Grand Luxe Network

Introduced in 2015 and building on nine partner structures each following their missions in dance development, the Grand Luxe network sets up personalised support programmes for new choreography creators and their projects.

In 2025-2026, and for a second time in 2026-2027, Luxembourg-based choreographer Catarina Barbosa will be supported by Grand Luxe.

Find out more about Grand Luxe network and artists below !

TROIS C-L artists supported by Grand Luxe network

In 2024-2025, Saeed Hani

In 2022-2023, William Cardoso

In 2021, Georges Maikel Pires Monteiro

In 2020, Simone Mousset & Valérie Reding

In 2019, Anne-Mareike Hess & Rhiannon Morgan

Grand Luxe partners

Find out more about each of the network partners:

Grand Studio
CCN – Ballet de Lorraine
Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin – CNN de Mulhouse
POLE-SUD – CDCN de Strasbourg
Theater Freiburg
l’Abri, Geneva
Onassis Stegi
Teatro Municipal do Porto / CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva

Introduced in 2015 and building on nine partner structures each following their missions in dance development, the Grand Luxe network sets up personalised support programmes for new choreography creators and their projects.

The five founding structures – Grand Studio, Brussels; CCN – Ballet de Lorraine, Nancy; Ballet de l’Opéra National du Rhin – CCN Mulhouse; POLE-SUD – CDCN, Strasbourg and TROIS C-L | Maison pour la danse, decided to bring together their knowledge and their teams to help artistic projects from their respective territories that, at a particular point in their development, require specific assistance adapted to their individual needs. In 2018, the arrival of two new members with first Theater Freiburg and then L’Abri in Geneva provided additional opportunities to artists. In 2021, Onassis Stegi joined the network followed by Teatro Municipal do Porto / CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva.

Strengthened by their common objectives, these organisations first got together in 2015 to develop an original approach, based on evaluation and bringing together the individual resources of each structure. The idea of the “Grand Luxe” lies in the will to make the most of non-financial contributions. In fact, it is based on the observation that the majority of existing programmes or projects concerning production and promotion use financial means as their sole point of leverage. The challenge was therefore to expand the content by coming together and suggesting other contributions linked to project creation and the professionalisation of artistic teams.

Each year, the network partners put forward artistic teams with precise needs to which the network members can reply.  A support programme, defined in collaboration with the artists, is developed by the Grand Luxe network which provides concrete assistance by combining the capabilities of different partner structures beyond the traditional financial contributions of coproducing a project.

The support given to the artistic teams takes various forms depending on the skills and abilities of each network member.  It could be a question of administrative support, specific training, access to workspaces or even external feedbacks and advice. But this cannot be an exhaustive list. The potential is endless which is what makes the Grand Luxe network unique and strong. The aim is to support artistic teams in their quest for greater professionalisation.

A professional platform organised by Grand Luxe network took place in 2022 at L‘Abri in Geneva as part of Dance Day in Switzerland. Another one, Happy Days!, took place in Pôle Sud in Strasbourg from April 4th to 6th, 2024. Next edition comign soon !