Thank you to all the artists, spectators, participants, collaborators, partners of the 17th edition of the festival NEXT!
Posted on 02.12.24From 6 to 30 November 2024, five French and Flemish cultural and artistic houses jointly organised the 17th edition of the international theatre, dance and performance festival NEXT in and around the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai and Valenciennes Eurometropolis.
Besides these core partners, NEXT also involved 20 associate partners in 14 French, Walloon and Flemish cities. Together, they invited their audiences to a selection of 28 productions by innovative artists from around the world.
The festival welcomed a whopping 14,283 spectators!
Relive the 17th edition of NEXT with the latest aftermovie!
NEXT 2024 was...
62 performances
in 21 theatres
in 14 Flemish, Walloon and French cities in and around the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai and Valenciennes Eurometropolis.
in 21 theatres
in 14 Flemish, Walloon and French cities in and around the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai and Valenciennes Eurometropolis.
5 organising partners
La rose des vents (Villeneuve d'Ascq), Espace Pasolini & le Phénix (Valenciennes), Schouwburg Kortrijk & kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk)
La rose des vents (Villeneuve d'Ascq), Espace Pasolini & le Phénix (Valenciennes), Schouwburg Kortrijk & kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk)
20 associated partners
Antigone (Kortrijk), CC De Schakel (Waregem), CC De Steiger (Menen), CC Guldenberg (Wevelgem), CC Het Perron (Ieper), CC Het Spoor (Harelbeke), Leietheater (Deinze), maison de la culture Tournai, Be-Part (Kortrijk), Citéphilo, 9-9bis (Oignies), La Condition Publique (Roubaix), Le Fresnoy (Tourcoing), Le Grand Bleu (Lille), Le Gymnase CDCN (Roubaix), Le Théâtre du Nord – CDN Lille Tourcoing Hauts-de-France, L’Oiseau-Mouche (Roubaix), Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, Opéra de Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts (Lille)
Antigone (Kortrijk), CC De Schakel (Waregem), CC De Steiger (Menen), CC Guldenberg (Wevelgem), CC Het Perron (Ieper), CC Het Spoor (Harelbeke), Leietheater (Deinze), maison de la culture Tournai, Be-Part (Kortrijk), Citéphilo, 9-9bis (Oignies), La Condition Publique (Roubaix), Le Fresnoy (Tourcoing), Le Grand Bleu (Lille), Le Gymnase CDCN (Roubaix), Le Théâtre du Nord – CDN Lille Tourcoing Hauts-de-France, L’Oiseau-Mouche (Roubaix), Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, Opéra de Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts (Lille)
Together, they invited their audiences to a selection of
28 international productions including 10 national premières or creations
by 43 choreographers, theatre-makers, performers and companies of 23 nationalities
with Amala DianorFR, Awir LeonFR & Grégoire KorganowFR • Animal Architecte | Camille DagenFR & Emma DepoidFR • Bryana FritzUS/BE, Stefa GovaartBE & Chloe ChignellAU • Chiara BersaniIT • Claire CroizéBE/FR • Claire CunninghamUK/SC • Connor SchumacherUS/NL & ARKNL • fABULEUSIR/BE & Armin MolaIR/BE • Gosia WdowikPL, NOWY TEATRPL & CAMPOBE • Guy CassiersBE & Jean-René LemoineFR • Haider Al TimimiIQ/BE / AntigoneBE • Halory GoergerFR & Cosmic NemanFR • Julian HetzelNL/DE • Ntando CeleZA/CH • Katerina AndreouGR/FR • Katja HeitmannDE/NL • Lola AriasAR/DE • Magda KachoucheFR • Malicho Vaca ValenzuelaCL • Marcos SimóesPT/BE • Maxim StormsBE • Michikazu MatsuneJP/AT & Martine PisaniFR • Nermin HabibEG • Pina BauschDE • Stefan KaegiCH/DE / Rimini ProtokollDE/TW • Tim IngoldSC & Perig PitrouFR • Vasilis VilarasGR …
& 44 buses transported 1682 spectators.
In TeeNEXTers, 21 European young people from
Italy, Ireland, Belgium and France gathered for seven days in the Eurometropolis for a programme of performances and workshops around artistic experience, critical opinion-forming and journalism. A organisation of Le Grand Bleu Lille in collaboration with NEXT.
Italy, Ireland, Belgium and France gathered for seven days in the Eurometropolis for a programme of performances and workshops around artistic experience, critical opinion-forming and journalism. A organisation of Le Grand Bleu Lille in collaboration with NEXT.
Organised in collaboration with Le Gymnase CDCN-Forever Young, the professional study and meeting days PLURALITY brought together 110 international artists, programmers and policymakers on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 November.
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