Klub Dramatik ~ Care Symposium
In April 2026, Dancefloor Intimacy founder Ali Wagner was invited to give a workshop at Klub Dramatik's care symposium in Antwerp — a full-day event dedicated to safety, care, and inclusion in nightlife spaces.
Held in Antwerp (Belgium), the symposium brought together practitioners, researchers, and community members to develop a tangible care policy for the Klub Dramatik festival. Dancefloor Intimacy's workshop focused on accessibility and belonging — educating the festival team on the specific barriers Disabled people face in nightlife, and working together to ensure those experiences were reflected in the festival's care policy. The goal was practical: to help Klub Dramatik build a dancefloor culture where minoritised individuals don't just have access, but feel genuinely welcome.
The day was led by Laure Robenek — a project officer at the Flemish Community Commission and long-standing figure in Leuven's nightlife scene — and included workshops, lectures, brainstorming sessions, and collaborative policy development, all grounded in lived experience and collective knowledge.
Alongside Ali, the programme featured Manou van den Eynde (PhD researcher in cyber feminism, Brussels), Ben Salaets (LEDA, Leuven Cares), and Somto Offor (Nacht, Leuven Cares), bringing together a range of perspectives on how nightlife spaces can be made safer, more caring, and more inclusive.
Dancefloor Intimacy's involvement reflects a growing conversation happening across Europe: that care in nightlife isn't an add-on, but a foundation. The insights shared at the symposium fed directly into a care policy for the Klub Dramatik festival — a model of how collective knowledge can translate into real, lasting change.