http://www.soit.info

Having been a member of the artistic core of Les Ballets C de la B for more than twelve years, Hans Van Den Broeck founded his own company, SOIT (stay only if temporarily), in 2001. His roles in the company are as director (film work and video) and choreographer. The result is an oeuvre that tacks between the boundaries of dance/performance and video. SOIT is based in Brussels and attracts artists from various backgrounds and nationalities.

http://www.deroovers.be

After completing their studies at Antwerp Conservatory, Robby Cleiren, Sara De Bosschere, Luc Nuyens and Sofie Sente founded de Roovers in 1994. De Roovers is an ensemble of 4 actors/theatre-makers. For most of the productions the collective collaborates with the set designer photographer Stef Stessel. De Roovers opt for a small-scale organisational model, precisely so that they can focus all their attention on the content and artistic aspect of their work.

http://www.detijd.be

Like other companies in the ‘Flemish Wave’, De Tijd emerged on the margins of the theatre scene in the eighties. In the mid-nineties it created a furore with its spoken theatre and found itself at the heart of events in the performing arts world. Against the background of the present wave of multidisciplinary and technological work, this medium-sized company consistently continues to work on developing a single-discipline language-based theatre.

http://www.theaterstap.be

Theater Stap is a theatre company which makes productions that revolve around people who are mentally disabled. Its artistic quality gives it a legitimate and unique position in the regular theatre circuit.

http://www.ontroerendgoed.be/

The theatre performance group Ontroerend Goed began in 1994 as a Ghent-based poets’ collective of young writers whose founding members were Alexander Devriendt, David Bauwens and Joeri Smet. Later joined by Sophie De Somere, they also form the present core.

http://www.troubleyn.be

Troubleyn/Jan Fabre is an Antwerp-based theatre company with an extensive international profile. Artist Jan Fabre has been the artistic director of the company since its founding in 1986. ‘Troubleyn’ means ‘staying faithful’ and expresses the company’s desire to cooperate in confidence with like-minded people on a long-term basis.

Chokri Ben Chikha, Omar Camara and Zouzou Ben Chikha founded the Nit Nithei Garabam npo in 1994. The organisation grew from a series of productions, projects and joint ventures with theatres and local authorities. In 2003, the Ben Chikha brothers then founded Union Suspecte, where the focus was on the creation of professional productions in which text, dance and music were combined.

http://www.kopergietery.be

KOPERGIETERY emerged from Speeltheater Gent, the company founded by Eva Bal in 1978. The then Ministry of Culture had asked her to give youth theatre a new elan. This led to Speeltheater Gent, a place where theatre for and by young people was the central feature. Speeltheater Gent only found its own permanent location in 1993: a former factory premises where copper was once founded was given a new use and hence KOPERGIETERY (‘copper foundry’) was born.

http://www.lapzus.com

Lapzus creates dance theatre for a young audience. The company was founded by Frauke Depreitere and Filip Bilsen at the end of 2008. They met one another as performers with the youth section of fABULEUS in Leuven. They were the first to move on and set to work as producers. Together with author Greetje Bilsen (Filip’s sister) they created Mijn benen zijn al lang, maar de wereld staat op stelten (2000) which immediately put them on the map: an uninhibited mixture of language and movement, of authenticity and kitsch and an almost reckless performance or dance style.

http://www.froefroe.be

Theater FroeFroe makes puppet theatre for children, young people and adults. Their productions contain all kinds of cross-overs between puppets, figures, objects, video, actors and live music. They are not afraid to try any experiment in form, concept or discipline. The result is hip puppet theatre, a children’s theatre without childishness, theatre that digs and pinches.
The performances are based on original work, books, repertory theatre or commissions from Dutch-speaking writers and composers.