tout petit - Internationale uitwisseling omtrent dans voor een jong publiek

tout petit organises a 3-day event focusing on the exchange of expertise. Makers of “dance productions for young audiences” are invited to reflect, share their practice and experiment together. This exchange has an impact on three levels: it enriches individual makers, strengthens practice within companies and contributes to the development of the “dance for young audiences” sub-discipline. Insights are generously shared, leading to mutual inspiration and deepening.

It is a week of re-energising and meeting. On the one hand, tout petit does landscape care with this. Expertise is built up and shared, both with makers from Flanders and internationally. On the other hand, this exchange facilitates encounters between makers. New collaborations can arise from this.

The participants in the June 2025 international exchange are:

- Sanja Frühwald, choreographer, dancer and artistic director VRUM Performing Arts Collective (Croatia)

- Anne-Beth Schuurmans, choreographer and dancer at cie sQueez (Netherlands)

- Robin Berkelmans, choreographer and dancer with Concert Curieus (Netherlands)

- Caroline Cornélis, choreographer at cie Nyash (Belgium)

- Katrien Oosterlinck, choreographer with S P A T I E (Belgium)

- Ilke Teerlinck, choreographer and dancer with a.o. tout petit and Irene K (Belgium)

- Carli Gellings, choreographer and dancer with a.o. BATMAT and Fabuleus (Belgium)

- Lies Cuyvers, choreographer, dancer and artistic director at tout petit (Belgium)

- Ciska Vanhoyland, choreographer, dancer and artistic director at tout petit (Belgium)

tout petit produces dance performances for young audiences. The company is unique in Flanders and has a special role in Europe. tout petit makes the fundamental choice to create dance for young audiences, pushing artistic boundaries. It places the dialogue between scenography, dance and music at the heart of its work. Its clear artistic choices create a universe that challenges both young and adult audiences. The work of tout petit is characterised by its generosity, its commitment to the audience. In which the audience does not just passively watch, but becomes actively involved. tout petit creates in ever new collaborations and performs more than 100 shows annually in Flanders and internationally. The company has been creating its productions from Leuven and Hasselt since 2013. Since 2023, they have also received structural support for this from Flanders.