Impressions from the online program of Kunstenfestivaldesarts
© Natalia Jabanow Kunstenfestivaldesarts, which was founded in 1994 by Frie Leysen (one of Belgium's most important cultural figures who unfortunately died last year), focuses on contemporary theater, performance and dance, and also includes cinema and visual arts. The festival takes place in Brussels every year in May. However, especially for this year, an additional week was added to the festival in July. When the program was announced, all of the indoor performances in May would be staged face-to-face and a selection of them would be streamed live online. Due to the course of the pandemic, all the indoor performances in May were canceled and only online streams of live or recorded performances were left in the program. Outdoor shows and visual art exhibitions take place under Covid-19 measures as planned. Thanks to the online program that removes physical borders, I had the opportunity to follow the festival. Pieces of a Woman The first of the online streams was Pieces of a Woma...