Among a pool of more than 120 international applications, our curatorial team chose Platform-k with its project "common ground"
PLATFORM-K
This year LUCKY TRIMMER honours the work of Platfrom-k Vzw, the only Belgium organisation that provides a professional dance education for people with mental disabilities. The year long program helps them developing their dance skills and their identity as semi-professional dancers. Alongside these educational activities, Platform-K is also a company that creates inclusive dance performances that gather both disabled and non-disabled dancers, breaking into the regular dance scene and giving more visibility to dancers with a disability. Through these creative collaborations with choreographers, Platform-K aims to change an image based on weaknesses into an image rooted in strength and possibilities.
The LUCKY CHANGEMAKER 2017 will support the creation of “Common Ground” by choreographer Benjamin Vandewalle together with one or two dancers with a mental disability from Platform-K. The creation will take place from November 2017 till February 2018.