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Dansstroom

The festival opens with a bang, the presentations of the first edition of Dansstroom, a project that builds bridges between different dance genres, between amateurs and professionals, and between the past and the present. Dansstroom invites non-professional dancers to dive into the repertoire of their own choosing. This results in an evening featuring a range of classical Indian dance, ballet, tap dance and excerpts from the work of Alain Platel and Frank Van Laeke, and Ugo Dehaes. Young and older, from Ghent to Herk-de-Stad, gathered on the stage of the Soetezaal.

GIRLS will be WOMEN will be GIRLS - i.s.m. fABULEUS

On the occasion of the Dansstroom revival of WOMEN by Ugo Dehaes from 2011, we tracked down the GIRLS from fABULEUS. Two years after the original WOMEN, they created their ‘prequel’. Now, another 13 years later, and especially for the opening night of Body of Work 2026, the girls of yesteryear, now women, are taking to the dance floor together once again.

Opening Night Body of Work 2026 - Re:pertoire

The festive opening of Body of Work 2026 - Re:pertoire.

On the opening night, you’ll fully experience what the festival stands for: how dance continues to reinvent itself in diverse and dynamic ways. After months of rehearsals, five non-professional dance groups from Dansstroom take the stage with their favorite pieces of dance repertoire. The girls from the dance performance GIRLS by fABULEUS return to the dance floor after 13 years, this time as adult women. That same evening, you can be the first to explore the exhibition in STUK Studio featuring audience memories, a video series, and podcast corners with stories from dancers.