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Wallonia Brussels Delegation in South Korea
PAMS & SPAF
À propos
A French-speaking Belgian delegation will be attending PAMS and SPAF in South Korea. Come and meet them!
The Seoul Performing Arts Festival (SPAF) is South Korea’s leading international performing arts festival. Held every autumn in Seoul for the past 26 years, the festival showcases contemporary works from Korea and around the world, covering a wide range of disciplines such as theatre, dance and multidisciplinary arts.
The Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS) is one of the leading international platforms dedicated to the performing arts in Asia. PAMS aims to promote the national and international dissemination of works by building a sustainable ecosystem in which professionals and organisations from around the world are invited to discover new opportunities for collaboration and distribution.
French-speaking Belgian delegation
The agency will be present at both events this year accompanied by artists, distribution offices and one theater from Wallonia-Brussels. This will be the occasion to create new connexions between the French-Speaking Belgium region and professional from accross the globe, through professional meetings, networking events and project presentations.
Members of the delegation
- Julien Carlier (Cie Abis) | Dance
- Michael Decock (Théâtre de Liège) | Theater
- Anna Giolo (Ad Lib • Artist Support) | Artist, Production & Booking Agency
- Quentin Legrand (Rue Branly) | Artists agency
- Michael Pomero (Y-Collective) | Dance
- Emmanuelle Vincent (t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e) | Dance
- Séverine Latour (Wallonia Brussels Theater Dance) | Public Support Agency
Cie Abis
Julien Carlier is a dancer and choreographer with a background in urban culture and breakdance. His creative work, which he has been developing for over ten years, is inspired by artistic encounters and dialogue on stage between different practices and modes of expression. His recent works include GOLEM (2019), DRESS CODE (2021), COLLAPSE (2021), PAYSAGE (2024) et BETON (2026). He is one of the artists selected by the prestigious Aerowaves platform in 2020. After being resident artist at Charleroi Danse between 2020 and 2022, he is actually associated with the Théâtre de Liège until 2028.
t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e
t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e is a Brussels-based company led by the duo of choreographer Emmanuelle Vincent and visual artist Pierre Larauza. Founded in Hong Kong in 2003, it creates hybrid forms where dance and visual arts meet, for theatres as well as public space. Its works travel between Europe and Asia, often co-created with local artists and communities. Since 2016, they have also co-directed the Máy xay sinh tố laboratory at Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts.
Last creations
Rue Branly
Rue Branly is a Brussels-based agency representing and supporting performing arts artists from Belgium and Switzerland. Founded in 2018 by Quentin Legrand, the agency works closely with artists to develop and promote their practices internationally.
Artists represented
- Lara Barsacq
- Baptiste Cazaux
- Gaël Santisteva
- Tumbleweed (Angela Rabaglio & Micaël Florentz)
Y-Collective
Michael Pomero is part of the European dance scene for nearly 30 years as a dancer, performer, assistant, teacher, choreographer and researcher. As a dancer he worked with Maurice Béjart, Lyon Opera Ballet, John Jasperse, Russell Maliphant amongst others and a 20 years long collaboration with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas. He co-founded several dance collective : Loge 22 in France (since 2025), Y-collective in Belgique (since 2022) and Spider European nomadic festival (2010-2016).
Together with Marie Goudot, within Y-Collective, he recently initiated the collective creations : PARTAGER LE VIDE (2024), AFTER HANNIBAL (2026), AFTER AFTER HANNIBAL (2027) and BE FORE THERE FORE (2027). Their creations are supported by Entropie Production.
Ad Lib • Artist Support
Based in Brussels, Ad Lib is an artist support office in the performing arts field. Its core mission is to support on the long term the development, production and distribution of projects and creations by artists committed to an assertive approach to the poetization of reality and to the search for new corporal, visual or scenic languages accessible to a wide audience.
By fostering a close dialogue between the processes of creation, production, dissemination and outreach, Ad Lib offers long-term support to artists, encompassing all their projects in their various forms. The organisation also offers bespoke support in communications and the administration of projects, companies and/or tours. Its approach aims to ensure the long-term viability of artistic careers and the sustainable development of partnerships and networks.
As a key player in the sector, Ad Lib plays an active role in sharing and passing on knowledge, practices, tools and resources. In particular, it runs a co-working space project in Brussels and provides companies with a shared tour van. It also offers courses, training programmes, workshops and consultancy services for artists and aspiring cultural managers.
ARTISTS / CURRENT COLLABORATIONS :
- Eric Arnal-Burtschy | BC Pertendo & Still Tomorrow
- Elsa Chêne | Parachute
- Caroline Cornelis | Nyash
- Jasmina Douieb | Entre Chiens et Loups
- Othmane Moumen
- Yasmine Yahiatene
One of my current aims is to meet and find new partners to join the asiatic tour of Eric Arnal-Burtchy’s immersive and experiential show « Je suis une montagne » (I am a mountain), which will run in Asia from autumn 2027 until early spring. However, we would very much like other Asian festivals and venues to join the tour to make it more sustainable. In this context, we would be delighted to share this proposal with you and to know if it might be of interest for one of your future programs. I’m looking forward to meeting you this October in Seoul.
Théâtre de Liège
Michael De Cock is a Belgian author, director and actor, born in 1972. Trained as a Romanist, he has published around twenty works (novels, children’s books, essays and screenplays) which have been translated into more than ten languages and have won several awards, particularly for their exploration of the themes of migration and Europe. From 2017 to 2026, he was artistic director of the KVS (Royal Flemish Theatre in Brussels), which he transformed into an inclusive, intercultural theatre that is open to the world. Since 2026, he has been the managing director and artistic director of the Théâtre de Liège.
His essay Only Imagination Can Save Us (2024) has been adapted into a one-man show (Paris & Miki), which is currently on tour in France and Belgium. Together with Junior Mthombeni, he created Hannibal and The Man of La Mancha, productions that have toured Europe, Latin America and Africa. They also directed Barber Shop Chronicles at the Théâtre de Liège (2025), which is currently on a European tour. His productions and adaptations of classics (including Bovary) are regularly staged on international stages. Creating an artistic family with a clear, international identity that is open to the world is the challenge at the Théâtre de Liège, Théâtre d’Europe.
Wallonie-Bruxelles Théâtre Danse
Séverine Latour has been working for the Cultural Administration of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation for sixteen years. After holding positions within both the Theatre Department and the Dance Department, she joined Wallonie-Bruxelles Théâtre Danse (WBTD) ten years ago.
Today, as Coordinator and Head of the Agency, she supports the international development of artists and performing arts companies from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. She coordinates international promotion and professional networking initiatives, while fostering partnerships with presenters, festivals and cultural institutions worldwide to enhance the visibility and circulation of contemporary performing arts on the international stage.