Season 2026-2027 | Frans Brood Productions | English
We’re delighted to share with you the new Frans Brood offer for 2026–2027, one that marks a historic moment.
For 43 years, Gie Baguet has proudly penned this introduction. From next year onwards, Gie will be passing the torch, with full confidence, to Inti and the marvellous Frans Brood team. A farewell in pure beauty, marked by a vibrant blend of surprising new creations and beloved gems.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Peeping Tom, Serge Aimé Coulibaly, Alexander Vantournhout, Miet Warlop and Circus Ronaldo.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Warmly, Gie, Inti, Tine, Flore, Zoë and Katrien
Rosas
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Peeping Tom
Faso Danse Théâtre
Serge Aimé Coulibaly
Not Standing
Alexander Vantournhout
Miet Warlop
Irene Wool
Circus Ronaldo
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker “ “
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think dance is the most contemporary art form. What could be more contemporary than the body? It’s here and now.
Set to some of Philip Glass’s earliest compositions, Anne Teresa returns in this 55-minute performance with six dancers to the aesthetics of early American minimalism. The piece unfolds in ten movements, with circles, spirals, and ellipses as its central geometric figures.
Two versions: a blackbox performance or a standing circular configuration. Version with recorded music or live music by Ictus/Bl!ndman.
Riveting and exhausting, fascinating and relentless, brilliant and tedious, it is a mesmerizing exploration in synchronicity, patterning and rhythm. The New York Times on ‘Rosas danst Rosas’ 2011
‘Rosas danst Rosas’ (1983) represents Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's international breakthrough. In 2026, she will restage this iconic piece with four new dancers.
Only available in 2026
Rosas Performance Space Brussels (BE) 4 February 2026
The themes of love, death, dance, time and old age stitch together the piece, opening up to a series of heartbreakingly sentimental images. Le Monde
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker creates and performs a duet with choreographer and dancer Solal Mariotte, set to music by Jacques Brel. Subtitles in the local language can be included in the projections.
Vivaldi like you’ve never seen before.
IL CIMENTO DELL’ARMONIA E DELL’INVENTIONE
An exploration of Antonio Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’. Version with recorded music or live music by Gli Incogniti/Amandine Beyer.
The past 25 years Peeping Tom has developed a unique formal vocabulary. They push absurd and cruel humor to surrealism, exposing our worst nightmares and unfulfilled desires.
At the heart of ‘Le Salon’ lies the image of a once-magnificent drawing room, a space that embodies both heritage and decline. After touring the world from 2004 to 2009, Peeping Tom brings this iconic masterpiece back to life nearly two decades later.
Video excerpt Le Salon at KVS (2009)
By clashing references to very different eras and worlds, from cave paintings to manga codes, Gabriela Carrizo nonetheless maintains a very personal direction: a journey into a world that is at once funny, unsettling, and hypnotic.
Télérama
Five figures are trapped in a temporal maze, mutating and colliding in an attempt to defy immortality, unfolding a series of chronicles.
Set against an Arctic landscape, the play operates as a piece within a piece. A search for truth and authentic emotions takes everyone past their limits.
In ‘Diptych/Triptych’ characters wander around in an ocean liner searching for one another. Hope fades as they lose themselves in a mysterious, macabre labyrinth.
Serge Aimé Coulibaly is one of the most committed choreographers of his generation, who looks at the world with an acute and benevolent eye, creating a dance that draws on all sources.
Dominique Hervieu
A contemporary epic retracing the march of a people towards freedom and self-determination, told by seven dancers, carried by the pulse of blues and jazz, with music composed and performed by Vieux Farka Touré and text by Burkinabè actress Odile Sankara. Premiere Montpellier Danse (FR) 1 July 2026
Tolon Kè! invites you to an encounter that is not only about dance, but about connection. Not from the sidelines, but right in the moment — together with the other.
Theaterkrant
Let’s rejoice! ‘Tolon kè’ is a jubilant danced concert with four dancers and a guitarist in which dance, music and the rhythm of the human heartbeat pulsate in unison, creating an experience of togetherness.
Site-specific
Video Tolon kè! at Julidans (2025)
ASTB is a biennial solo competition held at Ankata, the international research and residency space founded by Serge Aimé in Bobo-Dioulasso. The three best African dance solos of December 2025 on tour.
On the repertoire: C la vie File 2023 edition
Few choreographers have turned the abc of dance upside-down and expanded it as much as Vantournhout has in recent years.
De Standaard
Inspired by the footwork of boxing, nine dancers move, both in synchrony and solitude — constantly shifting, never standing still.
Research video group
Research video trio
The Belgian choreographer creates a breathtaking journey. He reaffirms his talent for thinking outside the box -literally- remaining true to his raw universe and his refined, physical artistry.
***** Le Soir
Four performers on a journey through micro-performances. Bodies intertwine, hang from and climb on the frames, walk upside down, and defy both gravity and your imagination.
Site-specific
This exercise in intimacy and trust melts circus acrobatics and dance with admirably concentrated ingenuity.
**** The Times
THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE LIVE
A quirky pas de deux between two men.
Revisited and with live music by percussionist Andrea Belfi.
A triumphant, free exploration of day-to-day movements. e-tcetera
A duo aiming to reimagine everyday movements such as handshakes and walking.
This piece evokes in the imagination the swirls of Loïe Fuller and certain performances by Pina Bausch that still stir the air in our memory with their long white curtains. Inhale Delirium Exhale quickens the pulse and carries you away.
Le Monde
Warlop brings a group of performers and more than 6,000 metres of silk fabric onto the stage. Expect the unexpected: an immersion into an elusive and infinitely fascinating visual universe.
Miet Warlop opens the door to a wonderful universe. Her theatre is playful and full of jokes, but at heart she is exploring the essence of humanity. Fresh, energetic and disarming.
***** De Morgen
AFTER ALL SPRINGVILLE DISASTERS AND AMUSEMENT PARKS
With the lightness of a cartoon, the tragic story of a failed community is told.
One of the best performances of the year. The New York Times
A mesmerizing ritual about farewell, life and death, hope and resurrection. Eliciting a massive ovation at Festival d’Avignon.
On the repertoire: Ghost Writer and the Broken Hand Break
Pepijn draws the audience in with great integrity. He never plays for effect, but calmly and subtly shows his flawless command of body, voice, and emotion. Jury Report Acteursgilde (Best Actor of 2022 )
For the first time, Pepijn Ronaldo stands alone on stage. ‘SOLO’ is a search for his own artistic voice, in a world filled with dreams and expectations.
Tent and theatre version File
The exchange between these two is so delicate it brings tears to your eyes tears of laughter and of emotion. A masterful piece of clowning. Le Figaro
Father and son, Danny and Pepijn Ronaldo, compose a poetic duet about transmitting the pleasures of the stage. Touching and spellbinding.
Tent and theatre version
A beautiful spectacle; hectic, hilarious scenes; surreal, Felliniesque processions; tranquil moments; an emotional take on the art of (surviving) life with bittersweet humour.
Theaterkrant
‘Da Capo’ is a caravan of life that is passing by. Generations appearing and disappearing. Being born and passing away. Strength. Beauty. Loss. Love. In tent
The Ronaldo brothers have toured the world with their legendary pizza performance, but after 600 shows their journey is far from over!
