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Presented on the Brussels Dance Festival’s two main sites — Bourse and De Brouckère — the Volatiles installation is attracting all the attention.
Featuring six giant air dancers spanning six metres and placed on two-metre illuminated platforms, the artwork transforms the public space into a visual and choreographic playground.
Specially created for this first edition, Volatiles is the result of collaboration between two Brussels-based artists.
The designer and illustrator Cécile Barraud de Lagerie created a series of hand-painted patterns that were then printed across every figure, making each one unique.
Visual and digital artist Romain Tardy has designed the spatial installation and all the lighting and staging.
With their light, airy and random movements, the dancers capture the diversity, liberty and energy associated with the contemporary choreographic scene.
With their spectacular scale, vibrant colours and joyous feel, the Volatiles offer a non-stop, accessible and joyful spectacle that’s wholly in keeping with the spirit of the festival: welcoming, inclusive and aimed at all audiences.
Hôtel de Ville – Grand-Place
1000 Bruxelles | Belgique
Following La Pluie (Act I) in 2023 then Pleurez! (Act II) a year later, CRC is releasing a shorter but crucial format for his artistic evolution: L’Entracte. This five-track project produced by Armand Tournier presents as a true intermission, hinting at a future Act III.
Much more than an interval, L’Entracte marks an important step in the Belgian rapper’s journey. Here CRC explores his personal relationships with new depth and sincerity in his work.
Musically, he skilfully combines rap, chanson française, R&B and afro influences, confirming his ability to cross and fuse genres. After gracing the stages of the Dour and Grünt Festivals and twice filling the Ancienne Belgium concert hall in late 2024, CRC is now preparing for Act III. L’Entracte is the bridge: an intimate and essential auditory experience in today’s French-language rap landscape.
A young Brussels-based artist, Lovelace is part of the new alternative pop scene. She creates her unique sound in her bedroom-cum-studio, weaving a dark thread of soft, robotic and distorted sounds.
Her work is a true audio cocktail in the style of Billie Eilish, 070 Shake and Babysolo33. Lovelace has long been a lover of life, which makes her overly cheerful sometimes. Unfortunately, that love constantly clashes with the absurdity of this world. A little self-deprecation, lots of love and much melancholy are her formula for surviving the chaos.
The Junior Ballet Project (JBP) from the company Opinion Public is an intensive programme for dancers aged 17 to 25. Designed as a practical career platform, it immerses participants in a company-like working environment, developing the technical, artistic and interpersonal skills they need to grow as performers.
Launched by the company’s artistic director Sidonie Fossé in September 2024, the two-year programme provides daily training from Monday to Friday: a demanding syllabus of classical dance, contemporary dance, partnering, floorwork, acrobatics and improvisation, as well as other complementary disciplines emphasizing versatility, creativity and artistic maturity.
Throughout the year, the dancers also join performances, giving them regular opportunities to go on stage and apply what they have learnt before an audience.
