"A festival questions the present". This perfectly sums up the philosophy of this committed festival: to understand the world, to ask questions, to open up to other cultures, to fight for the best... Faced with the human madness that runs through our era, the Liege Festival takes an inquisitive look at the values of our society. The programme is strong, perhaps sometimes disturbing, and encourages us to reflect on the real basis of our actions. Is this not one of the essential vocations of art? The Liege Festival is also "Factory", a festival within the festival to discover emerging troupes. The troupes come from all over the world and develop stimulating cultural synergies. The Liege Festival is a unique cultural and intellectual event that generates a personal experience from which one does not emerge unscathed.
The architecture of the building: a place that questions the past, one might think when faced with this huge hall. Every place has its own history, whether it is from the past or the present. The Festival takes place in the "Manège", the former stables dating from 1837 adjacent to the Fonck barracks, now an art school and architecture university. Impressive for its height and its wooden framework, the hall underwent a major renovation to be refurbished in 2009 as a modern performance hall with high-performance scenographic equipment. Numerous cultural events now take place here, such as "Les Hivernales de la danse".
