What is your general opinion of the verdict against Jan Fabre? Do you think it is just and why? I do not think the verdict is just because I know well the sequence of events that preceded this verdict. In the last 40 years, Jan Fabre has crossed boundaries in his artistic work by re- examining personal and social dimensions. On the other hand, there are transitions that, in order to define certain shifts, require quite rigid definitions of their own missions. This creates their followers who recognise the strength in such applications. Pointing the finger at a person who has earned a strong artistic reputation is not only attractive, but also commercial. At the same time, questionable...

(Dutch below) In response to the fuss about Jan Fabre, I would like to give evidence of my own experiences as a dancer in a career that has lasted for quite some time. I also spent three weeks in an audition workshop with Fabre in the preparation to the performance ‘Requiem für eine Metamorphose’, a very creative process in which we were given a lot of freedom to create our own short scenes based on assignments. I wasn't selected in the end, there was a lot of competition and little paid work; he didn't like me, and frankly I didn't like him either, his shouting often got on my nerves. One of my first contracts, at the age of nineteen, was in the corps de ballet at the Ballet van...

(English below) Et alors tu es là un stylo à la main le doute dans les veines, toi d’habitude enfoncé dans le fauteuil rouge, toi spectatrice de la beauté, soudain et sans transition tu deviens sujet. Et alors tu désires de tout ton corps n’avoir jamais blessé personne, ne plus jamais blesser personne, ne jamais avoir été blessée. Mais tu es dans ce fauteuil avec tes fêlures tes brisures tes déchirures. Et alors tu entends : enjoy your tragedy, breathe, take a breath, take a deep breath and imagine something new. Et la seule chose nouvelle qui surgit est la clémence, la clémence qui émerge de la conviction que tu ne peux pas t’exclure de la responsabilité de ceux qui sont blessés, de...

After discovering the Prosecution demands an effective prison sentence of three years for Mr. Fabre, I feel obligated to tell my story about Troubleyn / Jan Fabre.To whom? I don't know. Will it change anything? I don't know.The only thing I know is this: I have a story - a different story.And I know I want to tell it. In 2012 I started to work in Troubleyn, with Jan Fabre.The time I spent with this company are among the best moments of my life, as an artist and as a human.If I had to choose one word to describe this time, it would be: "Extraordinary".Meaning: Out of the ordinary.If I were to try and describe to someone who had never experienced a similar creative endeavor (friends, family...