Alain Platel

Alain Platel
Alain Platel (2021)
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Ghent, Belgium
Occupations
  • Choreographer
  • Director
Organizations
  • les ballets C de la B
Websitehttps://www.lesballetscdela.be/en/biographies/alain-platel/biography/

Alain Platel (born 9 April 1956) is a Belgian choreographer and director.[1][2] In 1984, he founded les ballets C de la B, which has been called 'one of the world's most influential dance theatre companies'.[3] Platel came to prominence alongside choreographers like Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Wim Vandekeybus in what became known as the Flemish Wave.[4][5][6]

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  6. ^ Stalpaert, Christel; Cools, Guy; De Vuyst, Hildegard, eds. (2020). The Choreopolitics of Alain Platel's les ballets C de la B: Emotions, Gestures, Politics. London: Bloomsbury. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-3500-8001-0.