Ins & outs. A field analysis of the performing arts in Flanders

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De Munt/La Monnaie

http://www.demunt.be/

De Munt is a federal cultural institution. In 1963 De Munt was officially named National Opera. A major turning point in the history of the Royal Monnaie was the appointment in 1981 of Gerard Mortier as general director. During his directorate, not only the building was thoroughly modernized; he also artistically reorganized the Monnaie's choir and symphonic orchestra and employed new and young staff. All this, and Mortier's choice of a more personal and peculiar repertoire, turned the Monnaie into an opera of international stature and renown.

LOD

http://www.lod.be

LOD is a Ghent based production house for opera, musical and other forms of music theatre. It launches creative projects with a pool of artists (composers Kris Defoort, Dick van der Harst, Jan Kuijken, Dominique Pauwels, Daan Janssens and Thomas Smetryns, director Inne Goris, actress-director An De Donder, actor-writer-director Josse De Pauw and philosopher-writer Pieter De Buysser). Together, they produce a wide range of projects in which various artistic genres meet.

Vlaamse Opera

http://www.vlaamseopera.be

The Flemish Opera is the only Flemish institution for opera. The company has two venues, in Antwerp and Ghent, and it has its own choir and orchestra.

The company considers opera a complete art form, an artistic discipline in which visual and aural components are equally important. The programme includes both household repertoire, in contemporary presentations, and less well-known or unknown works, allowing the public to enjoy a wide range of musical expressions, from 17th Century music theatre to the latest opera creations.

Theater De Spiegel

http://www.despiegel.com

As a music theatre company, Theater De Spiegel explores the common grounds between music, figures, objects, image, sound and voice to develop a particular narrative idiom for general audiences.

Theater De Spiegel has a small creative and production team. For each production, soul mates from a diversity of musical genres and artistic environments are invited. Since three years, Theater De Spiegel has been focusing on a new target group: little children, younger than three.

WALPURGIS

http://www.walpurgis.be

Ever since it was established in 1989, WALPURGIS has specialized in the creation and development of contemporary music theatre in which the singer, both as a creator and as a performer, is the focus of interest. WALPURGIS is also an artistically and culturally diverse environment: multidisciplinary and many-voiced.

Soprano Judith Vindevogel has been the organization's artistic director since 1999. Her company regularly commissions compositions and text material and has its own CD label - WALPURGIS records.

IN VITRO

http://www.in-vitro.be

IN VITRO is a small company whose artistic core comprises the stage director and costume designer Daphne Kitschen and the architect and lighting designer Jan Dekeyser. In 2004, while working at Troubleyn/Jan Fabre, they both had the idea of doing something on their own.
In 2005 the company made its debut with Prometheus, whose first performance took place at Les Brigitinnes in Brussels in conjunction with the Dez Mona music group. Since then, IN VITRO has presented its own productions, installations, performances and guest productions in turn.

De Bovenkamer

http://www.bovenkamerproducties.be

De Bovenkamer is a recently founded company that acts as a platform where young musicians, dancers, theatre-makers and artists can experiment with the fusion of art forms.