The 30th edition of the Kunstenfestivaldesarts will return to some 30 venues across Brussels in May, celebrating contemporary artistic creation through theatre, dance, performance, and visual arts from around the world and Belgium.
The festival will take place over three weeks (from 9 to 31 May) and brings 34 artistic projects – including 16 world premieres – created by artists from 26 different countries to Brussels.
"Poetry and ecstasy, the invisible, the inaudible, and the intangible run as a thread through this anniversary’s edition," said the City of Brussels in a press release. "This year, our 'Free School – The School of Fireflies' focuses on all that risks being lost, and how we can resist its disappearance."
In addition to the many Brussels theatres that the festival has collaborated with over the years, the programme also takes audiences to new, special, and perhaps still unfamiliar locations.
Numerous artists
This year, the Beursschouwburg arts centre in the middle of the city becomes the beating heart of the festival, featuring an open-air cinema and a free nightlife programme.
The Kunstenfestivaldesarts features a number of returning artists, such as Nadia Beugré, Carolina Bianchi, Radouan Mriziga, Alex Baczyński-Jenkins, Trajal Harrell, Adeline Rosenstein, Jaha Koo, Cherish Menzo, Lia Rodrigues, and William Kentridge.
Additionally, it also welcomes new names including Alberto Cortés, Justice Kasongo Dibwe, Romina Paula, Anacarsis Ramos, Mette Ingvartsen, Mang Tri Ray Dewantara, Rébecca Chaillon, Try Anggara, Nicolas Mouzet Tagawa, and many others.
The full programme can be found on the website. Ticket sales will start on Wednesday 9 April at 11:00.
