At the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the company itself is the star — even when working alongside big names like Beyoncé and John Legend. Under new artistic director Alicia Graf Mack, the legendary New York company heads to Europe for the first time this autumn: first London, then Brussels, then Paris.
Anish Kapoor taking over the entire Hayward Gallery with black holes, Victorian paintings of fairy folk, or an Italian fashion designer: London never slows down. All of them exhibitions closing soon. SCENIO found out which shows you still need to catch before they're gone.
Hunting zombies in VR, time-travelling through 25 escape rooms, or coming face to face with Tutankhamun: at Terminal 1 in Brussels Expo, gaming, esports and immersive art melt together into one world of experience. SCENIO couldn't resist the call and put it to the test. Read our verdict below.
It survived the French Revolution, the Nazis, and seven centuries in a wooden chest. This autumn, the 68-meter-long Bayeux Tapestry will lie flat on a table for the first time, and that's just a stone's throw from where it originated.
It survived the French Revolution, the Nazis, and seven centuries in a wooden chest. This autumn, the 68-meter-long Bayeux Tapestry will lie flat on a table for the first time, and that's just a stone's throw from where it originated.
Villa Servais proves that an afternoon tea can just as well be an excursion into art history: between two bites of scone, there hangs a forgotten Fauvist on the wall. Or perhaps you will be served a concert with it. Be sure to check their calendar!
Thirty-five years a fan, fifty visits to Graceland, numerous titles including World Grand Champion at the renowned Images of the King Contest — and yet no impersonator. On 19 September, Franz Goovaerts brings the soul of Elvis to The VIAGE. Discover his story.
With a sold-out debut already under its belt, the Water Lantern Festival takes its second step in Brussels. Whether the setting of the Bois de la Cambre can match the magic of the castle estate remains to be seen this time around. Anyone who loves atmospheric, slightly sentimental outdoor events already knows where to be on 19 or 20 September.
For the first time, Bozar is naming a 'Grand Invité' — a guest artist who helps shape an entire season. South African master storyteller William Kentridge is handed the keys to a full season: a retrospective exhibition, opera productions and performances running through April 2027, built around his own life motto: I am not me, the horse is not mine.
The man who taught Victor Horta the trade is getting his own exhibition in the historic greenhouses of Meise Botanic Garden. One of them, the Balat Greenhouse, served as a trial run for the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken. From 5 September, discover more about this architect to nobility and king in the exhibition Paradise Lost? - Alphonse Balat, the King's Architect, at both Meise Botanic Garden and its extension in Kortrijk.
John Coltrane would have turned a hundred this year, his wife Alice turns that next year. That's why Ancienne Belgique, Bozar and Kaaitheater are joining forces for Coltrane & Coltrane: a season of concerts, dance, film and talks centred on the man who changed jazz forever, his wife, and their son Ravi.
Ten years after his death, David Bowie lands in Lightroom, King's Cross. Not as Ziggy Stardust or the Thin White Duke, but as himself. For an hour, spread across four walls and the floor, speaking in his own words, taken from hundreds of interviews. A must-see for Bowie fans!
