Ugo Dehaes

Choreographer Ugo Dehaes was known for his austere and radical -yet accessible- performances focused on the power of dance and dancers. Since Simple Machines (2021), however, his focus has shifted to researching our societal quest for efficiency and optimisation by thoughtfully replacing actors and choreographers with robots, technology and artificial intelligence. This allows him to share his love and fascination for humans, the human body and movement not only with theatre and dance audiences but also with lovers of object theatre, scholars, scientists and computer programmers alike. 

Ugo’s robots are conquering the world by performing at exciting and atypical settings such as conferences on electronics and gatherings on media art, both in Belgium and abroad: Austria, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Scotland, Canada and Finland have already been discovered, but they remain hungry for more. 

In the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 seasons Simple Machines will be reprised. His new piece Moving Skin premieres Spring 2025 at Krokusfestival Hasselt (B).

More information about these productions can be found here.

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calendar simple machines

22/02/25 - 14:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes CC Sint-Niklaas - Sint-Niklaas
22/02/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes CC Sint-Niklaas - Sint-Niklaas
22/02/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes CC Sint-Niklaas - Sint-Niklaas
18/03/25 - 10:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
18/03/25 - 14:30u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
18/03/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
19/03/25 - 10:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
19/03/25 - 14:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
19/03/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
20/03/25 - 10:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
20/03/25 - 14:30u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
20/03/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
21/03/25 - 14:30u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
21/03/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
21/03/25 - 20:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Le Safran - Amiens
11/05/25 - 14:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes CC Zoetegem - Zottegem
11/05/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes CC Zoetegem - Zottegem
11/05/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes CC Zoetegem - Zottegem
22/05/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Kaunas Drama Theatre
22/05/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Kaunas Drama Theatre
22/05/25 - 20:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Kaunas Drama Theatre
23/05/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Kaunas Drama Theatre
23/05/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Kaunas Drama Theatre
23/05/25 - 20:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Kaunas Drama Theatre
24/05/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Kaunas Drama Theatre
24/05/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Kaunas Drama Theatre
24/05/25 - 20:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Kaunas Drama Theatre
02/06/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Go Figure! Oslo
02/06/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Go Figure! Oslo
02/06/25 - 20:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Go Figure! Oslo
03/06/25 - 12:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Go Figure! Oslo
03/06/25 - 14:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Go Figure! Oslo
03/06/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Go Figure! Oslo
07/06/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Carlow Arts Festival
07/06/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Carlow Arts Festival
07/06/25 - 20:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Carlow Arts Festival
08/06/25 - 14:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Carlow Arts Festival
08/06/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Carlow Arts Festival
08/06/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Carlow Arts Festival
26/06/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Schlossmediale Werdenberg
26/06/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Schlossmediale Werdenberg
26/06/25 - 20:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Schlossmediale Werdenberg
27/06/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Schlossmediale Werdenberg
27/06/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Schlossmediale Werdenberg
27/06/25 - 20:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Schlossmediale Werdenberg
26/10/25 - 16:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Centre culturel Alter Schlachthof - 4700 Eupen
26/10/25 - 18:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Centre culturel Alter Schlachthof - 4700 Eupen
26/10/25 - 20:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Centre culturel Alter Schlachthof - 4700 Eupen
11/02/26 - 00:00u Simple Machines // Ugo Dehaes Théâtre des Marionnettes de Genève
27/02/25 - 09:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Krokusfestival - Hasselt
27/02/25 - 13:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Krokusfestival - Hasselt
28/02/25 - 09:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Krokusfestival - Hasselt
28/02/25 - 13:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Krokusfestival - Hasselt
03/03/25 - 14:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Krokusfestival - Hasselt
03/03/25 - 16:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Krokusfestival - Hasselt
04/03/25 - 14:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Krokusfestival - Hasselt
04/03/25 - 16:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Krokusfestival - Hasselt
04/03/25 - 19:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Krokusfestival - Hasselt
06/03/25 - 14:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Spinrag - Kortrijk
06/03/25 - 16:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Spinrag - Kortrijk
06/03/25 - 18:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Spinrag - Kortrijk
15/03/25 - 14:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC Ter Dilft - Bornem
15/03/25 - 16:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC Ter Dilft - Bornem
15/03/25 - 18:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC Ter Dilft - Bornem
28/03/25 - 14:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Tof Théâtre - Genappe
28/03/25 - 19:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Tof Théâtre - Genappe
28/03/25 - 21:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Tof Théâtre - Genappe
16/04/25 - 14:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Schouwburg c o r s o - Antwerpen
16/04/25 - 16:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Schouwburg c o r s o - Antwerpen
04/05/25 - 12:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Boze Wolf festival Aarschot - Aarschot
04/05/25 - 14:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Boze Wolf festival Aarschot - Aarschot
04/05/25 - 16:20u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes Boze Wolf festival Aarschot - Aarschot
29/06/25 - 15:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes TWEETAKT - Utrecht
29/06/25 - 17:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes TWEETAKT - Utrecht
29/06/25 - 19:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes TWEETAKT - Utrecht
28/09/25 - 14:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC De Werft - Geel
28/09/25 - 14:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC De Werft - Geel
28/09/25 - 16:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC De Werft - Geel
28/09/25 - 18:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC De Werft - Geel
29/09/25 - 10:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC De Werft - Geel
29/09/25 - 12:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC De Werft - Geel
29/09/25 - 14:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC De Werft - Geel
06/10/25 - 00:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC Ter Vesten - Beveren
07/10/25 - 00:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC Ter Vesten - Beveren
23/11/25 - 17:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC Casino - Koksijde
23/11/25 - 19:30u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC Casino - Koksijde
24/11/25 - 10:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC Casino - Koksijde
24/11/25 - 14:00u Moving Skin // Ugo Dehaes CC Casino - Koksijde