23.01.2024 New structural subsidies 2024-26 We’re delighted to share some great news with you, which fills our hearts with joy and excitement! Get Down – Dancers Management was recently honoured to receive grants from the Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles – Arts de la Scènes Service Danse, for the next three years. This mark of financial support represents an important milestone in…
30.11.2023 LES CORPEAURELLES, SAMANTHA MAVINGA & THEIR CREATIONS AU FIL DES HÉRITAGES Since 2022, Get Down has been working with Les Corpeaurelles on various projects. Les Corps-peau-elles is made up of 5 dancers/interpreters: Samantha Mavinga, Sarah Hajar Bouchrita, Raquel Suarez Dueñas, Nathalie and Doris Bokongo – Les Mybalés. The company’s name reflects the diversity of their skin colour, reflecting their origins and their connection as women, which…
30.11.2023 INTEGRATING STREET DANCES INTO THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF BRUSSELS Extract from the dissertation by Amanthe Bazas In the effervescent hip-hop culture scene, and more particularly in the world of street dance, a crucial issue is emerging: the professionalisation of dancers. At the crossroads of artistic expression, socio-economic issues and the quest for recognition, the professionalisation of hip-hop dancers in Brussels is becoming a key…
26.09.2023 AMANTHE BAZAS JOINS THE TEAM Camille Philippot, founder of Get Down, is about to give birth to a little B-Boy by the end of October! Spotlight on Amanthe Bazas who will take the lead in her absence. Coming from the Parisian region, Amanthe shares how urban arts have always been an integral part of her life, a love passed down…
22.09.2023 NEW COLLABORATION WITH FREESTYLE LAB Since June 2023, Get Down has worked with the Brussels association Freestyle Lab on its press relations through the development and implementation of strategies and action plans (drafting of a press release and a press kit, organization of interviews, etc.) . Freestyle Lab is the Brussels freestyle hip-hop dance association, founded by Anissa Brennet, which…
14.06.2023 HENDRICKX NTELA TELLS US ABOUT HER JOURNEY AND HER CREATION ‘BLIND’ Hendrickx Ntela is a 29 years old Belgian hip-hop, krump dancer-choreographer and performer. She is dedicated to the promotion and the development of krump in Belgium, as well as the transmission of this art form in order to perpetuate it. Hendrickx travels internationally to represent Belgium at dance competitions and she collaborates with leading choreographers….