Coeur de la ville de Bruxelles
To launch Brussels Dance Festival in unforgettable style, the sky over Place de la Bourse will become our stage. An extraordinary performance will be presented here: Heliosphere.
This aerial spectacular, conceived as dance halfway between heaven and earth, blends acrobatics, flowing movements and music in gravity-defying choreography.
An airborne dancer attached to a helium balloon soars through the sky, spinning, gliding and descending to almost touch the audience before rising again with ease. He explores the space gracefully accompanied by a haunting soundtrack.
The movements look spontaneous but have been meticulously planned: a ground team controls the sphere — speed, direction, height — to make every action meaningful and every sight magical.
The dancer becomes a floating dot, a fleeting figure between the buildings, a presence crossing the sky and stealing all the attention.
This debut performance alone captures the spirit of the festival: a celebration of poetry in motion, elevation and interaction.
Heliosphere is an invitation to look up, dream big and focus on the beauty of the here and now.
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.
