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Les Ballets C de la B

National Network

Belgium

Address

Citadellaan 40 9000 Gent Belgium

Country

Belgium

City

9000 Gent

Street address 2

Citadellaan 40

Mobile Phone

+32 496 270 150

Telephone

+32 9 221 75 01

E-Mail

herwig@lesballetscdela.be

E-Mail (2)

iris@lesballetscdela.be

E-Mail (3)

info@lesballetscdela.be

Website

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Year of Establishment

1986

Contact Person1

Herwig Onghena (Financial Director)

Contact Person 2

Iris Raspoet (artistic coordinator)

Organisation Type

Non-Governmental Organization

Fields of Activity

Arts

General Information

Les Ballets C. de la B. vzw is Flemish non-profit organisation that is working in the field of modern dance-theatre. 4 Choreographers are working actively with the company at this moment. The company is structurally supported by the Flemish Government (900.000 € a year till 2009 granted). The own income of the company through performing all over the world is about 3.500.000 € a year. The company employs the equivalent of 41 full time jobs (2005) Dancers and artists engaged by the company have roots in many countries. From Germany to New Zealand, from Argentina till Israel, from Iran till Burkina Faso. Main partners Theatre de la Ville Paris, France, Ruhrtrienalle, Germany, Holland Festival, Netherlands, Sadler’s Wells, London, Great Britain. …

Mission and Objectives

The company’s aim is to do research in the field dance-movement and how other artistic disciplines can be integrated in dance. Much attention is giving to the position of the choreographer during creation. The dancers’ own dance -vocabulary is given as much as room as possible during the development of the creations. The result is that one can see human beings dancing more than dancers dancing in the performances of Les Ballets C. de la B. vzw

Main Projects / Activities

‘VSPRS’, première 16 February 2006 in Paris. Tour in Europe till April 2007. Mei-June 2007 tour in South East Asia and North and South America. VSPRS is a performance of Alain Platel. ‘Import/Export’, première 13 November 2006 in Montreal, Canada. Tour till June 2008 through out Europe and North America. Import/Export will be a performance of Koen Augustijnen ‘Once more with feeling’ première 1 October 2006 in Brussels a performance of Christine De Smedt. ‘Zero Degrees’ ongoing tour of a performance of Akhram Khan (London) and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Les Ballets C. de la B. vzw). The company is giving workshops on a regular base. Last years several people of the company went to Ramallah to give classes and workshops in cooperation with Palestine Cultural organisations (El-funoun Popular Dance Group, The ashta Theatre and Popular Art Centre Ramallah). In March 2006 Bâche of Koen Augustijnen was shown in Ramallah and Bethlehem.