On 21/03, spring promises a new beginning, but also the anniversary of the attacks on Brussels. On the eve of the second anniversary of the Brussels bombings, we’re bringing together three experts on mourning. After Anders Breivik’s bloodbath in Norway, Jone Salomonsen founded a research group on new rituals as a reaction to attacks. Kristin Verellen – who lost her partner in the Brussels attacks – talks about her circle gatherings that aim to foster a culture of togetherness and dialogue. And architect Koen Van Synghel discusses (temporary) mourning monuments. 

We live in an age in which human activity has a profound impact on our physical and ecological surroundings. Nevertheless, these transformations often go unseen. How can we create stories, aesthetics, and spaces of experience to deal with this situation reflectively and critically? Looking for answers, David Weber-Krebs and Jeroen Peeters install a series of hybrid artistic and theoretical interventions in a performative setting.

We're saying goodbye to the old season and hello to the new. And we're doing it with a festive evening. We start with a short introduction to the programme for season 2013-14 by Guy Gypens and Katleen Van Langendonck.

While you get a bite to eat, Pieter T’Jonck will talk with Superamas about their work and what inspires them. The Superamas French-Austrian performer collective combines theatre and dance with elements from the media and entertainment, art and politics.

In the book Are we here yet? Meg Stuart reflects on her own practice in dialogue with Jeroen Peeters and several past and present members of Damaged Goods. It links together significant moments from Stuart’s artistic career by means of reflections on creation, performing, improvisation and dramaturgy. In addition, the book includes illustrations, documents and performance scripts, as well as an actual guide with exercises.

How can dance be reconstructed? Is it desirable? Can or should one update dance material or use it in a new context? These are some of the many questions asked at this colloquium.

A talk by Christel Stalpaert on Vaslav Nijinski (1890-1950), the Russian dancer and choreographer who created trail-blazing choreographic works to Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps and Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.

Today millions of people are fleeing from the consequences of global warming. Nevertheless, no start has yet been made on developing any international policy. This debate centres on the social and humanitarian components of climate change and allows prominent speakers to talk about what needs to be done.

The Lebanese theatre-maker Rabih Mroué was to have given a lecture-performance about his 1989 story for Spoken World, but his memories of that year turned out to weigh too heavily upon him and he was compelled to stop work on it. Instead, he talks about a variety of topics with Frank Vercruyssen, an actor with tg Stan who is familiar with the situation in Lebanon.