BURENBAL Both Amsterdam-Noord and Leopoldsburg are coping with the breakdown of the industrial past, now looking for new values of what‘s keeping the communities together. Core of the project is a skill-set swap between community artists on both sides: from theatre for and by people with learning disabilities to crafts markets and art installations, but, most of all, using dance to interconnect the different groups in each community. The groups have met during their respective neighbourhood festivals for a real life exchange and created mini-Tandems, further developing the idea of twinning. Tandem C&P 2013-14 Community development Identity Persons with disabilities Social cohesion Amsterdam Leopoldsburg Community arts Festival co-programming Film Performance Workshop Peter Bosmans cc Leopoldsburg Leopoldsburg, Belgium Maaike Poppegaai NoorderparKKamer Amsterdam, The Netherlands The connection "BURENBAL": a connection between Leopoldsburg (Belgium) & Amsterdam (The Netherlands) The process An impression of the project