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Bringing theater to the street and the street to the theater

The 15th anniversary of the Detours Festival took place from 10 July to 22 September 2024.

This year’s edition was a resounding success, marked by record attendance and impressive artistic diversity. More than ever, the festival has established itself as a key pillar of the urban dance scene.

The festival has showcased a wide variety of urban dance styles, and is now opening up to new audiences with the introduction of new categories: Electro, Swing, Juggling (circus)…

We celebrated the festival’s 15th anniversary on the roof of the Bourse, bringing together the festival’s emblematic artists for an open stage and our partners.

In addition to the Detours Cyphers national selections, international selections were held in Central America (Costa Rica), Congo and Morocco. This broadened the scope of the festival to include talent from all over the world.

The 3rd edition of the Urban Dance Caravan, co-produced with the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, was a resounding success. It drew an increasingly diverse audience from the pedestrianised streets of Brussels to the grand stage for the final of the Detours Cyphers.

The theatre is now stepping up its commitment by hosting the next edition on 13 September 2025.

The festival also presented world premieres: ‘Boddies Unbound’ (Rwanda, DRC and Zimbabwe) at the Théâtre Varia and the premiere of ‘Winners’ (FWB) with Raffinerie Charleroi Danse.

Two ‘Work in Progress’ evenings were organised. The artists presented their work in progress and received prizes to help them continue production and finalise their works.

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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.

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 Théâtre National

Final battle at TN

The final of the 2023 edition at the National Theatre was a great success.

See you again on September 23, 2024 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.