) during the International Festival of Contemporary Arts – City of Women. The International Festival of Contemporary […]
Both DansBrabant and PARK are ten years old this year, and that needs to be celebrated. In this DansBrabant production, choreographer Kristel van Issum, filmmaker Martin Kers and composer Han Stubbe spent two years polishing a new collection of life-size female portraits. The result is a moody universe of moving and distorting images, audio, video […]
In our polarised world, an issue is quickly reduced to yes or no, good or bad, black or white. Where is still room to come together? Where can playfulness be found within those rigid frameworks of extremes? Niek Vanoosterweyck, a 2020 mime graduate, is intrigued by the binary system. The world of zeros and ones. […]
PARK, the Tilburg platform for visual art, offers space for interdisciplinary research with KOMMA. On 7 October, Evangelos Biskas responds to the anniversary exhibition ‘X’. Evangelos (1994 GR) is a dancer, choreographer, performer, dramaturg and teacher who lives and works in Tilburg. The nature of the human body is central to Biskas’ creations, which […]
New work by the winner of the Innovation Award Dutch Dance Days Maastricht 2022 Exploring and stretching the possibilities of his own nimble body, Simon is increasingly applying it to the bodies of fellow makers. During the Dutch Dance Days, Simon brings together 5 makers from his social media network. An international group of kindred […]
10 years of DansBrabant and still going strong! That’s what we’re going to celebrate. No looking back at what was. Looking forward, we want to share in all the wonderful things that are in our house right now. Together with makers, partners and audiences, we celebrate the future. We celebrate the body. DansBrabant Unpacks! More […]
On Friday, September 8, the very first Club Jam will take place at Club SoDa, DansBrabant’s one and only living room. Expect a Dance & Jam session for and by dancers, together with other artists (think musicians, spoken word artists, producers and DJs). The opening of the evening will be done by one or more […]
On 28th of September, DansBrabant will present MOTUS SONUS, an interdisciplinary experimental project focusing on movement and sound. Location: the beautiful Tilburg-based De Pont museum. In this collaboration, five international artists (Simon Bus, Alesya Dobysh, Max Frimout, NSDOS and Seungwoo Park) investigate the musicality of movement and the physicality of sound, delving into the interplay […]
As part of the European project ‘Performing Gender’ choreographer Nikita Maheshwary started in January ’22 with one-on-one walks with 15 women from different neighborhoods of Tilburg. Under the name ‘37.5 community Tilburg,’ this developed over the months from a community of 19 women to the current core of 9 women. The women, coming from different […]
During the Makers Sessies at De Nieuwe Vorst in Tilburg on Aug. 16, maker Anthony van Gog will show another step in his research for his new work crowdkill. As a PLAN maker in house at DansBrabant and at Veem House for Performance, Anthony will spend the next few years exploring the “selfless body” – […]
Stuff, services, knowledge, entertainment, nonsense. All day long, people exchange with each other. In society, this exchange increasingly takes on the character of a transaction. Based on an agreement, goods and services are exchanged for money. What if these standardised agreements go away? Or we get somewhere where a different standard applies? Are other modes […]
Courtney May Robertson (Scotland, 1992) is a Rotterdam-based performer and maker. After graduating in 2013, she danced with several makers and companies. Since 2015, Courtney has also been making her own work. Her work usually starts with the body, but spans several disciplines including video, generative art and writing. ‘It is thus not lack […]
Stuff, services, knowledge, entertainment, nonsense. All day long, people exchange with each other. In society, this exchange increasingly takes on the character of a transaction. Based on an agreement, goods and services are exchanged for money. What if these standardised agreements go away? Or we get somewhere where a different standard applies? Are other modes […]
Mark your calendars for a special collaboration between DansBrabant and Makershuis Tilburg. We are very excited to announce that our first-ever Spring edition of Makers Sessies on June 14 will take place at our very-own Makershuispartner Dans Brabant for the first time!! Especially now Club SoDa at Dans Brabant is totally hot and happening #clubsoda […]
From May 18 – May 21, dancer/choreographer Andreas Hannes will work in-house at DansBrabant on his latest performance ‘SWAY,’ a self-danced, rhythmic and adventurous solo based on a commonly known movement: swaying. In this rhythmic and adventurous solo, Andreas Hannes aims to sway between landscapes, mythical tales, musical timelines and invented histories. Andreas Hannes […]
Pieter Desmet began his dance training at the Kunsthumaniora in Brussels and graduated from the Koninklijk Conservatorium of Antwerp in 2018. Since 2019 he has been dancing with different companies and working as a freelance dancer. Since 2017, Pieter has been exploring his own multidisciplinary work, with the overarching theme of identity development. Currently, Pieter […]
Charlotte Goesaert, core producer at DansBrabant since this year, will be working in-house at DansBrabant in April. Together with Jochem Baelus, videographer, composer, musician, she is researching a new kind of documentary: The whole shebang. A filmed account with performative elements in which Charlotte explores the place of autobiographical material in her artistic oeuvre. […]
Due to circumstances, the Open Club with Elisabeth Borgermans on April 14 has been cancelled. —- There is always something going on at DansBrabant. Almost continuously, makers are working in the Witte Studio, in the Zwarte Studio and in the Club. ELISABETH BORGERMANS Douleur et Rébellion (working title) Residence: 3 – 16 februari & 3 – 16 APRIL) Open […]
Moving Futures is the festival where you can experience dance from the latest generation of makers in all its forms. Every evening the festival offers innovative dance in a generously diverse programme. Under the motto: “Tell to inspire”, the Moving Futures makers of 2023 bring performances, installations, lectures and (after)talks to De Nieuwe Vorst! Be […]
There is always something going on at DansBrabant. Almost continuously, makers are working in the Witte Studio, in the Zwarte Studio and in the Club. GHALIAH CONROY: MAKERSHUIS RESIDENCE Residence 6 MAART T/M 7 APRIL Open Club: 7 APRIL Makershuis Tilburg maker Ghaliah Conroy is an emerging dance maker/performer born in Dublin. From a family of artists, she has […]
Double Bill: Simon Bus & Balder Hansen – Portrait, Balder on Blue Floor & Alesya Dobysh & Marina Pravkina – Dvoye Simon Bus and Alesya Dobysh both come from an urban dance background. Deconstructing elements from house dance, breaking and other techniques they developed a unique movement language of their own. Elements from house dance, […]
There is always something going on at DansBrabant. Almost continuously, makers are working in the Witte Studio, in the Zwarte Studio and in the Club. Ilja Geelen Residence – 2 to 15 February Open Club: 14 february When dancer/researcher Ilja Geelen moved to Tangier, northern Morocco, 1.5 years ago, her culture […]
Three-day interdisciplinary research class by dancemaker and interdisciplinary doctoral researcher Karel Tuytschaever in collaboration with Cinedans, DansBrabant and KAA.
After 10 years of helping out the most talented and radical choreographers and dancers down South with their productions and practices, Dirk recently said goodbye to DansBrabant.
Nienke Rooijakkers will succeed Lisa Reinheimer in the position of artistic leader as of November 1, 2022. Lisa will become the new director of Dansateliers in Rotterdam as of November 14.
At the beginning of September, all the participants of the intensive workshops in the Micro and Macro Dramaturgies in Dance project of the past two years, both from the Czech Republic and 4 other countries – Denmark, Netherlands, Italy and Cyprus – will gather in Prague. They will spend two days continuing to share the […]
Join us every two weeks together with choreographer Nikita Maheshwary in group meetings with other women and take a walk with Nikita through the neighborhood in which you live.
Last fall we went out with an exciting selection of dance talent to reconnect with the environment and each other. See the 11 pop-up performances in the Piushaven in Tilburg shine again in the aftermovie!
Moving Futures Festival can be seen in nine Dutch cities! Be surprised by the involved, brutal and barrier-breaking dance makers and performers of today. From March 25 to June 3.
Some highlights in images of DANSJACHT 2021 in the Piushaven in the city of Tilburg. DANSJACHT is part of the perennial Being There research project on dance in public space.
DansBrabant is throwing the doors of its studios and bar in Club SoDa wide open again on Thursday April 28 for a double bill of exciting new work in the making!
In the studio sharing of April 21st from 5pm30 till 6pm30 at Club SoDa, Goudenregenstraat 15-06/07, Tilburg, Rodia opens her residency process to whoever is interested in an interactive discussion on the position of the dance dramaturg.
What does dramaturgy mean and what forms does it take in the context of contemporary choreographic practice? Upcoming choreographers, dancers, students: bring your projects and apply now!
After a period of distancing and exploring hybrid formats in art, the second part of dance dramaturgy intensive celebrates a live meeting taking place in DansBrabant, Tilburg. It revolves around the chemistry of close exchange among the artists, of blending different procedures and perspectives.
Dance&Dare Essay during MFF by Axel Andersson (Kritiklabbet, SE). ‘At first, I am not sure if the transmission is grainy, but soon realize that the body is covered in some kind of golden coating.’
Read about the small-scale online symposium DansBrabant organised for the partners and dramaturgs in EU-project Micro Macro Dramaturgies in Dance (MMDD) and check out the witty cartoons!
What does it mean to be a human being in a time of pandemic, and can art provide alleviation?
The DIYS project plan (2021-2023) was positively assessed in Brussels by the Creative Europe committee. DIYS can start this fall and focuses in a European context on developing new working methods in working with local communities.
Watch our growing selection of thrilling and thoughtful dance films from southern choreographers and support these artists by doing so.