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BEST DANCERS OF BELGIUM COUNTRY

In Belgian Dance History has been beginning of a fascinating period in Belgian Dance History. A lot of today's Contemporary Choreographers did their first steps on stage in this 'The Ballet of the XXth century'. Ultima Vez was founded in 1986 as the company and organization of choreographer, director and filmmaker Wim Vandekeybus. Also in 1986 Jan Fabre establishes Troubleyn. Home based in Antwerp, Belgium, it presents the work of Jan Fabre and the Troubleyn Laboratorium.

Contemporary Dance is the name given to a group of 20th century performing dance forms. Contemporary Dance is not a style, although the first movements that were called Contemporary Dance evolved from Modern and Postmodern Dance. Unlike Ballet which has it's origin in the Italian Renaissance, and has strong vertical positions, Contemporary Dance is all about gravity, centering, breath, contraction, release, fall and recovery, emotions.

Belgian Contemporary Dance scene was introduced by Alain Platel in the performance: 'Bonjour Madame, comment allez-vous aujourd'hui, il fait beau, Il va sans doute pleuvoir.' in 1993. It was the beginning of a long term colaboration with Les Ballets C de la B.

After the Germans, the French and the Japanese, the newest group epitomizing the extraordinary worldwide spurt in dance innovation comes from Belgium, a country that has generally had little impact upon dance history. After Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, the revelation of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival last year, there are others obviously who have something to offer on their own.

Best Belgian Dancers