A Two Dogs Company / Kris Verdonck, A. Lavalléestraat 41, Brussels (2026)

BIOGRAPHY / KRIS VERDONCK

Kris Verdonck (born 1974) studied visual arts, architecture and theatre and this training is evident in his work. His creations are positioned in the transit zone between visual arts and theatre, between installation and performance, between dance and architecture. As a theatre maker and visual artist, he can look back over a wide variety of projects. The artistic practi

ce of Kris Verdonck has developed and expanded in a very fruitful way over the last few years. His projects have been presented on stages as well as in museums in Belgium and abroad. This growth can only be consolidated if a small flexible organisation can follow up and structure the work on a permanent basis. Theatre is never made alone: it is no longer the work of one dog, but about the practice of several dogs that play together. That’s why Kris Verdonck has chosen a name inspired by Friedrich Torberg’s poem, ‘Spleen’: A Two Dogs Company. The company is structurally supported by the Flemish authorities and the Flemish Community Commission (VGC).

05/09/2026

𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑻𝑶𝑪𝑶𝑳 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑒 - Tonight 8 PM Meakusma

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴.
- 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒐 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒐

Who or what are the new gods of our time? What are the protocols of power in 2026? In 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑻𝑶𝑪𝑶𝑳 , four dancers embody the forces that shape our reality: 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑑 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛, 𝐴𝐼, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑑 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛 demands absolute belief. Populist, authoritarian and undisturbed by reality, power becomes performance. A game that must continue to be played.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒, an enormous, abstract force that confronts us with the power of Gaia. Greek goddess of the Earth, but also the idea that all living matter functions as a single organism.

𝐴𝐼 is a question of belief. It learns from human knowledge and interactions, simulating a model of humanity that might not even exist.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑔𝑜 has become something divine. Individualism, social media and neoliberalism have made us our own gods, creating and performing our own image.

𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑻𝑶𝑪𝑶𝑳 is the newest production by 𝗔 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗗𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 / 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗸 in collaboration with 𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗦 𝗘𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲. From minimal sounds, gestures and silence, they search for an overwhelming, intense climax. All media — dance, music, light and scenography — steadily move from zero towards a peak.

ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛꜱ
Director / Concept: Kris Verdonck
Dansers: Elsa Tagawa , magdelaaine Hodebourg, Mooni Van Tichel , Robson Ledesma
Music: Ofer Smilansky , Ruben Orio and
Images: Bea Borgers Photography
Dramaturgy: Kristof Van Baarle
Costumes: Mariona Puig & Jorgina Carrera 113 MAISON
Technics: Vincent Malstaf, David Alonso, Maarten De Vrieze
Production Lead: Britt Roger Sas
In collaboration with: Ictus Ensemble Ictus Ensemble
With the support of: Flemish community, Flemish Community Commission (VGC), Tax Shelter of the Belgian Government via Perpodium

03/09/2026

𝙀𝙓𝙏𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 𝟮𝟲, the annual exhibition organized by A Two Dogs Company and curated by Kris Verdonck that takes place in the company’s studio in Molenbeek, returns this September with carefully selected installations, performances, and international works of art.

𝙀𝙓𝙏𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 𝟮𝟲 | September | 𝐹𝑅𝐸𝐸
𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜-𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑇𝐷𝐶 𝐴𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑠.

For this edition, Kris Verdonck brought together a striking combination of works by international artists, including sculptures by Lucy Glendinning and Edith Dekyndt alongside pieces by Hans Bellmer, Yoran Cazac, Yuzuru Shoji, Tim Theo Deceuninck. Rough materiality is confronted with more tender, elegant compositions, destruction with endlessness.

Kris Verdonck will present the poetic, moving landscape 𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙎 #𝟮, and spinning, floating rock 𝘿𝙀𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙇. Michael Schmid will be performing three sound works: 𝘗𝘐𝘕𝘎 (Samuel Beckett), 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 (Alvin Lucier) and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 (Peter Ablinger).

12 & 13 Sept. '26 | 14:00 -18:00
19 & 20 Sept. '26 | 14:00 -18:00
27 & 27 Sept. '26 | 14:00 -18:00

ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛꜱ
PHOTOGRAPHS, SCULPTURES, PAINTINGS & INSTALLATIONS BY:
Lucy Glendinning
Edith Dekyndt
Yoran Cazac
Yuzuru Shoji
Hans Bellmer
Tim Theo Deceuninck
& Kris Verdonck

PERFORMANCES BY:
Michael Schmid
& Kris Verdonck

With support of:
The Flemish Authorities, The Flemish Community Commission

02/09/2026

𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙏𝙊𝘾𝙊𝙇 Premiere this weekend Meakusma

Who — or what — are the new gods of our time? What are the major political, technological, and sociological forces shaping our era and? How to deal with the protocols of power? 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙏𝙊𝘾𝙊𝙇 seeks to be a ritual to conjure and confront these new gods, to give form to the chaos of our reality, through dance, music, costume and light.

𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠. 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙.

𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙏𝙊𝘾𝙊𝙇 is a new collaboration between A Two Dogs Company / Kris Verdonck and ICTUS Ensemble. Musicians (Ruben Martinez Orio, Eva Reiter and Ofer Smilansky) and dancers (Mooni Van Tichel, Elsa Tagawa, Robson Ledesma and Magdelaine Hodebourg), play together with anticipation and escalation, in the middle of the dance floor. They move from minimal sounds and silence to an overwhelming climax that keeps growing, from elegant gestures to grotesque decadence.

Made to be performed in public spaces or large venues, the performance unfolds among the audience as a slow-burning crescendo, from silence and stillness to pounding drums and electronic intensity.

Meakusma Festival | 𝟎𝟑 - 𝟎𝟔 𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒕. '𝟐𝟔
• 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙏𝙊𝘾𝙊𝙇 Premiere:
Saturday 05 Sept. '26 | 20:00

Opening KANAL - Centre Pompidou | 𝟐𝟖 & 𝟐𝟗 𝑵𝒐𝒗. '𝟐𝟔
• 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙏𝙊𝘾𝙊𝙇 Performances:
Saturday 28 Nov. '26 | 18:00
Sunday 29 Nov. '26 | 18:00

ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛꜱ
Director / Concept: Kris Verdonck
Dansers: Mooni Van Tichel , Elsa Tagawa , Robson Ledesma , Hodebourg
Music: Ofer Smilansky , Ruben Orio and
Dramaturgy: Kristof Van Baarle
Costumes: Mariona Puig & Jorgina Carrera Maison Bishop
Technics: Vincent Malstaf, David Alonso, Maarten De Vrieze
Production Lead: Britt Roger Sas
In collaboration with: Ictus Ensemble Ictus Ensemble
With the support of: Flemish community, Flemish Community Commission (VGC), Tax Shelter of the Belgian Government via Perpodium

05/06/2026

𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑮𝑬𝑺 #𝟐 resident.e presenteert hun unieke project Aigü, na een jaar vol onderzoek, experiment en ontwikkeling binnen de technisch-artistieke en dramaturgische residentie van A Two Dogs Company en

Vertrekkend vanuit ironie en sarcasme als antidotum tegen de menselijke conditie, onderzoekt Aigü de fragiele grens tussen medische zorg en controle.

Kom van 𝟭𝟭 𝘁𝗼𝘁 𝟭𝟰 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 langs in de 𝘼𝙏𝘿𝘾 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤 en beleef het project als installatie én performance tijdens de activaties!

𝟏𝟏.𝟎𝟔 | 𝕍𝔼ℝℕ𝕀𝕊𝕊𝔸𝔾𝔼 | 𝟏𝟖𝖍 - 𝟐𝟎𝖍
𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙢 𝟭𝟵:𝟬𝟬 & 𝟮𝟬:𝟬𝟬
𝟏𝟐.𝟎𝟔 - 𝟏𝟑.𝟎𝟔 - 𝟏𝟒.𝟎𝟔 | 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎 | 𝟏𝟒𝖍 - 𝟏𝟖𝖍
𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙢 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬 & 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬

ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛꜱ:
ᴀʀᴛɪᴇꜱᴛ.ᴇ: .studio
ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪꜱᴄʜᴇ ʙᴇɢᴇʟᴇɪᴅɪɴɢ: Daniel Romero Calderon
ʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪᴇ: A Two Dogs Company / .verdonck &
ꜰᴏᴛᴏ’ꜱ & ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ: Demi Vanderstappen
ᴍᴇᴛ ᴅᴇ ꜱᴛᴇᴜɴ ᴠᴀɴ: Vlaamse gemeenschap, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC)

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STAGES #2 resident presents Aigü, a unique project developed after a year of research, experimentation, and development within the technical-artistic and dramaturgical residency of A Two Dogs Company, in collaboration with

Starting from irony and sarcasm as an antidote to the human condition, Aigü explores the fragile boundary between medical care and control.

Visit the 𝘼𝙏𝘿𝘾 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤 from 𝟭𝟭 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟰 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 and experience the project both as an installation and as a performance during the machine activations!

𝟏𝟏.𝟎𝟔 | 𝕍𝔼ℝℕ𝕀𝕊𝕊𝔸𝔾𝔼 | 𝟏𝟖𝒉 - 𝟐𝟎𝒉
𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝟭𝟵:𝟬𝟬 & 𝟮𝟬:𝟬𝟬
𝟏𝟐.𝟎𝟔 - 𝟏𝟑.𝟎𝟔 - 𝟏𝟒.𝟎𝟔 | 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎 | 𝟏𝟒𝖍 - 𝟏𝟖𝖍
𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬 & 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬

ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛꜱ:
ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ: .studio
ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪᴄᴀʟ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ: Daniel Romero Calderon
ʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇɴᴄʏ: A Two Dogs Company / .verdonck &
ɪᴍᴀɢᴇꜱ & ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ: Demi Vanderstappen
ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴏꜰ: Flemish Community, Flemish Community Commission (VGC)

05/05/2026

𝑫𝑬𝑴𝑶, an experimental shortfilm debut made by Kris Verdonck Blending elements of silent cinema, slapstick and contemporary vlog culture, 𝑫𝑬𝑴𝑶 constructs a world where the line between fantasy and harsh reality blur.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲?

The Brussels canal zone is changing, gentrifying, the rough edges vanish. 𝑫𝑬𝑴𝑶 is both an absurdist portrait of an artist on the edge and a melancholic document of a city that no longer has space for certain, unemployed figures.

Days are dominated by an existential boredom, fought like any social media fanatic, by filming himself while performing stunts for an audience that doesn't exist. The performer's urge to entertain grows increasingly extreme, bitter, and dangerous. Pushing toward the absurd and the suicidal, though cartoon characters never truly die.

ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛꜱ:
ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛ & ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ: .verdonck
ᴅʀᴀᴍᴀᴛᴜʀɢʏ: Kristof van Baarle
ᴘᴇʀꜰᴏʀᴍᴇʀ:
ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄɪᴀɴ: Michael Schmid .ictus
ᴄᴏꜱᴛᴜᴍᴇꜱ: An Breugelmans, Eefje Wijnings, Karolien Nuyttens, Stephanie Becquet
ᴄᴀᴍᴇʀᴀ: Vincent Pinckaers
ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇʀ: Erik Lambert
ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ: A Two Dogs Company
ᴄᴏᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ: Quetzalcoatl & Shelterprod
ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴏꜰ: (VAF) & .be (incentive of the Belgian federal government)

08/04/2026

𝑰𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙂𝙀𝙎 #𝟮 Residency x iMAL: Winju, a non-binary Brussels-based artist whose work bridges sculpture, performance, and installation. Their practice merges organic and mechanical systems, exploring vulnerability, identity, and resistance, where irony and sarcasm become antidotes to the human condition.

Aigü is a dive into the paradoxes of care and control, where suffering becomes catharsis and order cracks open to expose its absurdity.

Winju’s work transforms medical and industrial aesthetics into absurd, malfunctioning machines. Raw therapy, an exorcism of inner and outer tensions. Their sculptures and installations simulate function while disrupting coherence, revealing the invisible dysfunctions of bodies and societies.

Follow their journey as they develop Aigü. A universe where the medicalized body meets noise, metal, and tech, generating tension, chaos, and dark humor.

Artist:
Residency collaboration with

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