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Bringing theater to the street and the street to the theater

The 13th edition of the Detours is over, and the city’s cobblestones are still smoking…

The outcome of the Detours festival 2022 is extremely positive. This year, two Detours events took place beforehand: the Detours EU at the end of May in partnership with the European institutions and the Detours program during the TAKTIK festival.

During this program, the winners of our previous editions were given the opportunity to present their work at the National Theatre. We will continue this partnership with Bruxelles-Laïque and the Théâtre National for the next editions.

The Detours Cyphers took place all summer long on the Mont des Arts, as well as in Liège and at the Flow in Lille. These events totally fulfilled their objectives thanks to their audience and the quality of the artistic proposals, thus allowing to increase the influence of Detours.

The “Detours Quartier” made it possible to get closer to our audiences and to offer them workshops with the Detours Cyphers champions. The “Work in progress” evenings revealed the emergence of creative artists with very singular points of view on our realities. We hosted 8 urban dance proposals that were well appreciated by the public and our partners.

The main innovation of this edition was the creation of the “Urban Dance Caravan” on the pedestrian street in co-creation with the National Theater and the students in scenography of the Cambre. With this “caravan”, we took the public through various performances, from the pedestrian area to the big hall of the National Theatre, and in that way, we literally accomplished our mission of connecting the street to the theater. The final was attended by a wide range of people and the battles were of high quality.

The 2023 edition is coming soon, and we are preparing some nice surprises for you!

ON THE STREET

Detours Cyphers

DETOURS CYPHERS

The creation festival organized at the end of September is preceded, since 2015, by the Detours Cyphers which take place every Wednesday of July, August and September in the center of Brussels and in various cities of Wallonia-Brussels.

DETOURS QUARTIERS

The Detours Quartiers allows us to reach a public who is less aware of artistic creations. Last year, we invited the champions of the Detours to lead workshops directly to the residents of these neighborhoods.

Urban dance Caravan

URBAN DANCE CARAVAN

Conceived and (co) created with students in scenography from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts Visuels – La Cambre, Brussels2030 and the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, the Urban Dance Caravan is a huge urban dance movement that crosses the city center, from square to square, to lead us to the heart of the Théâtre National.

INDOOR

Work in progress

Through the Work in Progress program, the Detours Festival supports the professionalization of urban choreographers from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and other countries. These shared stage evenings give young hip-hop choreographers access to the cultural spheres by presenting their works in progress.

Final battle at the Théâtre National

Final battle at TN

The final of the 2022 edition at the National Theatre was a great success.

See you again on September 23, 2023 for an even more epic final battle.

Creative evenings

The program mainly includes the creations that won a prize at the previous year’s WIP. In 2022, the premiere of “La Cage” (Faraja Batumike) took place at the Raffinerie / Charleroi Danse.