DANSSTROOM: Amateur dancers dive into repertoire
Non-profession dancers dive into dance repertoire with the help of an experienced coach
Dansstroom is a project where non-professional dancers get the chance to dive into dance repertoire with the help of an experienced coach. In the 2025-2026 season, the selected groups and their dance coach will go into the studio and - each in their own way - work with repertoire pieces. Together they prepare a showing during the Body of Work festival in STUK on 25 and 26 April 2026.
Selected groups
After an open call a jury selected six groups that will breathe new life into dance repertoire during Dansstroom!
Platform-K
Repertoire: Alain Platel & Frank Van Laecke / les ballets C de la B - Gardenia (2010)
Dance coach: Hendrik Lebon
Credits photo: Tine Declerck
A company for dancers with disabilities, based in Ghent and Brussels. Platform-K's experienced dance troupe dives into Gardenia (2010) and performs an ode to non-conformity, grotesque expression and breaking expectations.
Dance Images
Repertoire: Remakes of Swan Lake
Dance coach: Nicola Wills
Credits photo: Bruno Holvoet
The performance team of Dance Images, a ballet school from Kortenaken and Herk-de-Stad,
een balletschool uit Kortenaken en Herk-de-Stad, immerses itself in one of the great ballet classics: Swan Lake. They explore the various reworkings that the piece has undergone over the years, drawing particular inspiration from Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (1995), which reimagines traditional gender roles. Inspired by this and other versions of the influential piece, they develop their own creative interpretation.
Drops of Dance & friends
Repertoire: Classical Indian temple dance Bharatanatyam - Kalakshetra style - work by Guru Adyar K. Lakshman (1933-2014)
Dance coach: Sooraj Subramaniam
Credits photo: Sunny Jagesar
Three dancers from Mechelen, Herent and Ghent learn a work by Guru Adyar K. Lakshman (1970s) and delve deeper into the Kalakshetra style within the Bharatanatyam genre.
Rosa's Goesting
Repertoire: Ugo Dehaes - Women (2011)
Dance coach: Natascha Pire
Nine dancers from Flemish Brabant who got to know each other through the Leuven danst Rosas danst Rosas project are bringing Women (2011) by Ugo Dehaes back on stage.
CompanyMG - Moving Ground
Repertoire: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/ Eastman - Vlaemsch (chez moi) (2022)
Dance coach: Jonas Vandekerckhove
A youth company from Antwerp with dancers from diverse backgrounds. Following Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, they explore what Flemish identity means to them through Vlaemsch (chez moi) (2022).
Solemates
Repertoire: Historic evolution of tap dance – Waltz clog, Soft Shoe, Buck and Wing, Paddle and Roll (period 1840 – 1940)
Dance coach: Josh Hilberman
Five tap dancers from Ghent and Brussels delve into the traditions of tap dance between 1840 and 1930. Starting from the traditional material, they develop new choreographies through improvisation techniques.
Curious for more?
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Dansstroom is a collaboration between STUK, Danspunt and CEMPER, inspired by ‘Danse en amateur et répertoire’, a French project organised by the Centre National de la Danse (Pantin). Dansstroom is made possible with the support of the Flemish Community.
