This was NEXT 2023!
Posted on 09.12.23
Thank you to all the artists, spectators, participants, collaborators and partners of the 16th edition of the NEXT festival!
From 9 November to 2 December 2023, five French and Flemish cultural and artistic institutions have co-organised the 16th edition of the NEXT international festival of theatre, dance and performance in and around the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis and Valenciennes. In addition to the co-organisers, 18 structures in 16 towns joined in. Together, they invited their audiences to a selection of 34 productions by innovative artists from all over the world. The festival welcomed 14,188 spectators.
Experience the festival with the latest aftermovie!
Experience the festival with the latest aftermovie!
NEXT 2023 was:
> 67 performances in 18 theatres in 16 Flemish, Walloon and French towns in the Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai Eurometropolis and Valenciennes thanks to :
- 5 co-organisers: La rose des vents (Villeneuve d'Ascq), Espace Pasolini & le Phénix (Valenciennes), Schouwburg Kortrijk & kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk).
- 18 associated partners: Antigone (Kortrijk), CC De Schakel (Waregem), CC De Steiger (Menen), CC Het Perron (Ieper), CC Het Spoor (Harelbeke), CC Leietheater (Deinze), maison de la culture Tournai, Citéphilo, La Condition Publique (Roubaix), Le Bateau Feu (Dunkerque), 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), Le Manège (Maubeuge), Le Vivat (Armentières), Maison de la Culture d'Amiens.
> 34 international productions by 44 choreographers, directors and performers of 23 nationalities, including :
Alexander VantournhoutBE • Philippe QuesneFR • Tchina NdjiddaCM • Amanda PinaMX/CL/AT • Rodrigo GarcíaAR/SP • Lina MajdalanieLB & Rabih MrouéLB • Julien GosselinFR, Si vous pouviez lécher mon cœurFR & Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-PlatzDE • Mette IngvartsenDK/BE • Ingrid Berger MyhreNO, Michael TurinkskyAT • Reut ShemeshDE & fABULEUSBE • Tatiana FrolovaRU • Madeleine FournierFR • Ezra VeldhuisNL & Bosse ProvoostBE • Christian RizzoFR • Amina AbouelgharLB • Bryan CampbellUS/FR • Felwine SarrSN, Etienne MinoungouBF & Simon WinséBF • Zoë DemoustierBE & Marie-Eve HuotCA, Le CarrouselCA & BRONKSBE • Amir Reza KoohestaniIR • Sophia RodriguezVN/BE • Léa DrouetFR/BE • Nathan EllisUK • Anne-Lise Le GacFR • Kim NobleUK • Asanda RudaRSA • andcompany&CoDE • Bibata Ibrahim MaïgaML • Hooman SharifiIR/NO • François ChaignaudFR …
> 44 buses brought 1,769 spectators to shows in other towns and regions (1,029 in 2022).
> In TeeNEXTers, 25 young Europeans from Italy, Denmark, Ireland, Belgium and France gathered for seven days in the Eurometropolis for a programme of performances and workshops around artistic experience, critical opinion-making and journalism.
Organised by le Grand Bleu (Lille) with the support of NEXT.
> IT'S A MATCH - professional study and meeting days on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 November brought together 120 artists, programmers and political decision-makers from France and Belgium to discuss the projects of creators from both countries and the urgent challenge of the ecological transition in the performing arts.
- 5 co-organisers: La rose des vents (Villeneuve d'Ascq), Espace Pasolini & le Phénix (Valenciennes), Schouwburg Kortrijk & kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk).
- 18 associated partners: Antigone (Kortrijk), CC De Schakel (Waregem), CC De Steiger (Menen), CC Het Perron (Ieper), CC Het Spoor (Harelbeke), CC Leietheater (Deinze), maison de la culture Tournai, Citéphilo, La Condition Publique (Roubaix), Le Bateau Feu (Dunkerque), 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), Le Manège (Maubeuge), Le Vivat (Armentières), Maison de la Culture d'Amiens.
> 34 international productions by 44 choreographers, directors and performers of 23 nationalities, including :
Alexander VantournhoutBE • Philippe QuesneFR • Tchina NdjiddaCM • Amanda PinaMX/CL/AT • Rodrigo GarcíaAR/SP • Lina MajdalanieLB & Rabih MrouéLB • Julien GosselinFR, Si vous pouviez lécher mon cœurFR & Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-PlatzDE • Mette IngvartsenDK/BE • Ingrid Berger MyhreNO, Michael TurinkskyAT • Reut ShemeshDE & fABULEUSBE • Tatiana FrolovaRU • Madeleine FournierFR • Ezra VeldhuisNL & Bosse ProvoostBE • Christian RizzoFR • Amina AbouelgharLB • Bryan CampbellUS/FR • Felwine SarrSN, Etienne MinoungouBF & Simon WinséBF • Zoë DemoustierBE & Marie-Eve HuotCA, Le CarrouselCA & BRONKSBE • Amir Reza KoohestaniIR • Sophia RodriguezVN/BE • Léa DrouetFR/BE • Nathan EllisUK • Anne-Lise Le GacFR • Kim NobleUK • Asanda RudaRSA • andcompany&CoDE • Bibata Ibrahim MaïgaML • Hooman SharifiIR/NO • François ChaignaudFR …
> 44 buses brought 1,769 spectators to shows in other towns and regions (1,029 in 2022).
> In TeeNEXTers, 25 young Europeans from Italy, Denmark, Ireland, Belgium and France gathered for seven days in the Eurometropolis for a programme of performances and workshops around artistic experience, critical opinion-making and journalism.
Organised by le Grand Bleu (Lille) with the support of NEXT.
> IT'S A MATCH - professional study and meeting days on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 November brought together 120 artists, programmers and political decision-makers from France and Belgium to discuss the projects of creators from both countries and the urgent challenge of the ecological transition in the performing arts.
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