Directing · Screenplay · Director · Choreographer
Active 1989–present · Awards: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Honorary doctors of Ghent University, Europe Theatre Prize, Gouden Penning, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, honorary doctorate of Artois University, Commander of the Order of the Crown
Alain Platel is a Belgian choreographer and director. In 1984, he founded les ballets C de la B, which has been called 'one of the world's most influential dance theatre companies'.