The 100 Personalities Shaping Culture and Leisure in Belgium

From Wednesday, February 26 to Tuesday, March 4 The 100 personalities making culture and leisure move Patrick Colpé - Former administrator at the Atelier théâtral de Louvain-la-Neuve, he directs the Centre dramatique namurois - Théâtre royal de Namur, which boasts a dense (over 25 shows) yet ultra-diversified program (theater, dance, music, one-man show...). Le Comptoir - Petits Editeurs et Métiers du Livre (Damien Breucker) - As its name suggests, this small bookstore prefers to offer a showcase to lesser-known publishing houses with original catalogs that are often impossible to find elsewhere. But Le Comptoir is also a place for exhibitions, debates, and cultural encounters. A fine address that has just received the Désiré Jaumain prize. Conseil bruxellois des Musées - Thanks to this institution, chaired by Guido Vanderhulst and directed by Leen Ochelen, the annual Museum Nocturnes (80!) are a resounding success! Kudos also to the family game-trail of the Museums led by Tom and Charlotte. Other fine achievements: a portal (www.brusselsmuseums.be), the upcoming edition of a new Museum Guide, and the launch of a BrusselsCard at the end of the year. Le Conseil de la Musique (Ivo Ghizzardi and Cécile Grevisse) - Every year, among other things, they achieve the feat of setting up the largest cultural event in the French Community: the Fête de la musique. Stanislas Cotton - In four plays, this young playwright has carved out a reputation as a modest yet committed storyteller. Following his famous Burrow National des allogènes and Appoline Lonlère à Rome, Les Dents and Le Sourire de Sagamore were staged this year. Couleur Café - From the volunteers to the director Patrick Wallons, let us salute all those who, since 1994, have made this humanistic festival in the heart of the city an oasis of rhythms and traditions, curiosities and encounters. But Couleur Café must remain as musical as it is friendly at a time when world music is experiencing a dip. Catherine de Braekeleer - Under her direction, the Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée in La Louvière continues to organize highly original exhibitions linked to graphic creation. Proof of this is the double event in the first quarter of 2003: L'Affiche chinoise 1921-2001 and the retrospective of the work of famous French designer Fabrice Praeger. Benoît Jacques de Dixmude - Music on RTBF is him. From jazz on the radio, to portraits of Philippe Lafontaine or Philippe Herreweghe on TV, including the MP3 concerts on La Deux (this week, Couleur Café). If RTBF is moving, it's partly thanks to him. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker - The most famous choreographer of the Flemish community celebrated the 20th anniversary of her dance company, Rosas, in 2002. It was an opportunity to rediscover her formidable repertoire and appreciate the wonderful exhibition organized for this anniversary at the Palais des Beaux-Arts. Jo Dekmine - Coming from café-théâtre and founder of Les Halles de Schaerbeek, he has been at the head of Théâtre 140 (which he also founded) for over thirty years, one of the richest, most surprising, and most international stages in Brussels. Carl de Moncharline - He is one of the most original figures in the world of culture and leisure in Brussels. It is to him that we owe, among other things, the tremendous success of the roller parades. Jean-Paul Deplus - The Alderman for Culture of Mons multiplies initiatives to get things moving in his city, including the Mundaneum, of which he is also president—one of the most fascinating institutions in Mons, spanning exhibitions, multimedia, archives... Emmanuel Deroubaix - Briefly a game show host on RTBF, he is now in show production with Full Options, which has handled StarAc, Laurent Voulzy, Franck Dubosc, Laurent Baffie, Lara Fabian, Mimie Mathy, Holiday on Ice, etc. David and Stephen Dewaele - Members of the group Soulwax and a duo worshiped under the name 2 Many DJ's, the Dewaele brothers are stars of bastard pop, or how to string together records that seem mutually repellent at first glance of their covers. A set mixed by them is now worth its weight in gold. Michel Dezoteux - Director and co-founder of Théâtre Varia, he is a stage director and head of the dramatic acting section at INSAS. This year, he received the Prix du Théâtre in the Best Director category for Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Carlo Di Antonio - In 2003, his Dour Festival will celebrate its 15 years of existence under dream conditions. The last edition was its greatest success (100,000 spectators), notably thanks to the presence of Noir Désir and Indochine headlining no fewer than 200 bands and DJs over four days. DJ Piliit and DJ Luuuc - With their Next night, they pushed the envelope in the concept of gay clubbing (no small feat) and broke the pose of the expert DJ by imagining mixes with a "just like at home" feel. Franco Dragone - Thanks to him, La Louvière became "the place to be" this year, the last stop before Las Vegas... But the showman also created the parade for Walt Disney Studios in Marne-la-Vallée and signed the great (and long-running) success of Saltimbanco. Paul Dujardin - Formerly at the head of the Société philharmonique, he has been the young director (40 years old) of the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels for nearly two years. It was under his administration that the renovation of the Horta-designed building and its restoration to its original state took place. Espaces Tourisme & Culture - It is to this non-profit organization, and its president Francis Hourant, that the Walloon Region entrusted the mission of restoring the former abbey of Stavelot (18th century) and turning it, through a new architectural concept, into a high spot of tourism and culture featuring a theater festival, an automobile museum, and an Apollinaire center. Free supplement to TM No. 4072. Cannot be sold separately - Do not litter on public roads.