What is it like to lead an international theater festival during a global pandemic? Kira Kirsch and Christophe Slagmuylder talk about his career, transformative experiences and his definition of a good theater festival. The conversation revolves around contemporary performing arts in Brussels in the 80ies and how to take care of oneself in a stressful job by hiking in the wild nature.

CHRISTOPHE SLAGMUYLDER (b. 1967 in Brussels) graduated in Art History (contemporary art) at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He started his career as a teacher of visual theory at La Cambre, the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Visuels (ENSAV) in Brussels. Since 1994, while keeping teaching positions, he has been involved in the performing arts, working for Brussels based artists and art houses, first in the production, then in the programming. In 2002, he joined the programming team of the Kunstenfestivaldesarts. Since 2018 he is the artistic director of the international festival Wiener Festwochen.

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The Wiener Festwochen are guests at our new venue brut nordwest from June 15th.
Azade Shahmiri – Quasi: https://bit.ly/3oPqo0H
Wichaya Artamat / For What Theatre – สี่วันในเดือนกันยา / Four Days in September (The Missing Comrade): https://bit.ly/34jPE5I
Alice Ripoll / Cia REC – Lavagem: https://bit.ly/2RGjFKq