Écarlate la Compagnie
Bruxelles, Belgium
About
Founded in 2009, Écarlate la Compagnie is a non-profit association based in Bruxelles, Belgium working on gender equality, arts & culture, heritage.
Écarlate la Compagnie is a non-profit association based in Brussels, founded in 2009 and directed by Elsa Poisot. It creates theatre and performing arts works and runs initiatives to promote the rights of women artists and creators in their diversity, and to make the heritage of women's works visible. Its projects include studies, memory research, exhibitions, podcasts and tools for the performing arts sector, aimed at deconstructing the mechanisms that limit the creation, diffusion and reception of works by women. The company works with universities, festivals, arts institutions, schools, memory institutions and independent artists and collectives.
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La Deuxième Scène
Gender equality
Multi-stage transversal project promoting gender equality and diversity in the performing arts sector, including artistic works, training, research and tools for the cultural sector.
Autrices
Gender equality
Anti-racist and anti-sexist project linking literature, reading and sound, featuring readings, debates and writing workshops with women authors.
HerStories
Gender equality
Set of projects with the FAME festival (2022-2026) combining artistic creation and knowledge transfer on the representation of women in the performing arts in the French-speaking Community of Belgium.
Dessiner la scène
Arts & Culture
Exhibition on women stage designers from 1927 to 2026, resulting from research into women's stage design.
Buddy Body
Gender equality
Theatre project based on interviews with women about singular experiences with their bodies, exploring political and poetic dimensions of shared stories.
Credentials & affiliations
Partnerships
Passa Porta, La Bellone, La Chaufferie-Acte1, Théâtre de la Balsamine, Théâtre le Rideau, FAME festival, ULiège, UCL
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