Sylvia Botella

Sylvia Botella is a Brussels-based freelance performing arts critic for Belgian and international media (newspapers, magazines, radio and television, including for RTBF, L’Echo, W+B-Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Nouvelles de danse, ADC, Mouvement). She teaches theater studies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Essay

Are We On Stage to Reflect the Audience or Create It? / Est-ce qu’on est sur scène pour refléter un public, ou le constituer ?

21 November 2017

Sylvia Botella interviews sociologist Éric Fassin about his views on the connection between sociology, the performing arts, and politics in the age of populism.

Essay

Being Radical or Nothing! / La radicalité sinon rien !

21 November 2017

Sylvia Botella interviews Belgium-based theatre historian Olivier Neveux about his thoughts on populism, decomocratizing access to culture, and the political responsibility of the artist. /

Sylvia Botella interview l’historien de théâtre belge à propos de ses pensées sur le populisme,

la démocratisation de l'accès à la culture et la responsabilité politique de l'artiste.

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