Christophe Slagmuylder

Christophe Slagmuylder

Born in Brussels in 1967, Christophe Slagmuylder studied contemporary art at Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and subsequently became an instructor at Brussels’s La Cambre (l’Ecole Nationale Superieure) (ENSAV). From 1994 he became involved in production work with the companies of choreographers Michelle Noiret, Pierre Droulers and born Thomas Hauert. and also with the PARTS school founded by choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, leader of the Rosas company. Then, after working as assistant artistic director for a theater in Brussels joined the Kunsten Festival des Arts (KFDA) staff in 2002 and worked on the festival programming with the artistic director, Frie Leysen. Since the retirement of Leysen from KFDA in 2006, he took over as the festival’s artistic director.