About
Out of the Toolbox is turning ten! What better way to celebrate than by doing what we’ve always done: sharing dance. Together. From beginning dancers to years of experience, young or old, with any body type. But above all with curiosity and enthusiasm!
This festive edition brings back familiar teachers, alongside new makers and performers. Dive into contact improvisation and creation, play with dance and music, or get a unique insight into the repertoires and working methods of Jan Martens, Rosas, Ultima Vez, les ballets C de la B or Peeping Tom, guided by dancers who know their work from the inside out.
Out of the Toolbox offers space to deepen, explore and develop your own dance language – together with others, to the rhythm of ten years of dancing joy. So come dance. Exclamation point!
For whom?
- Are you a professional dancer or is dance more of a hobby for you?
- Have you taken a lot of courses or are you only just discovering the world of dance?
The Out of the Toolbox programme is designed to provide various options to explore for everyone who is actively involved in dance, irrespective of their age or background. What is more, the teachers we choose are used to working with dancers of different ages and a range of levels and bodies. Their approach ensures that this diversity enriches the experience for all participants.
“I would like to thank you for the great experience I had dancing (and all other things around that) at OOTBox. I had the feeling that you have put a lot of care organizing the festival and everything: great facilities (nice location and studios), fantastic cooks, meeting colleagues and devoted teachers, and the best Danspunt team.
Participant Out Of The Toolbox 2023
History
Get to know our previous curators
Rafaela Sahyoun
2025
Teaching staff: Paola Madrid, Jacob Storer, Marina Tsartsara, Piny Orchidaceae & Leo Soulflow, Elisabete Finger, Theo Clinkard, Marco Torrice
Curator David Hernandez
2024
Teaching staff: Rafaela Sahyoun, Colas Lucot, Emilie Jacomat, Maya Dalinksy, Aleksandra Janeva Imfelt, Libby Farr, Douglas Becker, Renate Graziadei & Arthur Stäldi, Tijen Lawton & David Hernandez
Curator: Los Informalls
2023
Teaching staff: Jules Beckman, Rafa Jagat, Alejandro Moya, Jefta Tanate, Elena Cordoba, Janyce Michellod, Aina Lanas, Janet Novas, Guillermo Weickert, Si Los Martes Fuernas Viernes, Los Informalls
Curator: Milan Tomášik
2022
Teaching staff: Ben Fury, Milan Herich, Petra Hrašćanec, Stanislav Dobak, Ljoba Jenče, Maja Hriešik, Isaac Spencer, Zuna Kozánková, Mojca Gal, Milan Kozánek, Charlie Brittain, Simon Thierrée, Los Informalls, Michaela Mirtová
Curator: Samir Calixto
2021
Teaching staff: Jiri Pokorny, Milan Tomášik, Manfredi Perego, Joris Camelin, Marco Bendoni Nartak, Quentin Roger, Junadry Leocaria, Kossi Sebastien Aholou-Wokawui, Irena Jeričević, Louise Frankenhuis, Johanna Margaretha (Joan) van der Mast, Andrew Greenwood, Tim Casson, Compagnie Zappalà Danza
Curator: Anne-Lore Baeckeland / Danspunt
2020
Teaching staff: Michel Debrulle, Stijn Dickel, Joris Camelin, Paolo Cingolani, Femke Gyselinck, Sten Rudstrøm, Florian Vuille & Anne-Lore Baeckeland, Nausikàa von Orelli & Gilles Cherix, Adalisaa Menghini, Jurij Konjar, Miriam Karvat, Betty Mansion & Karim Belharch, Duarte Valadares, Ingo Reulecke, Jolie Ngemi
Curator: Jurij Konjar
2019
Taeching staff: Andrea Keiz, Daniela Schwartz, Sten Rudstrøm, Caroline D’Haese, Paola Madrid, Asaf Bachrach, Irena Z. Tomažin, Maggie Killingbeck, Ana Stegnar, Vera Rosner, Anne-Lore Baeckeland, Julien Bruneau, Yair Barelli
Curator: Mélanie Lomoff
2018
Teaching staff: Natacha Nicora, Lucio Baglivo, Roberto Pani, Chantal Loïal, Katalin Trencsényvi, Caroline D’Haese, Mirjam Karvat, Maggie Killingbeck, Wladimir Jean, Inés Belda Nácher, Emma Bonnici, Jurij Konjar
Curator: Danspunt
2017
Teaching staff: Mariam El Guenaien, Bjorn Fierens & Sam Schaerlaeken, Johnny Lloyd, Maggie Killingbeck, Mélanie Lomoff, Sadé Alleyne, Samir Calixto, Tom Decuyper, Jonas Vlerick, Mirjam Schwaninger, Irène Kalbusch, De Conventie, Yves Ruth, JES, Rachel Porter, Alesandra Seutin, Gabriel Schenker, Marina Mascarell