The 2-year-programme at bewegungs-art freiburg e.V. will develop a stage piece under the direction of renowned choreographer Brandon Lagaert in an intensive process from December 1 to 19, 2025. The 20 international students will learn choreographic methods and practice presenting on stage before completing their training a few months later.
The students will be actively involved in the rehearsal process and will jointly develop content, which Brandon Lagaert will compose into a dynamic 40-45 minute piece combining the energy of the twenty young dancers with his stylistic confidence. After the performance, the audience is invited to a post-performance discussion to learn about the students' experiences and more about the renowned choreographer's compositional approaches.
Brandon Lagaert (1992, Ghent, BE) joined Peeping Tom in 2013 for the creation of Vader, and has also created Moeder, Kind, Dido & Aeneas and La Visita. It is at this company that he has crafted his signature style as a multidisciplinary performer in which he combines elements from different disciplines, such as urban and contemporary dance, theatre, and film. As the director of his dance-theatre company KAIHO, Brandon has directed and created various productions for professional companies as well as conservatories such as the award-winning performance Doggy Rugburn for Lithuanian dance company Aura, Welcome To My Funeral for Italian dance company Equilibro Dinamico, Next Stop with the students of the Amsterdam University of the Arts and Oni Wa Soto with the students of Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi in Milan.
Brandon is also a recurring teacher at the PERA School of Arts in Cyprus, where in 2024 he made the award-winning short film The Currency Of Time in collaboration with the students. He is often invited as a teacher of choreography, dramaturgy and movement classes at institutions such as P.A.R.T.S., The Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, Institute of the Arts Barcelona, Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg, École du Nord in Lille, Performact in Portugal, Architanz in Tokyo, and many others. With KAIHO, he is currently focused on touring the newly created duet Facing Familiar Faces and fostering long-term artistic relationships with the Portuguese circus artist Rui Paixão whom he collaborated with in 2023 for the site-specific production Abandoned Minds and Korean dancer Seungkwan Yang who he collaborated with on the solo Mille Moules in 2024.
Choreographic assistance:
Sara Angelucci is a dance movement artist based in Brussels, working as a performer, assistant, and choreographer for different projects between contemporary dance, multidisciplinary, and physical theater.
Since 2020, Sara has been part of Kaiho Company, directed by Brandon Lagaert, as an artistic assistant for creations with companies and schools such as Equilibrio Dinamico, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Paolo Grassi, Fontys, and PERA. She has been collaborating as a performer for the solo Mondo Fuso and the duet Facing Familiar Faces, premiering at Charleroi Danse La Raffinerie in September 2025.
In the next season, Sara will collaborate as a choreographer for the production Mahla Khyelek - Beautiful Shadows, directed by Ahmed Ayed. In 2020/2022, Sara is part of Snorkel Rabbit Company, directed by Bryan Arias and Alba Castillo, on stage for three different productions. In 2021, she collaborates with Antonin Comestaz, starring in the solo Zèbre for the evening Here We Live and Now, produced by Korzo and NDT.
Sara takes part in the two-year creation for DDOS, a multidisciplinary project involving dance, music, and Sistema directed by Nsdos and produced by CCNRB Faire, performed at Theatre de la Cité Internationale in 2024.
Production manager: Irene Carreño
Premiere: December 17, additional performances on December 18
Studio ProArte, Am Rohrgraben 4a, 79429 Freiburg-Merzhausen
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