Dance Courses 18+

Ready to dance?

This fall, we’ve prepared four dance courses for adults (18+) on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with options for everyone — from complete beginners taking their first steps in contemporary dance, to those looking to deepen their practice, as well as open-level courses for all.
Our experienced instructors will guide you every step of the way, helping you explore movement, express yourself, and discover the joy of dancing.

For drop-in dance workshops, join us monthly for either Family Saturdays or Morning Routine with Rosas at WIELS.

1. Contemporary Dance – Intermediate level

This class offers you a chance to deepen your experience of contemporary dance in an open and welcoming environment. We will begin by warming up the body to awaken the senses while enhancing joint mobility and breathing. Building awareness, strength and alignment, developing points of support in the body, finding freedom and fluidity in our movement. We will travel through the space, exploring a range of movement practices or sequences from diverse vocabularies. Using creative or improvisational tools, we can explore a wide spectrum of movement possibilities and play with rhythm and time. We can enjoy the sensation of moving and dancing while opening our senses to diverse musical landscapes. This course is suitable for non-professional participants with some experience in contemporary dance technique.

For this course you will have the occasion to work with two different teachers. Depending on the dates, the classes will be given by either Annabel van Acker or Lise Vachon.

Annabel Van Acker graduated from P.A.R.T.S. in 2025 and continues to practice and research dance, somatic movement, and body-based studies, including fascia and inner movement, as well as forest bathing. After graduating, she started an internship with KaleidoForest on Yakushima Island, Japan, where she is deepening her understanding of Shinrin-yoku, sustainable development, and their connection to dance and movement practices. Alongside this work, she also teaches classical dance at Rosas Dancingkids, grounding her practice in both tradition and ongoing exploration.

Lise Vachon is a Canadian-born contemporary dance artist based in Belgium. A graduate of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and PARTS, she has performed and worked with choreographers such as Arco Renz, Michèle Noiret, Dominique Duszynski, Marc Vanrunxt, and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. As a choreographer, she has created and toured her own work internationally. Lise teaches at PARTS, where she is a pedagogical coordinator and tutor, and at Dancingkids program at Rosas. She has also worked as a rehearsal director and assistant on major opera productions across Europe.

Dates: Every Tuesday from September 22 to December 1, 2026 (no session on November 3)
Time: 18:15–19:45
Level: open to participants with some dance experience
Language: English
Price: €220 for a course of 10 sessions
Reimbursement / Cancellation: 50% reimbursement available for VT/BIM status upon presentation of the required documents. Cancellation and full refund (minus €20 administrative fees) are only possible within 2 days after the first class.
Registration: click here to register
Address: Rosas, Van Volxemlaan 164, 1190 Vorst
Questions: participation@rosas.be

2. Contemporary Dance Improvisation – All levels

This series of classes focuses on moving together, using improvisation and choreography to explore different aspects of dancing as a group.
Through improvisation exercises, participants discover new ways of moving. They also learn simple movement phrases, which they gradually develop into more complex and layered material through individual interpretations and creative tasks.
Much of the work takes place in pairs, trios, and larger groups. Together, participants explore different ways of creating, influencing, transforming, and shaping movement and dance.
The classes offer plenty of freedom and encourage participants to make their own creative choices throughout the process. This course is suitable for all levels and ages (18+).

Samantha Van Wissen graduated from the Rotterdam Dance Academy and danced with Rosas from 1991 to 1997. Since then, she has continued to work with the company as a freelance performer in both repertoire works and new creations, including Rosas danst Rosas, Erts, Achterland, Woud, Drumming, The Six Brandenburg Concertos, and the opera Così fan tutte.
Since 1998, she has been a member of ZOO/Thomas Hauert, contributing to numerous creations, including Cows in Space, Walking Oscar, Accords, How to Proceed, Efeu, and Where Is Everybody (a collaboration with Platform K). She has also collaborated with Marc Vanrunxt, Inne Goris, and François Gremaud. For Giselle, in which she was responsible for both the choreography and the performance, she received the Prix de la meilleure interprète (French Critics' Prize, 2022–2023).
Alongside her work as a performer, Samantha is an experienced dance teacher. She teaches at institutions and festivals including ImPulsTanz (Vienna), P.A.R.T.S., the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, E-WERK Freiburg, and The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Dates: Every Tuesday from October 6 to December 15, 2026 (no session on November 3)
Time: 18:30–20:00
Level: all levels
Language: English
Price: €220 for a course of 10 sessions
Reimbursement / Cancellation: 50% reimbursement available for VT/BIM status upon presentation of the required documents. Cancellation and full refund (minus €20 administrative fees) are only possible within 2 days after the first class.
Registration: click here to register
Address: Rosas, Van Volxemlaan 164, 1190 Vorst
Questions: participation@rosas.be

3. Contemporary dance - Beginner level

This course invites you to explore self-expression through movement and deepen body awareness by tuning into inner sensation. By shifting attention from thinking to sensing, you’ll reconnect with your natural, organic way of moving and learn to trust the body’s innate intelligence.
Through a progressive structure, this dance practice develops somatic and kinesthetic awareness. We begin with a gentle, breath-guided warm-up, then explore different body parts through sensing, strengthening, and releasing. Gradually, movement becomes more dynamic, flowing through space and in relation to others.
Using simple movement qualities such as rolling, sliding, holding, releasing, dropping, and catching, we build towards dance phrases. Creativity, play, and improvisation are encouraged within a space of care and non-judgement.

Anne-Laure Dogot is a professional dancer and contemporary dance teacher. She trained at S.E.A.D. (Austria) and participated in an exchange with NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She danced internationally with Bodhi Project and has since worked as a freelance performer with companies and institutions including Rosas / Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Claire Croizé / ECCE, Liz Roche Company, La Monnaie and the Opéra de Paris.
Alongside her performing career, Anne-Laure is a passionate teacher, certified in GYROKINESIS® and recognized by the FWB. She teaches widely in Belgium and abroad, including at Rosas Dancingkids, P.A.R.T.S, Limerick University, at IPES and Platform K. In 2024, she completed a specialization in Art Therapy at the HELB Ilya-Prigogine, integrating dance and body expression into healing processes.

Dates: Every Thursday from September 24 to December 3, 2026 (no session on November 5)
Time: 18:30–20:00
Level: no prior experience required
Language: English
Price: €220 for a course of 10 sessions
Reimbursement / Cancellation:
50% reimbursement available for VT/BIM status upon presentation of the required documents. Cancellation and full refund (minus €20 administrative fees) are only possible within 2 days after the first class.
Registration: click here to register
Address: Rosas, Van Volxemlaan 164, 1190 Vorst
Questions: participation@rosas.be

4. Kinesthetic dance – All levels

This course invites you to learn about the human body and use this awareness in dancing. You will discover different body/anatomical systems such as skeletal, organ, blood, endocrine etc. and their interconnectedness. These learnings will be immediately put in practice through touch, imagination exercises, use of voice, dance improvisation and contact dancing. We will explore the body in movement through concepts such as spaciousness, openings, omni-directionality, letting go, balancing, weight, breath, and availability.
By attending this course, you can improve your alignment, which will let you feel more freedom, ease and safety in your movement. You will also learn to connect to your surroundings and other people through dance, respecting each other’s boundaries.

Marita Schwanke is a dancer and a maker based in Brussels. She studied dance and choreography at ArtEZ, Arnehem and at P.A.R.T.S., Brussels. As a somatic practitioner and an artist, she is trained in Fascia & Dance therapy, Qigong/Taiji and tries to explore the use of imagination inspired by mindful movement practices such as Alexander Technique, Ideokinesis and Body-Mind Centering.

Dates: Every Thursday from September 24 to December 3, 2026 (no session on November 5)
Time: 18:30–20:00
Level: all levels
Language: English
Price: €220 for a course of 10 sessions
Reimbursement / Cancellation: 50% reimbursement available for VT/BIM status upon presentation of the required documents. Cancellation and full refund (minus €20 administrative fees) are only possible within 2 days after the first class.
Registration: click here to register
Address: Rosas, Van Volxemlaan 164, 1190 Vorst
Questions: participation@rosas.be