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Robbe Kieckens combines his rich cultural heritage with the constant search of new sounds and rhythmic vocabulary in his playing. Moreover he has a long history working with dancers. He searches how rhythms and sounds can interact with the dance language being created, playing with cultural references, reinforcing them or rather transforming them.

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Shahab Azinmehr entered the realm of music through singing, and later began to play the tar and setar. He is a skilled musician, who is strongly influenced by Persian music.

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Niko Himschoot has many facets. He is formed in video-art, camerawork, projection and dramaturgy. Through him the artists are questioning how technique in general and video-art in specific can interact with dance and music as an equal force.

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Maya Sapera is one of Flanders’ unique choreographers, who grew up with Indian and oriental dance. She treats her body as a source of dance and communication means in general and lets go of the specificity of traditions. Naturally, her body language reflects the traditions she grew up with, yet, in a personal embodiment.

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